Tracklist
| A1 | How Do You Speak To An Angel | 4:08 | |
| A2 | My Old Man | 3:15 | |
| A3 | Keep Away | 3:31 | |
| A4 | Growing Up In Public | 3:00 | |
| A5 | Standing On Ceremony | 3:32 | |
| B1 | So Alone | 4:05 | |
| B2 | Love Is Here To Stay | 3:10 | |
| B3 | The Power Of Positive Drinking | 2:13 | |
| B4 | Smiles | 2:44 | |
| B5 | Think It Over | 3:25 | |
| B6 | Teach The Gifted Children | 3:20 |
Companies, etc.
- Mastered At – Sterling Sound
- Manufactured By – Arista Records, Inc.
- Mastered At – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Santa Maria
- Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Terre Haute
- Lacquer Cut At – Sterling Sound
Credits
- Backing Vocals [Background], Bass – Ellard Boles
- Backing Vocals [Background], Guitar – Stuart Heinrich
- Drums – Michael Suchorsky
- Engineer – Corky Stasiak
- Guitar – Chuck Hammer
- Lacquer Cut By – GC*
- Mastered By – Greg Calbi
- Written-By, Producer, Guitar, Keyboards – Michael Fonfara
- Written-By, Producer, Vocals, Guitar – Lou Reed
Notes
Matrix Info: STERLING is stamped
Custom inner sleeve with lyrics
Custom inner sleeve with lyrics
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Matrix / Runout (A Side Label): AL 9522 SA
- Matrix / Runout (B Side Label): AL 9522 SB
- Matrix / Runout (Side A - etched, variant 1): AL A̶S̶ 9522-SA-CS4 15 SXT STERLING
- Matrix / Runout (Side B - etched, variant 1): AL A̶S̶ 9522-SB-CS2 SXT STERLING GC 15
- Matrix / Runout (Side A - etched, variant 2): AL A̶S̶ 9522-SA-CS4 15 C2 STERLING SXT 1S
- Matrix / Runout (Side B - etched, variant 2): AL A̶S̶ 9522-SB-CS2 SXT 1B STERLING GC 1S
- Matrix / Runout (Side A - etched, variant 3): AL 9522-SA-CS5 SX AB STERLING 1S
- Matrix / Runout (Side B - etched, variant 3): AL A̶S̶ 9522-SB-CS3 1C SXT 1S
- Other (Inner Sleeve): AL 9522
Other Versions (5 of 58)
View All| Title (Format) | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Recently Edited | Growing Up In Public (LP, Album) | Arista, Arista | 202.120, 202 120 | Netherlands | 1980 | ||
New Submission | Growing Up In Public (LP, Album) | Arista | SPART 1131 | UK | 1980 | ||
New Submission | Growing Up In Public (LP, Album, Promo) | Arista, Arista | 25RS-90, AL-9522-SA | Japan | 1980 | ||
New Submission | Growing Up In Public (LP, Album) | Arista | AL 9522 | New Zealand | 1980 | ||
New Submission | Growing Up In Public (LP, Album) | Arista | 202 120 | Germany | 1980 |
Recommendations
Reviews
I wouldn’t say you are wrong, but I beg to disagree. The production is weird. Very unclear which musical vision was the guideline here. But I find the lyrics about his father and the singing very dedicated. I love the album with all it’s shortcomings.
This is a weird album--a snapshot of one of those rare moments in time when Lou Reed simply had nothing to say. Contractually obligated to crank out another album, he wrote a cycle of odd, largely fictitious lyrics about the lingering conflict between an adult male and his parents, pairing those songs with a few halfhearted valentines to his new wife Sylvia. Like I said, it's a weird album. You can tell that Lou was unhappy with the end result, because when he returned two years later with "The Blue Mask" (a career highpoint), he had completely overhauled his approach both musically and lyrically.
First-rate guitarist Chuck Hammer is wasted, since Lou himself handled the album's one memorable lead break (on 'My Old Man,' which also happens to be the only song on which some authentic human feeling is evident). Too bad. "Growing Up in Public" is listenable, but not especially likable.