℗ 1990 Warner Bros
| Released | April 7, 2015 |
| Duration | 55m 33s |
| Record Label | Rhino/Warner Bros. |
| Genre | Rock (Classic Rock) |
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1.1
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Smalltown
Lou Reed; John Cale |
2:03 | |||
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1.2
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Open House
Lou Reed; John Cale |
4:16 | |||
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1.3
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Style It Takes
Lou Reed; John Cale |
2:54 | |||
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1.4
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Work
Lou Reed; John Cale |
2:36 | |||
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1.5
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Trouble with Classicists
Lou Reed; John Cale |
4:40 | |||
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1.6
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Starlight
Lou Reed; John Cale |
3:26 | |||
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1.7
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Faces and Names
Lou Reed; John Cale |
4:11 | |||
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1.8
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Images
Lou Reed; John Cale |
3:28 | |||
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1.9
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Slip Away (A Warning)
Lou Reed; John Cale |
3:04 | |||
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1.10
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It Wasn't Me
Lou Reed; John Cale |
3:29 | |||
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1.11
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I Believe
Lou Reed; John Cale |
3:17 | |||
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1.12
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Nobody but You
Lou Reed; John Cale |
3:44 | |||
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1.13
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A Dream
Lou Reed; John Cale |
6:33 | |||
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1.14
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Forever Changed
Lou Reed; John Cale |
4:49 | |||
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1.15
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Hello It's Me
Lou Reed; John Cale |
3:03 |
"Both nearing fifty, Reed and Cale are the survivors Warhol wasn't fated to become. In popular music, only bluesmen and country greats have managed the maturity these two display."
- Rolling Stone
Songs for Drella is a 1990 album by Lou Reed and John Cale, both formerly of the Velvet Underground; it is a song cycle about Andy Warhol, their mentor, who had died following routine surgery in 1987.
Drella was a nickname for Warhol coined by Warhol superstar Ondine, a contraction of Dracula and Cinderella, used by Warhol's crowd but never liked by Warhol himself. The song cycle focuses on Warhol's interpersonal relations and experiences, with songs falling roughly into three categories: Warhol's first-person perspective (which makes up the vast majority of the album), third-person narratives chronicling events and affairs, and first-person commentaries on Warhol by Reed and Cale themselves. The songs, in general, address events in their chronological order.
192 kHz / 24-bit, 96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Rhino/Warner Bros. Studio Masters
Tracks 1-15 – contains high-resolution digital transfers of material originating from an analogue master source
Tracks 1-15 – contains high-resolution digital transfers of material originating from an analogue master source
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -0.32 -0.66 to -0.27 | -17.65 -22.40 to -15.09 | -15.05 -19.60 to -10.70 | 12 8 to 14 | |
| 1 | Smalltown | -0.30 | -17.55 | -14.5 | 12 |
| 2 | Open House | -0.30 | -18.11 | -16.9 | 13 |
| 3 | Style It Takes | -0.30 | -17.35 | -15.0 | 12 |
| 4 | Work | -0.28 | -15.09 | -12.7 | 11 |
| 5 | Trouble with Classicists | -0.27 | -15.96 | -10.7 | 8 |
| 6 | Starlight | -0.30 | -16.03 | -13.2 | 11 |
| 7 | Faces and Names | -0.30 | -17.44 | -16.4 | 12 |
| 8 | Images | -0.27 | -17.16 | -14.3 | 12 |
| 9 | Slip Away (A Warning) | -0.30 | -19.02 | -17.3 | 12 |
| 10 | It Wasn't Me | -0.30 | -18.28 | -14.4 | 11 |
| 11 | I Believe | -0.36 | -18.56 | -15.3 | 12 |
| 12 | Nobody but You | -0.29 | -16.58 | -14.4 | 11 |
| 13 | A Dream | -0.66 | -22.40 | -19.6 | 14 |
| 14 | Forever Changed | -0.27 | -16.64 | -15.2 | 12 |
| 15 | Hello It's Me | -0.29 | -18.56 | -15.8 | 13 |