Top 20 Lou Reed songs (crowdsourced)

... just another Lou Reed Spotify playlist.

It's based on twenty charts and "essential lists" from ABC News, Best Ever Albums, Diffuser.fm, The Guardian, iTunes Italy (most popular songs), Last.fm (most heard songs in the last 6 months), Mirror, Music VF, PopMatters, Rolling Stone, Salon, SputnikMusic, Spotify (most popular songs), Stereogum, The Good, The Bad and the Unknown, Time, Top10, Ultimate Classic Rock, Whatculture!, Yahoo! Voices.

The mathematical rules are:
Charts --> 10 points for #1 song, 9 points for #2...

Uncharted lists --> 5 points for each song...

Songs are all from Lou Reed solo albums (live included), while all pictures are taken from Lou Reed official Facebook page.

Enjoy a walk on that nice side.

THE PLAYLIST

THE SONGS & THE PICTURES

1. Satellite of Love (from "Transformer", 1972)

124 points

2. Perfect Day (from "Transformer", 1972)

122 points

3. Walk on the Wild Side (from "Transformer", 1972)

120 points

4. Intro/Sweet Jane (from "Rock'n'Roll Animal", 1974)

73 points

5. Vicious (from "Transformer, 1972")

56 points

6. Street Hassle (from "Street Hassle", 1978)

54 points

7. Coney Island Baby (from "Coney Island Baby", 1975)

43 points

8. Dirty Blvd. (from "New York", 1989)

36 points

9. Heroin (from "Rock'n'Roll Animal", 1974)

32 points

10. Caroline Says (II) (from "Berlin", 1973)

19 points

11. Wild Child (from "Lou Reed", 1972)

18 points

12. Make Up (from "Transformer", 1972)

16 points

13. Paranoia Key of E (from "Ecstasy", 2000)

15 points

14. Rock'n'Roll (from "Rock'n'Roll Animal, 1974)

15 points

15. Sad Song (from "Berlin", 1973)

14 points

16. Andy's Chest (from "Transformer, 1972)

13 points

17. Metal Machine Music pt.1 (from "Metal Machine Music", 1975)

12 points

18. I Love You, Suzanne (from "New Sensations, 1984)

11 points

19. Waves of Fear (from "The Blue Mask", 1982)

10 points

20. Sword of Damocles - Externally (from "Magic and Loss", 1992)

9 points

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