| Animal Serenade | ||||
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| Released | March 23, 2004 | |||
| Recorded | June 24, 2003 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Label | Sire/Reprise | |||
| Producer | Lou Reed and Fernando Saunders | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 71/100[1] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
| Blender |  [3] |
| Pitchfork | 6.5/10[4] |
| Rolling Stone | [5] |
Animal Serenade is a live album by American rock musician Lou Reed, recorded in Los Angeles at the Wiltern Theatre in 2003 after The Raven. The show features a drummer-less band (including Mike Rathke on guitar/synth, bassist, vocalist Fernando Saunders, and the cello of Jane Scarpantoni). In addition, Anohni, of Antony and the Johnsons fame, contributes background vocals throughout and sings the lead on "Set the Twilight Reeling" and "Candy Says".
Fernando Saunders plays bass and other instruments. He did background vocals on most songs and sang lead vocals on "Tell It to Your Heart" and "Reviens Cherie", scat on "Sunday Morning".
Three songs were performed during the concert that did not appear on the album: "Sweet Jane", "The Last Shot" and "Perfect Day" (sung in duet with Antony). "Sweet Jane" is available by digital download.
All tracks composed by Lou Reed; except where indicated
