Pale Blue Eyes (track)
by The Velvet Underground
Year: 1969
From the album The Velvet Underground (track #4)
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Pale Blue Eyes appears on the following album(s) by The Velvet Underground:
- The Velvet Underground (track #4) (this album) (1969)
- 1969: Velvet Underground Live With Lou Reed (track #11) (1974)
- The Very Best Of The Velvet Underground (track #6) (compilation) (2003)
- Live MCMXCIII (track #22) (1993)
- The Best Of The Velvet Underground: Words And Music Of Lou Reed (track #11) (compilation) (1989)
- Live At Max's Kansas City (track #6) (1972)
- 1969: Velvet Underground Live With Lou Reed Vol. 2 (track #2) (1979)
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| ! | 5 days ago |  ffudnebbuh | 10,784 | 82/100 |
| ! | 09/05/2026 05:08 | jtc91 | 13,969 | 82/100 |
| ! | 08/30/2026 07:54 | Siromynian | 20,416 | 71/100 |
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CellarDoor 11/14/2012 22:57 in songs you can listen to on repeat over and over and over...Pale Blue Eyes comments
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Romanelli TOP 100 COMMENTER 08/17/2012 20:20 | #48742
Lou Reed should be remembered more for writing pretty songs like this one. (Edited)
This song is so sweet and gorgeous. There's barely any songs I'd rather hear (Edited)
One of the greatest love songs of all time (Edited)
Lou's voice matches with the guitar SO well (Edited)
Lou Reed was genius, and this song proves that (Edited)
