The Very Best of the Velvet Underground
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| Compilation album by The Velvet Underground | ||
| Released | March 31, 2003 | |
| Recorded | 1966–1970, New York City and Hollywood, United States | |
| Genre | rock and roll | |
| Length | 62:12 | |
| Label | Universal Music | |
| Producer(s) | Andy Warhol, Tom Wilson, The Velvet Underground, Geoff Haslam, Shel Kagan | |
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| The Velvet Underground chronology | ||
| Bootleg Series Volume 1: The Quine Tapes (2001) |
The Very Best of The Velvet Underground (2003) |
Gold (2005) |
- There are Velvet Underground compilation albums with similar titles: The Best of The Velvet Underground: Words and Music of Lou Reed (1989) and The Best of The Velvet Underground: The Millennium Collection (2000).
The Very Best of The Velvet Underground is a compilation album by The Velvet Underground. It was released in Europe on March 31, 2003, by Polydor, the record label that oversees the band's Universal Music Group back catalogue.
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[edit] About the album
The album is a regular, balanced best-of compilation that draws from all four canonical studio albums. It is notable for including three songs from White Light/White Heat, usually the compilers' least favourite album due to its uncommercial sound. The Very Best of The Velvet Underground was released on the back of a successful Hyundai television advert, which featured the band's 1970 recording "I'm Sticking with You" off Loaded (Fully Loaded Edition). The version included in this compilation is the 1969 VU take, however, despite the cover sticker's claim to the contrary.
[edit] Track listing
All tracks performed by The Velvet Underground except † The Velvet Underground and Nico. All titles written by Lou Reed except as noted.
- "Sweet Jane"
- "I'm Sticking with You" (1969 version)
- "I'm Waiting for the Man"
- "What Goes On"
- "White Light/White Heat"
- "All Tomorrow's Parties" †
- "Pale Blue Eyes"
- "Femme Fatale" †
- "Heroin"
- "Here She Comes Now" (Reed, Cale, Morrison)
- "Stephanie Says"
- "Venus in Furs"
- "Beginning to See the Light"
- "I Heard Her Call My Name"
- "Some Kinda Love" (alternate take)
- "I Can't Stand It"
- "Sunday Morning" (Reed, Cale) †
- "Rock and Roll"
(1, 18) taken from Loaded; (2, 11, 16) taken from VU; (3, 6, 8-9, 12, 17) taken from The Velvet Underground and Nico; (4, 7, 13, 15) taken from The Velvet Underground; (5, 10, 14) taken from White Light/White Heat.
[edit] Personnel
[edit] The band
- Lou Reed – vocals except as noted, guitar, piano (1-18)
- Sterling Morrison – guitar, bass guitar, backing vocals (1-18)
- Maureen Tucker – percussion (2-17), vocals on "I'm Sticking with You"
- John Cale – viola, bass guitar, keyboards, celesta (3, 5-6, 8-12, 14, 17)
- Doug Yule – bass guitar, keyboards, guitar, drums, backing vocals (1-2, 4, 7, 13, 15-16, 18)
[edit] Additional musicians
- Nico – lead vocals on "All Tomorrow's Parties" and "Femme Fatale", backing vocals on "Sunday Morning"
[edit] Technical staff
- Andy Warhol – producer
- Tom Wilson – producer
- The Velvet Underground – producers
- Geoff Haslam, Shel Kagan and The Velvet Underground – producers
| The Velvet Underground |
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| John Cale | Sterling Morrison | Lou Reed | Maureen Tucker | Doug Yule |
| Willie Alexander | Angus MacLise | Walter Powers |
| Discography |
| Studio albums: The Velvet Underground and Nico | White Light/White Heat | The Velvet Underground | Loaded | Squeeze |
| Live albums: Live at Max's Kansas City | 1969 | Live MCMXCIII | Final V.U. | The Quine Tapes |
| Box sets and outtake compilations: VU | Another View | What Goes On | Peel Slowly and See |
| Selected best-of compilations: Rock and Roll | The Very Best of The Velvet Underground | Gold |
| See also |
| Chelsea Girl | Exploding Plastic Inevitable | Nico | Steve Sesnick | Songs for Drella | Andy Warhol | Billy Yule |
