Songs and Composition
As was common on early Reed solo albums, Street Hassle contained a track originally written during Reed's days in the Velvet Underground; in this case, "Real Good Time Together", which had been previously released in 1974 on 1969: The Velvet Underground Live.
AllMusic has written that "the title cut, a three-movement poetic tone poem about life on the New York streets, is one of the most audacious and deeply moving moments of Reed's solo career."
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