The Very Best of The Velvet Underground
- 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).
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Greatest hits album by The Velvet Underground | ||||
Released | March 31, 2003 (2003-03-31) | |||
Recorded | 1966–1970, New York City and Hollywood, United States | |||
Genre | Rock, art rock, experimental rock, folk rock | |||
Length | 74:29 | |||
Language | English | |||
Label | Polydor | |||
Producer | Andy Warhol, Tom Wilson, The Velvet Underground, Geoff Haslam, Shel Kagan | |||
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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 catalog.
The album was released following a Hyundai television commercial, which featured the band's 1970 recording "I'm Sticking with You" from the "Fully Loaded" edition of Loaded. The version included in this compilation is from the VU album (1969), despite a sticker's claim to the contrary on the front cover.
Track listing
All tracks performed by The Velvet Underground except † The Velvet Underground & 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, John Cale, Sterling 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 & Roll"
Tracks 3, 6, 8–9, 12, & 17 taken from The Velvet Underground & Nico (1967); Tracks 5, 10, 14 taken from White Light/White Heat (1968); Tracks 4, 7, 13, & 15 taken from The Velvet Underground (1969); Tracks 1 & 18 taken from Loaded (1970); Tracks 2, 11, & 16 taken from VU (1985).
Personnel
- The Velvet Underground
- John Cale – viola, bass guitar, keyboards, celesta (3, 5–6, 8–12, 14, 17)
- Sterling Morrison – guitar, bass guitar, backing vocals
- Lou Reed – vocals except as noted, guitar, piano
- Maureen Tucker – percussion (2–17), vocals on "I'm Sticking with You"
- Doug Yule – bass guitar, keyboards, guitar, drums, backing vocals (1–2, 4, 7, 13, 15–16, 18)
- Additional musicians
- Nico – lead vocals on "All Tomorrow's Parties" and "Femme Fatale", backing vocals on "Sunday Morning"
- Technical staff
- Andy Warhol – producer
- Tom Wilson – producer
- The Velvet Underground – producers
- Geoff Haslam, Shel Kagan and The Velvet Underground – producers
References
- ^ Deming, Mark. The Very Best of The Velvet Underground at AllMusic
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
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- The Velvet Underground & Nico
- White Light/White Heat
- The Velvet Underground
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- Live at Max's Kansas City
- 1969: The Velvet Underground Live
- Live MCMXCIII
- Final V.U. 1971–1973
- Bootleg Series Volume 1: The Quine Tapes
- The Complete Matrix Tapes
- VU
- Another View
- Andy Warhol's Velvet Underground Featuring Nico
- The Best of The Velvet Underground: Words and Music of Lou Reed
- The Best of Lou Reed & The Velvet Underground
- 20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of The Velvet Underground
- The Very Best of the Velvet Underground
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- "All Tomorrow's Parties" / "I'll Be Your Mirror"
- "Sunday Morning" / "Femme Fatale"
- "White Light/White Heat" / "Here She Comes Now"
- "What Goes On"
- "Sweet Jane" / "Rock & Roll"
- "I'm Waiting for the Man" / "There She Goes Again"
- "Venus in Furs"
- "After Hours"
- "Candy Says"
- "European Son"
- "Heroin"
- "I Heard Her Call My Name"
- "Lady Godiva's Operation"
- "New Age"
- "Pale Blue Eyes"
- "Run Run Run"
- "Sister Ray"
- "Stephanie Says"
- "The Black Angel's Death Song"
- "The Gift"
- Heaven & Hell
- Fifteen Minutes
- I'll Be Your Mirror
- The Velvet Underground and Nico: A Symphony of Sound
- The Velvet Underground (2021 film)
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