Title: Lou Reed's pretentious politically-correct non-come-back
Product review: This had three listenable tunes (whoops: "tunes" is probably the worst possible synonym for "songs" when discussing the works of Lou Reed) when it was released in 1989: "This is the Time", "Good Evening, Mr. Waldheim", and "Dime Store Mystery". But "Dime Story Mystery" is an homage to a really awful movie, Martin Scorcese's "The Last Temptation of Christ"; "Good Evening, Mr. Waldheim" is as topical as the daily newspaper: it was dated within a few months of its release--or maybe within a few weeks or days; and if "[that WAS] the time" in 1989, it can't very well be now, can it? So: two stars then, one star now.Recommended: the mature, non-fatuous Lou Reed, his "The Blue Mask", his "Legendary Hearts", his "New Sensations".
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