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| Loaded (2-CD Fully Loaded Edition) | 
 enlarge | Artist: The Velvet Underground
Label: Atlantic / Wea
Category: Music
List Price: $19.98
Buy New: $6.74
You Save: $13.24 (66%)
Buy New/Used/Collectible from $6.74
Avg. Customer Rating:  (40 reviews)
Sales Rank: 6139
Format: Original Recording Reissued, Original Recording Remastered, Deluxe Edition
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 5.4 x 4.9 x 0.5
MPN: 72563
UPC: 081227256326
EAN: 0081227256326
ASIN: B0000033WC
Publication Date: 1997
Release Date: February 18, 1997
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | Who Loves the Sun | | • | Sweet Jane | | • | Rock Roll | | • | Cool It Down | | • | New Age | | • | Lonesome Cowboy Bill | | • | Lonesome Cowboy Bill - The Velvet Underground, Morrison, Sterling | | • | I Found a Reason | | • | Train Round the Bend | | • | Oh! Sweet Nuthin' | | • | Ride into the Sun | | • | Ocean | | • | I'm Sticking With You | | • | I Love You | | • | Rock Roll | | • | Head Held High |
Disc 2
| • | Who Loves the Sun | | • | Sweet Jane | | • | Rock Roll | | • | Cool It Down | | • | New Age | | • | Head Held High | | • | Lonesome Cowboy Bill [Early Version][#] | | • | I Found a Reason | | • | Train Round the Bend | | • | Oh! Sweet Nuthin' | | • | Ocean | | • | I Love You | | • | Satellite of Love | | • | Oh Gin | | • | Walk and Talk | | • | Sad Song | | • | Love Makes You Feel Ten Feet Tall |
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| Customer Reviews: Read 35 more reviews...
 A Phenomenal Triumph for a Band that Disintegrated to the Bitter End November 3, 2007
Well, The Velvet Underground made three incredible and cutting-edge albums with the MGM/Verve label. Afterwards, they signed a contract with Atlantic Records and made which was to be their final studio album, Loaded. I'm told that even today, many Velvet fans rank Loaded as the band's least effective effort. In a sense, I can understnd where they are coming from. Loaded is neither as inventive nor as creative as the bands three previous studio albums: The Velvet Undergound Nico, White Light/White Heat, and The Velvet Undergound; aka The Grey Album. Lou Reed and the rest of his bandmates were constantly under pressure to make an album that would sell and be played on the radio. Therefore, they had to make music which had the sounds of what was mainstream or Top 40 during 1970. That is what you hear on Loaded. The mood of each song is not necessarily cutting edge. The sounds are pretty much as commercial and mainstream as you can get. After all, even during the sessions of the band's previous albums, the members were to an extent trying to make music which sold. Afterall, what kind of artist would want to die in obscurity after doing work which they painfully put so much of their mind, body, and soul into? With this said, I will say that Loaded has two of the most memorable and crafted songs on here: "Sweet Jane" and "Rock 'n' Roll". The chords of both songs are smartly arrnaged and has some terrific guitar solos by Sterling Morrsion. The other songs are great to listen to the more you hear them: "Who Loves the Sun" and "Cool It Down" are stright out pop sounding songs; much like The Beatles or The Beach Boys. "New Age" is a slow-moving, easy ballad; along with that it rhymes 'Robert Mitchum' with 'nvever catch him' and contains the line "You're over the hill now/And you're looking for love". You also have "Head Held High", a fairly loud rocker, "Lonesome Cowboy Bill" is a country-flavored song, "I Found A Reason", a 'doo-wop' style song, "Train Round The Bend", a funk-type piece of music, and last, but not least, "Oh! Sweet Nuthin'", a bluesy song. Since this album, is a 2-CD set, you get to hear different versions of the original line-up of songs as well as a collection of songs that Lou Reed would put onto his solo albums; among these are "Ocean"(featured on his debut, self-titled album), "Satellite of Love"(feature on the album, Transformer), and "Sad Song"(featured on Berlin). I didn't realize this until later on, but Maureen Tucker beacame pregnant and had to take some time off. Therefor, Doug Yule brought his kid brother, Billy in to play drums. Now, his playing may not be up there with Maureen's. And maybe, the album might have had more edge, if Lou, Doug, and Sterling had waited until Maureen was well enough to play drums again. Nevertheless, I think Billy Yule's playing was good enough to make the songs worth listening to. After all of the recordings, Lou realizes that the compromises he has made to make an album which sells and can be played on the radio have reached his limit and would hinder his creative process. Therefore, on August 22nd, 1970, Lou Reed abruptly quits the Velvet Underground. Then on September 22nd of the same year, Loaded it released. Ironically, the album did not sell. Thankfully throughout time, people have apprectiaed the album Loaded as well as the VU's other studio albums and have regarded it as one of the most influential albums ever. As a reminder, Lou and his bandmates did not want to repeat themselves; they wanted each of their studio albums to sound different from each other. In this case, The Velvet Underground, took music and lyrics which were mainstream and commercial sounding during 1970, and made them their own. And they did it with plenty of skill. That's why I think Loaded is every bit as good, if not better than the band's three previous studio albums.
