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| Disc: 1 | |||
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| 1. Who Loves the Sun | |||
| 2. Sweet Jane | |||
| 3. Rock & 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' | |||
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| Disc: 2 | |||
| 1. Who Loves The Sun* | |||
| 2. Sweet Jane* | |||
| 3. Rock & 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'* | |||
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
By D. Newton
Format:Audio CD
Although `Loaded' is hardly the ground-breaking music of the Velvet Underground's earlier releases and the band had virtually disintegrated by the time of its release, this record remains a clutch of great rock n roll songs.
`Who Loves the Sun', with its sweet harmonies and `Cool it Down's great honky-tonk piano are great melodic tunes, whilst `Sweet Jane' is justly renowned for its classic guitar riff. You have to love the melodrama of `New Age' with its superb organ break and the smooth, mellow melancholy of the closing track `Oh! Sweet Nuthin'.
I will commit musical heresy by saying I even enjoy `I Found a Reason' which has the most staggeringly corny lyrics delivered dead-pan by Lou Reed.
The record gets docked a star for `Train Round the Bend' and `Lonesome Cowboy Bill' which are a bit weak but if you ignore the history of the band and just concentrate on the music here there is much to enjoy.
`Who Loves the Sun', with its sweet harmonies and `Cool it Down's great honky-tonk piano are great melodic tunes, whilst `Sweet Jane' is justly renowned for its classic guitar riff. You have to love the melodrama of `New Age' with its superb organ break and the smooth, mellow melancholy of the closing track `Oh! Sweet Nuthin'.
I will commit musical heresy by saying I even enjoy `I Found a Reason' which has the most staggeringly corny lyrics delivered dead-pan by Lou Reed.
The record gets docked a star for `Train Round the Bend' and `Lonesome Cowboy Bill' which are a bit weak but if you ignore the history of the band and just concentrate on the music here there is much to enjoy.
22 of 25 people found the following review helpful
By A Customer
Format:Audio CD
If you're reading this, chances are that you fulfill the following criteria: 1/Bought and loved the first velvet underground and Nico album, 2/Are confused by the velvets patchy back catalogue, and are wondering what to buy next.
Well, I can safely say that if you really need more velvets then this might be the album for you. If you loved the more acessable tracks on "The VU and Nico" such as "Sunday Morning" and "There she goes again", then chances are you'll love this album too. It contains many fine examples of the Velvet's unique brand of off kilter pop music, with the pretty "Who Loves the Sun" and the essential combination of "Rock and Roll" & "Sweet Jane. If however, your tastes on the first album went toward the wackier "Venus in Furs", "Black Angel's Death Song" then you'll more than likely hate this album. Its difficult to understate just how commercial this album is. For example, Lou Reed was so upset with the results, he quit the band and washed his hands of the album. It is also worth considering that at this point in the Velvet's timeline, Lou Reed was to a large extent being phased out of the band to make way for the girl friendly Doug Yule, who's sappy rather dull influence, and will to commercialise pervades some of the weaker tracks on this album. This isn't a bad album at all, but fans of the harder music would be better off with the fantastically minimal "White Heat White Light", with its bizzare stories and brutal proto-punk.
Well, I can safely say that if you really need more velvets then this might be the album for you. If you loved the more acessable tracks on "The VU and Nico" such as "Sunday Morning" and "There she goes again", then chances are you'll love this album too. It contains many fine examples of the Velvet's unique brand of off kilter pop music, with the pretty "Who Loves the Sun" and the essential combination of "Rock and Roll" & "Sweet Jane. If however, your tastes on the first album went toward the wackier "Venus in Furs", "Black Angel's Death Song" then you'll more than likely hate this album. Its difficult to understate just how commercial this album is. For example, Lou Reed was so upset with the results, he quit the band and washed his hands of the album. It is also worth considering that at this point in the Velvet's timeline, Lou Reed was to a large extent being phased out of the band to make way for the girl friendly Doug Yule, who's sappy rather dull influence, and will to commercialise pervades some of the weaker tracks on this album. This isn't a bad album at all, but fans of the harder music would be better off with the fantastically minimal "White Heat White Light", with its bizzare stories and brutal proto-punk.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By Keith M
TOP 1000 REVIEWER
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
Not quite the definitive Velvet Underground of the first album but still a collection of high quality songs. The standout tracks for me are the seminal Sweet Jane and Rock & Roll, and despite the fact that both songs have been covered by numerous artists (for example, Mott the Hoople did a great version of the former), none equal these versions by the Velvets. The album also contains superb ballads in New Age, I Found a Reason and Oh! Sweet Nuthin', as well as some more throwaway rockers like Head Held High and Lonesome Cowboy Bill.
Still, one shouldn't complain I suppose given that we're talking here of the most influential rock band of all time!
Still, one shouldn't complain I suppose given that we're talking here of the most influential rock band of all time!
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Who needs rock'n'roll?
Who needs rock ' roll? The answer is.. everyone, if the songs and playing are as good as on this album. Read more
Published 5 days ago by an acquaintance
5.0 out of 5 stars
Fully loaded
Why such poor reviews? OK, it's not the best VU album, in fact it's my least favourite of their four released during (or just after, in this case) their lifetime, but it's still a... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Cornishpasty
3.0 out of 5 stars
No Mo Tucker, no Velvets sound
I love the Velvet Underground, they will always be my favourite group. That said, this album could've been so much better had Mo Tucker drummed on it. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Klausk
2.0 out of 5 stars
The Velvet Underground Is Dead
This album was so appalling that I actually only managed to get so far in before I had to stop listening to it. Read more
Published 7 months ago by JJKelsall
3.0 out of 5 stars
However, you REALLY need...
Buy this by all means, but you NEED White Light/White Heat.It is the greatest rock album ever released. Full Stop.
Published on 28 Dec 2009 by Mr. David Paul Archer
5.0 out of 5 stars
Review of Loaded by Velvet Underground
My son gave me a cassette of Loaded several years ago and I loved it. Over the years the cassette got lost and then, of course, we had no means of playing cassettes. Read more
Published on 17 Nov 2009 by J. Hill
4.0 out of 5 stars
YULE REGRET THIS- never
Imagine being doug yule- at the front of an epic, yet now defunct band- and you are handed this swan-song- Cales has gone, stomped off with his viola;Reed has gone, it's going to... Read more
Published on 8 May 2007 by D. R. Baker
4.0 out of 5 stars
Who loves the sun?
There's no point at all in introducing the Velvet Underground -- really, the first edgy alt-rock band in the world doesn't need it. Read more
Published on 22 Jan 2006 by E. A Solinas
3.0 out of 5 stars
A decent final album, but far from essential
After unleashing two brutal and innovative avant-rock albums (Velvet Underground & Nico, White Light/White Heat) followed by a stunning, hushed and contemplative eponymous release,... Read more
Published on 11 Oct 2002
4.0 out of 5 stars
Contains one or two classics
Rock n' Roll is one of the greatest songs ever played; of a different texture to all its contemporaries, with an extremely rewarding guitar riff and excellent, boxy drumming. Read more
Published on 12 Oct 2000 by "555piero"
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