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The Velvet Underground but not nearly so experimental. Some really nice ballads and classics on here
3.5 stars. Enjoyable, soft-listening indie feel. "Pale Blue Eyes" is beautiful, "The Murder Mystery" is strange but I liked it.
Just didn’t totally feel like my vibe. It’s fine.
The model for all indie bands to follow. You hear twee, experimental, rock n roll, and more influences and innovations. Super important band and an album I will definitely return to. Giving a 4 because it’s not my all time favorite of their records.
meu favorito deles, de certa forma é um dos menos experimentais, a unica musica que da pra dizer que assustaria alguem é murder mistery, e mesmo assim, não é tão dificil de gostar. destaque pras progressão de acordes e o trabalho de solo de guitarra. beginning to see the light e im set free são as preferidas
The first half of this was fantastic, full of perfectly crafted soft melodic songs. And while the second half doesn't match the same quality throughout, still continues in the same reign. And then Murder Mystery came on being that unnerving and daunting that caught me completely unaware. Bit like a dream about frolicking through daisys in a sunny day, where the weather turns to acid rain and the daisies die all around. Although a song like that definitely fits in the style of VU and Lou Reed, was still a terrible song that served as an uncomfortable listen that I wish not to experience again. After Hours is a nice little closer though that sums up the greatness before the penultimate track.
Simply titled "The Velvet Underground" is The Velvet Underground's third album with Doug Yule replacing John Cale on bass and other instruments. It was a change from their previous more experimental album "White Light/White Heat" with more ballads and straight-forward rock songs. It has been described as folk rock. The songs are more about relationships and religion. I would say the album is generally not a negative one but it sure starts and ends with lyrical downers. "Candy Says" opens up the album softly with Doung Yule on vocals. His sort of quivering voice tells the story of Candy ,a transgender person, who works at Warhol's Factory, hates her body and just wants "to be set free." We'd meet her again in Reed's "Walk on the Wild Side." The second song "What Goes On" is more straight-forward rock with multiple guitar tracks and great organ. Another great rock tune on the second side is "Beginning to See the Light." "Pale Blue Eyes" is way up there with my favorite VU songs. It is soft with only a guitar and tambourine and haunting lyrics about what appears to be an affair. The album ends with "After Hours" and drummer Maureen Tucker on vocals. It is a happy-sounding song but the lyrics describe wanting to have fun but closing the door so the night can last forever. Oh, the dichotomy. I don't know where this ranks for me in VU albums. They're all worth listening to and owning. This one does have two of favorite songs in "Pale Ble Eyes" and " What Goes On."
Weird but ok
I've heard VU and Nico before but never actually listened to any other albums. Pale Blue Eyes seems like the standout here but the basslines are killer. Lou Reed knew what was up. Not a super big fan of the music but clearly a very influential band.
The Velvet Underground is a band that cool people always had on their list of favorites but I never heard them on their stereo or in their mix tapes. Was the aura of the band enough? The album has plenty to share. After Hours was even just a little pleasant surprise that could be thrown into any number of spotfiy lists. Maybe it was all just too personal to share. This is a replayable album. It has a consistent tone. It isn't hard to see why some would say it is borish. You get the critics about how it was mix by Reed. There are not enough flaws though to keep it from shining overall.
More enjoyable, more listenable than White Light White Heat. The risks they took on the back half of the album didn’t pay off.
Without John Cale, they're largely a bit boring. The album is saved by Pale Blue Eyes and Murder Mystery, which are lovely and barmy respectively, but the rest of the album is mostly just there. They say only a handful of people saw the Velvet Underground but they all formed bands. If they'd seen them at this later stage, we'd have a lot more accountants.
What's the saying? VU didn't sell many copies of its first album but everyone who bought or heard it started a band. Seminal.
I’ve always loved this album. I wonder what substances they were on.
This is another one of those folksy American albums that's just fine but not memorable in any way. I think it's better than some of the others we've had in the same genre though, Beginning To See The Light and I'm Set Free are very good and flow together superbly.
