New Sensations is the thirteenth solo studio album by American rock musician Lou Reed, released in April 1984 by RCA Records.

Years after the album's release, Saunders claimed that one of the issues during recording was that Quine had composed the "guitar riff" for "I Love You, Suzanne" in the studio while the band was rehearsing.

Writing for The Village Voice, music journalist Robert Christgau stated that "instead of straining fruitlessly to top himself, Reed has settled into a pattern as satisfying as what he had going with the Velvets, though by definition it isn't as epochal.

Forsaking the two-guitar sound just throws Saunders' distinctive fretless bass playing and Reed's spare arrangements into higher relief, and they merit the attention – as do the songs, which prove that a middle-aged rock songwriter can have plenty to offer.

[15] In a retrospective review for AllMusic, critic Mark Deming wrote of the album, "New Sensations showed that Reed had a lot more warmth and humanity than he was given credit for, and made clear that he could 'write happy' when he felt like, with all the impact of his 'serious' material.