than 300%, and "Walk on the Wild Side" cracked the new Billboard Rock Digital Songs chart at No. 38. Critical reception In a mixed review for Rolling Stone, Nick Tosches noted the songs "Satellite of Love", "Vicious", "Walk on the Wild Side" and "Hangin' 'Round" which he felt expressed a stimulating sexuality saying "Reed himself says he thinks the album's great. I don’t think it's nearly as good as he's capable of doing. He seems to have the abilities to come up with some really dangerous, powerful music, stuff that people like Jagger and Bowie have only rubbed knees with." In a retrospective review for The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (2004), Tom Hull remarked that Reed "wrote a bunch of clever new songs and tried to cash in on producer David Bowie's trendily androgynous glam rock, which worked well enough to break 'Walk on the Wild Side.'" In 1997, Transformer was named the 44th greatest album of all time in a "Music of the Millennium" poll conducted in the United Kingdom by HMV, Channel 4, The Guardian and Classic FM. In 2000, it was voted number 58 in Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums. Transformer is also ranked at number 55 on NMEs list of "Greatest Albums of All Time". In 2003, the album was ranked at number 194 on Rolling Stones list of the 500 greatest albums of all time, maintaining the rating in a 2012 revised list, and is ranked 109 on the 2020 list. It is also on Q magazine's list of the "100 Greatest Albums Ever". In 2018, 33⅓ published a book by musician Ezra Furman about Transformer. Track listing Personnel Adapted from the Transformer liner notes. Musicians Lou Reed – lead vocals; rhythm guitar Mick Ronson – lead guitar; piano; recorder; string arrangements David Bowie – backing vocals; keyboards; acoustic guitar on "Wagon Wheel" and "Walk on the Wild Side" Herbie Flowers – bass guitar; double bass; tuba on "Perfect Day", "Goodnight Ladies" and "Make Up" John Halsey – drums Trevor Bolder – trumpet Ronnie Ross – soprano saxophone on "Goodnight Ladies"; baritone saxophone on "Walk on the Wild Side" Thunderthighs – backing vocals Klaus Voormann – bass guitar on "Perfect Day", "Goodnight Ladies", "Satellite of Love" and "Make Up" Barry DeSouza – drums Ritchie Dharma – drums Production David Bowie – producer Mick Ronson – producer Ken Scott – engineer Charts Sales