The people around them
Who works with them most. Tap a person to see everything they made.
Who makes their records
People credited as writer, producer, engineer or mixer on their songs.
Produced by
42 songs
Engineered by
29 songs
Produced by, Mixed by, Written by, Engineered by
26 songs
Written by, Mixed by, Produced by
17 songs
Engineered by, Mixed by
16 songs
Engineered by
15 songs
Engineered by, Mixed by
15 songs
Engineered by
15 songs
Engineered by, Mixed by
15 songs
Mixed by
14 songs
Engineered by
14 songs
Engineered by
13 songs
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
David Bowie produced 5 of Lou Reed’s top 10 songs
Hal Willner is Lou Reed’s most frequent collaborator, credited on 42 songs
Lou Reed recorded most at Mediasound Studios (14 songs)
Lou Reed wrote or co-wrote 191 of 194 songs on fono (98%)
Credited songs by Lou Reed span 39 years, 1972 to 2011 (194 songs)
Top songs
From Transformer
- 1
- 2
- 3
Dirty Blvd.
Lou Reed, 1989
From Transformer
- 4
1972
- 5
- 6
1972
- 4
- 7
- 8
Wild Child
Lou Reed, 1972
- 9
- 10
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Where the songs were made
- Mediasound Studios14 songs
- The Magic Shop14 songs
- Metallica HQ10 songs
- Power Station at BerkleeNYC10 songs
- Delta Studio8 songs
- Electric Lady Studios8 songs
- Skyline Studios3 songs
- Chung King Studios1 song
- RCA Studios1 song
- Sear Sound1 song
- Studio 131 song
- The Roof1 song
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Sources (16)
Every fact on this page comes from one of these sources.
1MusicBrainz Lou Reed is a member of Metal Machine Trio
Lou Reed is a member of Metal Machine Trio
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz Lou Reed is a member of The Conspirators
Lou Reed is a member of The Conspirators
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz Lou Reed is a member of The Roughnecks
4MusicBrainz Lou Reed is a member of The Velvet Underground
Lou Reed is a member of The Velvet Underground
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz Lou Reed is from Brooklyn
6Wikidata The genre of Lou Reed is alternative rock
7Wikidata The genre of Lou Reed is art rock
8Wikidata The genre of Lou Reed is blue-eyed soul
9Wikidata The genre of Lou Reed is drone music
10Wikidata The genre of Lou Reed is experimental rock
11Wikidata The genre of Lou Reed is folk rock
12Wikidata The genre of Lou Reed is glam rock
13Wikidata The genre of Lou Reed is noise rock
14Wikidata The genre of Lou Reed is proto-punk
15Wikidata The genre of Lou Reed is psychedelic rock
16Wikidata The genre of Lou Reed is rock