Live At Max's Kansas City
by The Velvet Underground

Live At Max's Kansas City by The Velvet Underground
(Live album)
Year: 1972
Overall rank: 13,208th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 42 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1972 (183rd)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (1,770th)
Award Best albums of all time (13,208th)

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The Velvet Underground bestography

Live At Max's Kansas City is ranked 9th best out of 18 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 38,446.

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Overall rank: 13,208th | 1970s rank: 1,770th | 1972 rank: 183rd

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73/100 (from 42 votes)
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65/100
 
01/03/2026 05:58 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  9,74270/100
 
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04/26/2025 17:45 TastyandTemptin  Ratings distribution  3,14372/100
 
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10/22/2024 14:06 Tamthebam  Ratings distribution  23,08969/100
 
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06/28/2024 00:56 thepardunk  Ratings distribution  2,58069/100
 
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06/02/2024 18:01 PapaShiz86  Ratings distribution  11,36479/100

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This album is rated in the top 25% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.4/100, a mean average of 73.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.8.

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From 07/07/2016 14:47 | #170783
Listen to the extended version, which includes the complete bootleg recording. This was btw, Lou Reed's last appearance playing with the "original" velvets.
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From 12/08/2013 12:20 | #96792
Overall vastly unsatisfying. Some songs sound as if VU were your average barroom jammers. Stick to the studio LPs or try Live 1969 instead. I'll give a 65 still, because the songs are good.
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