The Velvet Underground (album) by The Velvet Underground

From StefanR10 05/27/2020 21:17

I prefer Candy Says and After Hours. Good Album deserves it´s place under the top 500.

Pale Blue Eyes is one of the most beatiful songs ever written

put jelly on your shoulder

Heartbreaking and intimate.

A much tamer, more accessible album than what the band had previously released. There is no doubt that this is because of the absence of John Cale, the avant-garde leg of the band. It’s amazing that the Velvet Underground are able to almost completely depart from their original, gritty sound and make something so clean without having much of a drop in quality. But, there is a drop in quality, in my opinion, compared to their previous two albums. The refusal to follow any rules, as was evidenced on their first two albums, is what drew me to them and what fascinated me about them. While they still refuse to follow most rules, it’s clear that they were trying to reach a broader audience with this release. That being said, the guitars sound fantastic and the lyrics are as strong, if not stronger, than their debut. The direction that Lou Reed took the band in was a good one but I prefer their material with Cale.

The perfect album to listen to when you're in bed with a heavy cold.

Awesome stuff, as per usual with VU. Lou Reed gives his finest vocal performances here.

Favorites: Candy Says, Pale Blue Eyes, Jesus.

From VictorVale 04/19/2019 19:52

Mais folk, mas sem perder o experimentalismo! Extraordinário!

I'm afraid, I'm much too young to understand, why this should be such an extraordinary record. There's one great song: Pale Blue Eyes... and one interesting spoken word experiement, the rest is just average, boring, singer-songwriter-stuff…

Some albums are indisputable classics, very important elements for the history of music (this is the case of the debut album Velvet Underground, called "The banana album"). Other albums are fundamental albums, favorites of a listener, of a life. The third album of the Velvet Underground, called "The album sofa" which is perhaps not an absolute masterpiece for everyone but is, for me, an extraordinary album, a friend. The songs on the album are ballads that do not hesitate to bite. They are toxic but are wrapped in charming airs. This album is absolutely genial, Lou Reed is a genius! Yes, The Velvet Underground is my favorite band ...

10/10

Best track: "Pale Blue Eyes"