Haven't listened to this in like five years. Feel like I was just like into the horns on "How Do You Think It Feels" tbh. With a little more age and context definitely understand how it was controversial in its time. I feel like Reed is weirdly funny (in his solo stuff at least) which this kind of lacks. Other than the juxtapositions of occasionally jubilant music vs. bleak lyrics, this is close to being deathly serious which I don't love. It's sorta like the proto version of 1989's New York which is much more listenable in general and stuffed with more dark humor.