Perfect Day
Lou Reed
1972
Annual listening-list association, separate from the source-supported original release year reviewed in v3.7.
Release: 1972
Release: 1972Source checked
V3.7 reviewed original release year: The original Transformer recording dates to 1972. Later demos, live performances and the multi-artist remake have separate identities.
The large badge identifies this listening list, not a newly issued recording. Later reissues and renewed chart popularity do not replace an original release date. How years are assigned.
Owner-supplied release annotations
Reported dates in 2001.html, 2001.html. Not independently established; neighboring dates can reflect album/single or regional differences.
New York Public Library - Lou Reed in the 1970s
Archive guide and item catalog establish Transformer in 1972 and list the original Perfect Day and Walk on the Wild Side. Original album year, not later live recordings, demos, remasters or regional single dates.
Former annual assignments retained as history
These appearances were removed from the main annual lists. They are not original release dates.
- 2001: older return
Inspiration and background
Supplied note - not independently verified
This note came with the supplied collection and has not been independently verified.
Originally about drug use, reinterpreted as a celebration of life
Evidence scope: Attributed owner-supplied note; NOT independently verified songwriter testimony
Sources for this information
Owner-supplied 2001.html, position 39
Original annotation, retained with an explicit unverified label
Other appearances and versions
catalog version unspecified
Textual recording candidate, not an audio fingerprint or pressing-level verification.
An annual chart year and an original release date are different. Similar titles may be covers or different masters; no audio fingerprint has been performed.
Sources and scope
Chronology-screened editorial addition; reported release date still unverified; not a verified chart ranking.
Editorial classification of this recording, informed by the cited artist and original-release context. Genre tags are interpretive, not an assertion that the source assigns an exact taxonomy.
Owner-supplied 2001.html
Historical source retained for identity/context only. It does not establish a chart rank in this newly selected year.
New York Public Library - Lou Reed in the 1970s
Archive guide and item catalog establish Transformer in 1972 and list the original Perfect Day and Walk on the Wild Side. Original album year, not later live recordings, demos, remasters or regional single dates.
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