Loaded
by The Velvet Underground
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The Velvet Underground bestography
Loaded is ranked 4th best out of 19 albums by The Velvet Underground on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The Velvet Underground is The Velvet Underground & Nico which is ranked number 10 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 37,386.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Loaded track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 84 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Top-rated track as rated by BestEverAlbums.com members.
Loaded rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 1 hour ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Romanelli | Top 45 Music Albums of 1970 | 2/45 | 5 |
| 2026 |  AleJohnMari | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 84/100 | 16 |
| 2026 |  imimesis | Top 20 Music Albums of 1970 | 14/20 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 100 Music Albums of 1970 | 10/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | bonnequestion | Top 56 Music Albums of 1970 | 51/56 | 1 |
| 2026 | adbrack1988 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 47/100 | 11 |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 49 Music Albums of 1970 | 11/49 | 4 |
| 2026 | lanadeleswift | Top 48 Music Albums of 1970 | 15/48 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Leonard | Top 97 Music Albums of 1970 | 13/97 | 4 |
| 2026 | Sonoffatboy | Top 7 Music Albums of 1970 | 4/7 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 869 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 6,040 | |||
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Loaded ratings
Average Rating = (n ÷ (n + m)) × av + (m ÷ (n + m)) × AVwhere:
av = trimmed mean average rating an item has currently received.
n = number of ratings an item has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for an item to appear in a 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/02/2026 18:17 | davidb | 40 | 72/100 |
| ! | 08/25/2026 15:53 | marcoserra1966 | 881 | 59/100 |
| ! | 08/20/2026 05:10 |  nextorgd | 1,221 | 84/100 |
Rating metrics:
Outliers can be removed when calculating a mean average to dampen the effects of ratings outside the normal distribution. This figure is provided as the trimmed mean. A high standard deviation can be legitimate, but can sometimes indicate 'gaming' is occurring. Consider a simplified example* of an item receiving ratings of 100, 50, & 0. The mean average rating would be 50. However, ratings of 55, 50 & 45 could also result in the same average. The second average might be more trusted because there is more consensus around a particular rating (a lower deviation).
(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 82.4/100, a mean average of 81.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 82.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.5.
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Forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 09/01/2026 16:00 in Monthly overall chart movements BestEverAlbums 08/10/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5400): By BLO BestEverAlbums 08/01/2026 16:00 in Monthly overall chart movementsLoaded comments
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Great album i feel this is a overhated VU album. 4 amazing songs for me: 1.Oh! Sweet Nuthin' 2.Rock And Roll 3.Who Loves The Sun 4.Sweet Jane. A top 3 VU album. (Edited)
Yes, the worst of their albums. But still such an incredible album. It’s not the avant-garde masterpiece of their others, but still a hell of a rock record. The VU didn’t need to drone to make good music. (Edited)
This is quite an up and down listen with there being some great songs which are up there amongst the groups best but then there are several filler cuts which are skippable. The first 3 songs are where most of the elite tracks come from with that run of songs hugely elevating the record. Every time I revisit this record I get to the end of Rock & Roll and think maybe I was wrong and this could be their 2nd best release but then it just goes down hill and doesn't fully recover until the closing track. We get some brief moments which are enjoyable such as New Age and I Found A Reason but they still don't make that long stretch of songs worth listening to. Overall, this album lacks consistency and while it does have some of my favourite VU songs they just can't maintain that high level the group set on previous releases. (Edited)
Great record
I don't enjoy it as much as first listen but there are still some decent songs here.
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