Great Album January 10, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I consider myself a hardcore Velvet Underground fan, and I absolutely love this album. In fact, I am going to blaspheme and admit that I prefer it not only to the eponymous third album, but also the band's legendary debut (GASP!). I realize Velvet Underground and Nico is one of the most influential albums of all time, and I listen to it a lot, but I like many of the songs on Loaded better. (I don't think anything else the band did can touch the raw glory of White Light/White Heat).br /br /Velvet Underground fans often complain that this album is less edgy and groundbreaking than their other three efforts. I agree with this claim completely, and I think Loaded is the only album the band released that really sounds like a product of its era. At the same time, I think 1969-1970 was an incredibly inspired time for music, so fitting into this era is a good thing. 1969 and 1970 witnessed a shift in the rock world away from psychedelia toward country and folk sensibilities. 1969 saw The Band release their second album, the Stones release the country-tinged Let It Bleed, and Dylan release the pure-country Nashville Skyline. 1970 featured Zeppelin's shift to folk with their third album. Even the true champions of psychedelia, the Grateful Dead, released the folk rock classics Workingman's Dead and American Beauty in 1970. Loaded stands up well amid these albums.br /br /I also think I like this album because I typically listen to classic rock rather than the alternative rock many Velvet Underground fans prefer. Along with the Velvet Underground, I would say the Rolling Stones and pre-'75 Grateful Dead are my favorite bands. "Sweet Jane" and "Rock and Roll" are two of the greatest classic rock songs ever. "Oh! Sweet Nuthin'" is almost as great, and the rest of the songs are better than filler to my ears (I love "Cool It Down," contrary to many of the other reviewers). And while the album lacks the alternative sound, some of the lyrics still hint at Lou Reed's cynicism ("Who Loves the Sun", "Train Round the Bend").br /br /There is no doubt in my mind that Loaded is far more accessible than the other three Velvet Undergound albums. It is the one recording by the band that I think could appeal to many casual listeners. People can quibble over whether this really is the Velvet Underground because of all the personnel changes, but that just draws attention away from the great music you will find here. The extra tracks are a nice touch and worth the extra money, though not essential to most folks. Still, any fan of the Velvet Underground (especially Lou Reed) or classic rock should check this album out.
Nice "alternate album" with some wonderful bonus tracks November 26, 2006
The alternate version of the album is a gem - more personal, intimate and quirky than the original. br /br /Amongst the rest (ie the "bonus tracks") are 2 superb versions of Ocean, his best version of Satellie of Love, and the magnificent demo Love Makes You Feel Ten Feet Tall which contains elements of at least two later songs - have fun identifying them!br /br /br /br /
Who Loves the Sun? July 31, 2006
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
I can't speak for everyone, but I for one, do.br /br /I've never heard all of the Velvet Underground's albums, but from what I've been able to pick up, they were more depressing-sounding albums, with sombering looks at life - particularly drugs and sex.br /br /This album on the other hand, stands out amongst the songs of sorrow with songs that sound to me as complete jubilation, the exception being 'I Found a Reason.' But starting out with Who Loves the Sun, a song that sounds as if it came out of a George Harrison song-writing session, starts off the album with a great beginning hook and glorious chorus lines that reaffirm that this album is quite different than their previous ones. The next, Sweet Jane, is quite possibly my favorite of the album, with pure joy seeping from the entire track, especially the third chorus. I'm assuming it's Lou Reed singing, and I doubt he's even sounded so exuberant ever since or before.br /br /Rock and Roll seems like a direct extension off of Sweet Jane, and is just as 'rockin' as the two previous tracks. Probably one of the most simple tracks on the album, lyrical and instrumental, but still great. Cool It Down is probably my least favorite track and one I think really disrupts the flow of the album. I know there's not much there for description, but I really can't listen to it.br /br /Things pick up again though with the gentle and quite beautiful New Age. A song that seems to be about new-found love with an older women. (I'm not entirely sure, the lyrics are kind of strange. But still a good tune.) Another thundering rocker with Head Held High, another kind of strange tune about keeping your spirits up. br /br /I think it would be impossible for me to even try to describe Lonesome Cowboy Bill, since it seems so incredibly out of place with anything the Velvet Underground has done, albeit, a song, joyous in all senses, with a slight country-rock tinge to it, about a travelling rodeo cowboy... So I guess I did basically describe it. But it's definitely a stand out track.br /br /I Found a Reason is probably the only depressing track on the album, which seems to be a song about a man or woman who diverted from attempting suicide because of his papa.br /br /Rounding out the album are Train Around the Bend and Oh! Sweet Nuthin', which is probably my second favorite track on the album, and very melodic, slow paced, yet very spirited song that is a very fitting ending to a very great, high-spirits album. Thoroughly recommended to anyone. Especially those who love today's indie sound and wish to explore the beginnings of that sound, although I'm not saying this is the true beginning by any means.
Loaded with Hits... Integrity Intact Forever May 8, 2006
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Lou Reed did it..the survivor, new bandmates and studio musicians,a new age...total greatness, a 2 CD gift for the fans..the original album,the alternate album,early versions,full length versions, demos, early skeleton songs that appeared later on Lou's solo works with the demise of the Velvets, all in all not a note to be missed.. all loaded with a wonderful booklet, cover art appreciated by any NYC Subway junkie.br /On this 4th offering, the band(now officially broken up) set out to show that they remained that tight Long Island Rock band of Lou(minus the drummer Mo and John Cale's replacement, Doug Yule singing lead on 3 great Reed compositions) showering a slew of tight songs showcasing many styles on the world fully knowing that this was the sort of album that all the commercial executives wanted the Velvets to make from the beginning..but it was a sad song and too late for that type of stardom.br /Their fame was posthumous and always beyond category and comparison.Loaded was an album of hits completing a cycle for the band that began with the Nico album, culminating into a collection of topnotch song craft smacking of beautiful songs and FM staples, songs you can rock and dance to.br /The story still requires their odds and sods collections Another View and VU and the live Robert Quine Tapes, the now 2 CD set Live At Max's and that extraordinary live 2 volume CD set 1969 recorded during this Loaded period.br /You won't be disappointed in their box "Peel Slowly And See" neither.br /
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