Thanks for the intriguing comment. For me, I believe he continued to make "great albums" into the 80s, but not much thereafter. I guess our "cut-off point" varies by about a decade.

But I must admit, the VU albums are without par. And in all honesty, this is the last of his albums that I would classify a masterpiece.

Interestingly, I virtually stopped listening to Lou in the late 80s. (Same with many other artists whom I had listened to since my youth.) But after Lou died and I reviewed much of his work, I realized that in fact he had continued to make some pretty good music. And I developed a heightened respect for all his earlier work.