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The Velvet Underground

GENRE(S): Rock

STYLE(S): Psychedelic Rock

Edition: Audiophile

Condition: New & Sealed

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UPC

602577440007

Decade Recorded

Format

Speed

Vinyl Weight

Disc Quantity

1

Vinyl Color

Black

Description

Half-Speed Mastered by Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios.
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 backup 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 The Velvet Underground sounds like a breakthrough.

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Tracklist and audio may vary slightly from the vinyl version

Tracklist

Side A
  1. Candy Says
  2. What Goes On
  3. Some Kinda Love
  4. Pale Blue Eyes
  5. Jesus
Side B
  1. Beginning To See The Light
  2. I'm Set Free
  3. That's The Story Of My Life
  4. The Murder Mystery
  5. After Hours

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