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The Velvet Underground (3rd LP) (Remaster) (CD)

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The Velvet Underground Artist Snapshot:

From their early days as the house band for Andy Warhol's Exploding Plastic Inevitable, the Velvet Underground were the antithesis of late-1960s Flower Power optimism. Lou Reed's decadent lyrics and dour vocals proved to be the perfect match for the group's droning pop, and the early addition of goth-chanteuse Nico only served to increase VU's black-clad mystique. The influence of their blend of street poetry, avant-garde experimentalism, and raw rock & roll on punk and its aftermath is inestimable. It's been said that not many people heard their early records, but everyone who did went out and started a band.

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DISC 1 for The Velvet Underground (3rd LP) (Remaster) (CD) Album By The Velvet Underground (Artist...
1   Candy Says
2   What Goes On
3   Some Kinda Love
4   Pale Blue Eyes
5   Jesus
6   Beginning To See The Light
7   I'm Set Free
8   That's The Story Of My Life
9   Murder Mystery, The
10   After Hours
 

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Review

Rolling Stone (5/17/69, p.17) - "...the Velvet Underground can write and play any kind of music they want to with equal brilliance..." -Lester Bangs
Q (7/96, p.150) - 5 Stars - Indispensable - "...superb..."
NME (Magazine) (10/2/93, p.29) - Ranked #58 in NME's list of the 'Greatest Albums Of All Time.'

Title Note

The Velvet Underground: Lou Reed (vocals, guitar, piano); Doug Yule (vocals, organ, bass); Maureen Tucker (vocals, percussion); Sterling Morrison (guitar, background vocals).

Originally released on MGM (4617).

Velvet Underground's self-titled third album seemed like the debut of a new band. John Cale had left (replaced by Doug Yule) and the group became, for all intents and purposes, Lou Reed's back-up band. The songs actually sounded like rock music and John Cale's screeching musicality was reworked into songs that featured Sterling Morrison's most eloquent guitar accompaniment.

Reed's songwriting moved beyond the armed-to-disarm approach of the previous two albums towards a spiritual level of empathy with the human race--a change that wouldn't go unnoticed. The man who once begged someone to "nullify [his] life" ("Heroin") was now asking "Jesus" to "help me find my proper place," and whooping his way through the equally inspiring "Beginning To See The Light." To this day, every song on VELVET UNDERGROUND sounds like a breakthrough.

In short, VELVET UNDERGROUND showcased the human side of Lou Reed's songwriting. Unobstructed by walls of sonic noise, Reed's insight and genius was finally allowed to shine through.

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