| Growing Up in Public | |
| Type: | Studio album |
| Artist: | Lou Reed |
| Cover: | Lrgrowingupinpublic.jpg |
| Released: | April 1980 |
| Recorded: | January 1980 |
| Studio: | AIR Studios (Salem, Montserrat) |
| Genre: | Rock |
| Label: | Arista |
| Producer: |
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| Prev Title: | The Bells |
| Prev Year: | 1979 |
| Next Year: | 1980 |
Growing Up in Public is the tenth solo studio album by American rock musician Lou Reed, released in April 1980 by Arista Records.[1]
Growing Up in Public peaked at No. 158 on the Billboard 200.[2] One single was released from the album, "The Power of Positive Drinking", which failed to chart.
Michael Fonfara and Reed produced the album.[3] It was written and recorded over a period of six weeks in sessions that took place at George Martin's AIR Studios in Montserrat.
Rolling Stone called the album "a polished package of bombastic rock & roll — indeed, probably Reed’s best commercial shot since his 1974 Top Ten anomaly, Sally Can’t Dance."[3] Trouser Press wrote that Reed uses "driving rock and delicate melodicism to back thoughtful lyrics and impassioned singing."[4]
Adapted from the Growing Up in Public liner notes.[5]
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