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Very good album, with some studio out takes.
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no cons....just a fantastic album from a iconic band.
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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.Read full review
well, like all true audiophiles i just had to get my paws on as many versions of tracks by my all-time favourite drugged-up sonic pioneers. what's borne out by this release is that they had a good thing going already - the extra mixes and versions are pretty much fillers. the album itself is quite ok - not the VU of the previous 3 albums and a bit wetter than "VU". it's a kinda country pop/rock and lacks lou's voice on a fair few numbers - to it's detriment. if you're collecting everything and have already got the "peel slowly..." box set, then you'll probably want this too.
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