The Velvet Underground: The Best of the Velvet Underground: Words and Music of Lou Reed

The Velvet Underground: The Best of the Velvet Underground: Words and Music of Lou

Artist: The Velvet Underground
Guest Artists: Nico
Genre: Rock ~ Experimental Rock
Label: Verve
Catalog No: PID 1204977
Format: CD
Release Date: 2012-07-03 (Original ~ 1989)
Running time: 62 min. 11 sec.
Studio/Live: Studio
Mono/Stereo: Stereo
UPC Code: 4988005712806

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Audio Samples

>I'm Waiting for the Man
>Femme Fatale
>Run Run Run
>Heroin
>All Tomorrow's Parties
>I'll Be Your Mirror
>White Light/White Heat
>Stephanie Says
>What Goes On
>Beginning to See the Light
>Pale Blue Eyes
>I Can't Stand It
>Lisa Says
>Sweet Jane
>Rock and Roll

Track List

>I'm Waiting for the Man
>Femme Fatale
>Run Run Run
>Heroin
>All Tomorrow's Parties
>I'll Be Your Mirror
>White Light/White Heat
>Stephanie Says
>What Goes On
>Beginning to See the Light
>Pale Blue Eyes
>I Can't Stand It
>Lisa Says
>Sweet Jane
>Rock and Roll

Album Reviews:

Q - 4 Stars - Excellent

Album Notes

Velvet Underground: Lou Reed, Doug Yule, Sterling Morrison, Maureen Tucker.

Additional personnel: Nico (vocals).

Producers: Andy Warhol, Tom Wilson, Geofrey Haslam, Shel Kagan, Velvet Underground.

Compilation producer: Bill Levinson.

Recorded between 1966 & 1970. Includes liner notes by Anthony De Curtis.

Digitally remastered by Dennis Drake & Greg Calbi.

Liner Note Author: Anthony DeCurtis.

Recording information: 02/1968; 05/1969; 06/1966-07/1966; 10/1969; 11/1968; 1967; 1970.

Photographer: Gerard Malanga.

Arranger: The Velvet Underground.

The legacy of the Velvet Underground has grown to mythic proportions as the decades wear on, and their influence continues to impact new generations of musicians. Attempting to sum up the scope of their sonic achievements proves a difficult task and a wide variety of compilations and previously unearthed recordings keep surfacing, attempting to unravel the mystery of this short-lived and impossibly cool band from New York City. This best-of collection takes the most direct route, leaning heavily on popular selections from the band's 1967 debut, like "I'll Be Your Mirror" and "Femme Fatale," both sung by Nico. The noisier side of the band is represented more sparingly, with only the title track from the more experimental second album, White Light/White Heat, and the sprawling "Heroin" drifting into the challenging side of the Velvets' forced matchmaking with pop and chaos. Tunes like the hauntingly beautiful "Pale Blue Eyes" or "Sweet Jane," from later album Loaded, pair nicely with rockers like "What Goes On" and "I Can't Stand It," and while this collection might be a little pedestrian for studied fans of the band's catalog, it serves as an excellent introduction to one of the most quietly perfect bands in the history of rock music. ~ Fred Thomas



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