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Track Listings
| 1. I'm Sticking With You |
| 2. I'm Waiting For The Man |
| 3. What Goes On |
| 4. White Light/White Heat |
| 5. All Tomorrow's Parties |
| 6. Pale Blue Eyes |
| 7. Femme Fatale |
| 8. Heroin |
| 9. Here She Comes Now |
| 10. Stephanie Says |
| 11. Venus In Furs |
| 12. Beginning To See The Light |
| 13. I Heard Her Call My Name |
| 14. Some Kinda Love |
| 15. I Can't Stand It |
| 16. Sunday Morning |
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Although it's true that much of The Velvet's music was, indeed, drug-inspired this incredibly varied compilation, illustrates just how much more there was to these four New Yorkers: Lou Reed (vocals and guitar), John Cale (bass, keyboards, viola and vocals), Sterling Morrison (bass and guitar) and Maureen Tucker (drums).
Very Best Of offers tasters from all four classic Velvet Underground LPs. The debut, The Velvet Underground And Nico (1967), best known for the Andy Warhol banana on white sleeve, is the only one featuring Warhol's singing prodigy, the German-born Nico. Listening to her accented, low, off-key voice sliding naturally around ''All Tomorrow's Parties'' and ''Femme Fetale'', it's easy to see why she remains such a popular influence.
After Reed sacked Warhol, the band's manager for two years from 1965, The Velvets let rip on White Light/White Heat (1968). Recorded in just one day, John Cale quit shortly afterwards following clashes with Reed. After The Velvet Underground (1969) and their final classic LP, Loaded (1971) (both well represented on this collection), all original members departed.
Very Best Of includes many era-defining songs, such as ''Heroin'', ''I'm Waiting For The Man'', ''White Light, White Heat'', ''I Can't Stand It'' and ''Sunday Morning''. But it also features several lesser-known top pop tunes: ''Sweet Jane'', ''What Goes On'' and ''Beginning To See The Light'' and the downright strange ''I'm Sticking With You'' originally an out-take from the Loaded LP . The outstanding ''Venus In Furs'' pulls you into the speakers with its hypnotic ''Shiny, shiny...'' mantra.
The great thing about this latest Very Best Of, is the way in which it reveals The Velvet's true unorthodoxy, leaving you acutely aware of the brave musical steps this four-piece took. This album is one great big, exciting contradiction. Whatever your preconceptions of The Velvet Underground, Very Best Of is likely to prove you wrong. --Kathy Narayan
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Also a few of the tracks are cut short such as 'What Goes On' and 'I'm Beginning to See the Light'. In conclusion, it's a nice collection of VU's songs but should only really be bought by someone who is new to the Velvets. Older fans should steer clear and just buy the, better quality, individual albums.
Strangely for a band that has four live albums out, no live tracks, though.
The tracks off third album "The Velvet Underground", by the way, are represented in their original "closet mix" versions, giving a wider airing to the alternate take of Some Kinda Love.
The bottom line: all the classics are here, with some unexpected bonuses.
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