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- Posted: 09/28/2015 20:00
- Post subject: Album of the day (#1764): Loaded by The Velvet Underground
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Today's album of the day
Loaded by The Velvet Underground (View album | Buy this album)
Year: 1970.
Country: 
Overall rank: 190
Average rating: 82/100 (from 605 votes).
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Tracks:
1. Who Loves The Sun
2. Sweet Jane
3. Rock And Roll
4. Cool It Down
5. New Age
6. Head Held High
7. Lonesome Cowboy Bill
8. I Found A Reason
9. Train Round The Bend
10. Oh! Sweet Nuthin'
About album of the day: The BestEverAlbums.com album of the day is the album appearing most prominently in member charts in the previous 24 hours. If an album, or artist, has previously been selected within a x day period, the next highest album is picked instead (and so on) to ensure a bit of variety. A full history of album of the day can be viewed here.
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PsychologistHD
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- #2
- Posted: 09/28/2015 20:10
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What an influential album.
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HazeyTwilight
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- Posted: 09/28/2015 20:12
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This album is blows most albums out of the water, and it's not even their best one. Though, a lot of you should know that by now.
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Mercury
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- Posted: 09/28/2015 20:15
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i've heard that Loaded was supposed to be a parody of pop music at the time or something? at any rate, like the one preceding it, kind of a huge slump in quality after the Cale era. Reed had primary songwriting credits on everything and ended up coming back to more out-there styles of music throughout his career, but it seems like he just went out of his way to be commercial on those two, and they sound much more dated and mediocre as a result.
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meccalecca
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- Posted: 09/28/2015 20:36
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| permafrost wrote: | | it seems like he just went out of his way to be commercial on those two, and they sound much more dated and mediocre as a result. |
I really don't see how The Velvet Underground is all that commercial sounding. Sure it lacks some of the grit of White Light/White Heat and Cale's more avant playing but those were hardly polished pop songs.
Loaded was definitely more intentionally poppy, but also some of Reed's best songwriting. New Age and I Found A Reason are particularly great songs that are maybe more overshadowed by the big first 3 songs on the album.
They definitely lost some of their edge by the time they recorded Loaded but I'd still say it's one of the best albums of its time.
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- Posted: 09/28/2015 21:21
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At the moment I think this is my favorite Velvet record. Is it perfect? no. But on first listen, I enjoyed it more than I did Velvet Underground & Nico. Really never liked the Nico parts.
Really cool album cover too.
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RepoMan
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- Posted: 09/28/2015 21:41
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I really like this album. But the first three are on a whole other level & all three could take turns at the very tippitey top of my overall.
Last edited by RepoMan on 09/28/2015 21:43; edited 2 times in total
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Mies
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- Posted: 09/28/2015 21:41
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| permafrost wrote: | | i've heard that Loaded was supposed to be a parody of pop music at the time or something? |
That would make much sense!
And opens up possibilities to appreciate it a little more, for me.
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PsychologistHD
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- Posted: 09/28/2015 22:05
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| permafrost wrote: | | but it seems like he just went out of his way to be commercial on those two, and they sound much more dated and mediocre as a result. |
hey man, don't knock the third album. one of the best albums that really explores the "indie pop" sound as we know it today.
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