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  • Overall:

    VU's best album...

    By Yahoo! Shopping User  Dec 17, 2001

    This is their best, in my opinion. Pale blue eyes and Candy says, the best down tempo VU songs they ever made. The rest of the album is just as great.

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    The Velvets go melodic!

    By Yahoo! Shopping User  Jul 13, 2001

    After the raw avant garde rock of their debut, and the furious noise of WHITE LIGHT/WHITE HEAT, John Cale was replaced with Doug Yule and Lou Reed began to take the band in a more melodic direction. Not that this entailed a more commercial sound as t...he band remained on the borders of the Top 200 - Reed never sold out as frontman in the Velvet Underground, his creative vision intact. The only thing that changed was the sound.This is mostly melancholy music, slow, quiet, stripped down, the kind of thing you might play at night. But it's never boring as the music is just too beautiful and the lyrics too striking to be that. There are some quality rock'n'roll tunes on the record. I especially enjoyed the machine-gun rhythm guitar of WHAT GOES ON, which employs the effective use of repetition of Reed and Cale's earlier work, with a simple hammond organ pattern and asimple bass line and just the snare drum as percussion to create a great song. BEGINNING TO SEE THE LIGHT is a fast rock song, too, predating the next album LOADED in using the acoustic guitar to create the rhythm for a fast song. SOME KINDA LOVE is another upbeat and humorous song. But the slow songs are simply divine, with toned down, almost blues- style lead guitar over the sparsest of rhythmic background. CANDY SAYS, JESUS, and I'M SET FREE are proof of this. PALE BLUE EYES has some touching lyrics and a simple but most soothing Sterling Morrision guitar solo in the middle. The up-tempo AFTER HOURS also features Moe Tucker's wasted, off-key debut lead vocal - nonetheless it is a very impressive performance that fits the style of the music.The only song which stops me from giving this album 5 stars is THE MURDER MYSTERY which I felt was an attempt to move back to a more avant garde direction. But without the gritty production (and probably John Cale) of the Velvet's first two albums the song here just sounds like a discordant mess without the crashing volume and feedback to back the music up. There are not even any lyrics to speak of on THE MURDER MYSTERY - in parts the band mutter and sing tunelessly different parts over the top of each other and at different times. I didn't like this song at all, and at 8 minutes it takes up about a fifth of the whole record!!!But apart from this THE VELVET UNDERGROUND is a fine, though often sad, album that emphasises a band going in a more tuneful direction under the increasing control of Lou Reed. I might even add that people who hated the first two records might like this one if they have any love of original, melodic sixties rock... Read more Less

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  • Overall:

    Sweet

    By Yahoo! Shopping User  Jun 5, 2001

    soothing, sweet, especially after hte vicious assault of white light/white heat. it sounds like the band relaxed, and made a wonderful album. highlights: what goes on, pale blue eyes, jesus, beginnign to see the light, murder mystery.

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    By Yahoo! Shopping User  Apr 12, 2001

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  • Overall:

    Beautiful, Brilliant, and Genious

    By Yahoo! Shopping User  Mar 12, 2001

    I've been listening to this album non-stop and I just can't get over how good it is. I'm only 15, and if I'm smart enough to understand the Velvet's anyone can. After hearing the Velvet Underground and Nico and White Light/ White Heat, I am amazed ...at how Reed invents these new sounds every time, even without Cale to help. I am convinced that this album rates quite colsely to their first, although it usually isn't as highly regarded. I definately suggest it to anyone who has a brain, and can enjoy simple, melodic masterpieces such as this. Read more Less

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  • Overall:

    Mix of soothing music and genius

    By Yahoo! Shopping User  Nov 1, 2000

    Although John Cale, who brought as much to the table as Reed, was out of the group at this juncture, the music on this ablum is a classic. "Finally seen the light" kind of gives a look back at the classic VU lineup. The best song on the album is "Pa...le Blue Eyes" Reed's voice actually takes a melodic tone with the light guitar and keyboard mix to go along with Mo Tucker's faint-sounding tamborine and drum beat. When I get married This will be the song I dance with my wife, no matter what her eye color is. It is a song of love in my heart. Read more Less

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  • Overall:

    Over rated

    By Yahoo! Shopping User  Jul 27, 2000

    This is a brilliant album for any band to make, no question, but I do not think it is the velvets best as most people seem to.

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  • Overall:

    Possibly the greatest record ever made.

    By Yahoo! Shopping User  Nov 16, 1999

    A snapshot of a sound often imitated and never duplicated, from an era which defined them and which they helped define: 1969. Though John Cale had left for this recording, the VU sound is at its aesthetic peak, and the leftover vibes from his depart...ure nudge the band toward exploring their yin energies. An excellent 1st VU record to own. Read more Less

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