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| White Light/White Heat | 
 enlarge | Artist: The Velvet Underground
Label: Polydor / Umgd
Category: Music
List Price: $9.98
Buy New: $5.17
You Save: $4.81 (48%)
Buy New/Used from $3.29
Avg. Customer Rating:  (164 reviews)
Sales Rank: 2434
Format: Original Recording Reissued, Original Recording Remastered
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 531251
UPC: 731453125124
EAN: 0073145312512
ASIN: B000002G7E
Release Date: May 7, 1996
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
| • | White Light/White Heat - The Velvet Underground, Reed, Lou | | • | The Gift - The Velvet Underground, Cale, John | | • | Lady Godiva's Operation - The Velvet Underground, Reed, Lou | | • | Here She Comes Now - The Velvet Underground, Cale, John | | • | I Heard Her Call My Name - The Velvet Underground, Reed, Lou | | • | Sister Ray - The Velvet Underground, Cale, John |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
Nothing in their debut could really have prepared fans for the sonic assault the Velvets unleashed in iWhite Light/White Heat/i. Freed from Andy Warhol's patronage (and Nico's vocals), Lou Reed and company strip production values to a minimum and turn out a primitive rock roll masterpiece: everything on this record sounds distorted and abrasive. Depending on how you feel about these sorts of things, this makes it either their best or their worst record. Of course, underneath it all are some of Reed's greatest songs, from the title track to the wistful "Here She Comes Now." It all culminates on side 2 with the raucously joyous "I Heard Her Call My Name" ("And then my mind split open," Reed sings, and his guitar lets you know just about how that would feel) and the epic "Sister Ray"--10 minutes of transcendent, pounding fuzz as Reed searches for his "mainline." i--Percy Keegan/i
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| Customer Reviews: Read 159 more reviews...
 10 Most Dangerous Albums of All Time (Entry Six) January 2, 2009
1967.br /br /A year that changed the musical landscape. The emergence of psychedelia affected nearly every major recording artist performing at the time; even the macho swaggering Rolling Stones were not immune to this new scene. Much of the music steeped in pyschedlia and produced that year resulted in soulless records, bland and boring.br /br /Fortunately, one band would release an album full of life; one that challenged the musical landscape.br /br /The Velvet Underground's White Light/White Heatbr /br /Upon the formation of the Velvet Underground, the subject matter of sex and drugs was nothing new in rock and roll. It was how the subject matter was addressed that made the Velvet Underground, their debut album in particular, different. More importantly, though, their debut album, The Velvet Underground Nico hinted at the shearing sheets of noise that would mark the follow-up albumbr /br /White Light/White Heat introduced an element of music seldom used in 1967: sheets of noise. Abrasive while retaining their pop sensibilities, the Velvet Underground blazed forward with an urgency. Each instrument created its own sharp, churning sound. The title track introduced these elements to the listener; every subsequent track upped the ante.br /br /But the Velvet Underground relied on much more than noise, although that was the unifying element of the album. Listen to John Cale's spoken word piece on "The Gift." And typical of the Velvet Underground, their love of bubblegum pop is present in "Here She Comes Now" and the scorching "I Heard Her Call My Name," with its feedback and noisy wallop throughout. This is the Velvet Underground challenging traditional music conventions and the musical landscape at large.br /br /The album closes with the mammoth "Sister Ray," a dangerous eighteen minute exercise in the melding and destruction of a simple riff. The track's influence is easily recognizable in many of today's noise rock artists. And, while it may have been record over forty years ago, the track is still every bit as abrasive, dangerous, and antagonizing as it was in 1967.br /br /Don't believe it? Play "Sister Ray," or any cut off this album, on the local jukebox and revel in the patrons' reactions.
 Just don't get it July 30, 2008
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
While I love all 3 other VU album, I simply don't get this one. After about 20 sometimes really painful listening, I give up.br /br /This album has its moments with me with the title track, here she comes now and I heard her call my name. But the gift, what the hell? A narration of a story about somebody mailing himself and ultimately getting killed with background music from the band.br /br /This isn't outright terrible like Playing With Fire or something, but man, this is not enjoyable.br /br /White Light/White Heat 4/5br /The Gift 1/5br /Lady Godiva's Operation 3/5br /Here She Comes Now 5/5br /I Heard Her Call My Name 4/5br /Sister Ray 3/5(can be 4/5, but too long)
White Light / White Genius March 18, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I'm not the type to write reviews, but when I looked at several of the reviews bashing this album, I had to speak up. I own all the studio albums by The Velvet Underground, and this one is by far my favorite. That being said, as you probably already read, it is the least accessible. Don't let that discourage you. Easy come, easy go, right? I recommend starting with another Velvet album if this is your first exposure to them. Come back to this one, and give it some patience; You will be rewarded.
 A great album ... horrible value January 30, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I love this album. It features my favorite two Velvet Underground songs, the title track and "I heard her call my name". I also like "Here she comes now" and both "Lady Godiva's Operation" and "The gift" have a strange appeal, despite also being bizzare. ("The gift" is really a musical accompaniment to a short story read by John Cale, "Lady Godiva" is a song with sections that are just bizarre) "Sister Ray" is a good idea drawn out far too long. All in all, this is the Velvet Underground at their most experimental and most abrasive moment. It also only has six songs on it and, in terms of song per dollar, I feel cheated. br /br /This album is also a bad choice as your first Velvet Underground album. All four Albums have a distinct personality.br /br /The Velvet Underground and Nico : Mellow, Abrasives, Experimental, Conventional, Minimalistic, and extremely raw.br /br /White Light/ White Heat; Very Expiremental and abrassive, mellow only during "here she comes now"br /br /The Velvet Underground : Very mellow; almost a folk album. br /br /Loaded : The Velvet Underground finally plays traditional rock rollbr /br /If you think you might like VU's experimental, abrasive side then the first album is really the best choice, if you don't like abrasive, poorly produced music then there is some chance you might still like their third or fourth albums. br /br /I think "White Light / White Heat" is an album mainly for people who loved "Murder Mystery" and the experimental side of "The Velvet Underground and Nice" so much that they are willing to over-pay for six more songs of that type. But that won't stop me from complaing about being over-charged.
 It doesn't get much heavier than this! December 15, 2007
If you were around in 1968 then you remember the times, the vibe and the violence in the air. Drawn from such times the Velvets released this masterpiece. There is a reason they're in the Rock Roll Hall of fame my friend. Even their "lesser records" (like this one) were masterpieces. They were light years ahead of their time. This is one HEAVY record. Definetely worth a listen to the younger generation. The Velvets did it first and sometimes better than some of the rest.
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