Regarded as his most romantic solo album, "Coney Island Baby" was Lou Reed's love letter to his lover and muse at the time Rachel Humphreys. Humphreys was considered by many who knew both at the time to have been a source of desire and inspiration for Reed, and the two challenged and accepted many intricacies about one another for a matter of years while they were together. Released in 1976, the album managed to capture his brooding voice in a poetic light and highlight a sense of delicateness about him and his inner worlds while also giving fans a sense of nostalgia for life on the east coast.