Expected a bit more from this - it's all a bit too gentle for my liking. There are a couple of songs that step it up a bit (Beginning To See The Light probably my favourite), but tough to give this any more than a 3.
Nice one
Good stuff
I wish we could give half stars, but I’ll round up. This was better than I had anticipated, an all around solid album
I know one or two songs by Velvet Underground and the banana album, but not this one. "Deadpan" comes up quite a lot in connection with The Velvet Underground and Lou Reed, and I can see what they mean. I gather from reading up on Wikipedia, that this album was a self-conscious move away from experimental approach on the two preceding albums (which were very arty/countercultural). This is quite a peaceful record with a gentle raw sound (little distortion, dry sounds). Always there's a slightly menacing or alternative feel, and the contrast works nicely in my view. The drums are mixed very low and bass and drums play simple parts. Untreated guitars are prominent and sometimes a bit loose. Vocals very present/close. Subtle keys. Some of the pitch bends are a bit hard to hear, I guess its part of their signature sound. Nice, quirky album. Coherent and purposeful.
Interessant. Angenehm. Gut für nebenbei hören.
Listened while doing astrophotography. It was really enjoyable, and the setting made it better.
oh lou
Chill and Garden-State like vibes. Great album
A bit haunting
Not their best but it still had its moments
Considering it's age, this was quite an enjoyable listen. Definitely can hear Lou Reed's folk-tinged rock sound that developed in later recordings
Our minds are programed to either like something immediately or move along. Listening to this album, I've realized how much our consumption of music has changed. Everything is free! Just listen to a commercial or two, and all the music is available ... everywhere. Which ironically, cuts exposure and listening to new music. :( This album, for example has a handful of tracks that are outstanding (Candy Says, After Hours), while others are meh. But in 'the olden days' you'd have to listen to the WHOLE album and over time the meh either ruined the good ones, or grew on you. That is you were FORCED to listen to the entire album, not just the good ones. This is one of the few that benefits from my 'olden days' listening and I can definitively say 'there's not a bad track on it.'
Velvet Underground’s third album is such a big departure from “White Light/White Heat.” Apparently it was the removal of John Cale that was largely responsible for the shift, paired with Lou Reed’s desire to head in a more palatable and marketable direction. First listening to it right after “White Light,” I was bored. But I think that was just a comedown from the chaos of the previous album. On “Velvet Underground,” you get a flash of the former on “Murder Mystery,” while “Pale Blue Eyes” is the most successful of the new direction. As much as “White Light” was an influence for the future of punk and noise rock, “Velvet Underground” suggests much of the lo-fi indie folk to come decades later, especially on “After Hours,” the album closer that wouldn’t feel out-of-place in the indie rock scene of the mid-00s, nearly straight out of the “Juno” soundtrack.
Based on their record company not promoting them much, I starting to think The Velvet Underground and Lou Reed are under appreciated. At least by me they are. I enjoyed this album quite a bit. Pale Blue Eyes is intimate…delicate…magnificent. I may have a new one for my top song rotation. The Murder Mystery is captivating. It feels like being in the mind of a schizophrenic…not that I actually know what that is like, but it’s somewhat how I imagine it might be. I’m going to be coming back to this one again.
Olipahan taas vaikeesti arvioitava levy. Kokonaisuus jättää toivomisen varaa ja ajoittain ärsyttävyyden ylittävää tasoa, mutta parhaimmillaan taas oikein viihdyttävää settiä.
Yks kaks ok biisii. Murder mystery meni yli ymmärryksen, onneks sen sai skopattua
Pretty nice.
Very excited for more Velvet Underground, I've been on a huge Lou Reed kick since getting Transformer a few records back. This is a good, solid album, I'm digging it. But dang, I do miss John Cale. His influence is unmistakable on past albums, the best VG is a VG with Cale on board. Pale Blue Eyes is a standout track, fucking love that song.
very good listen on a cold night
Great stuff.
decent album, pale blue eyes is an all time favorite
Its nice - not my favourite VU, a bit thin sounding. But still a classic
Uncomplicated music (except for a track or two) easy to listen to
Did not jive with
Like a party that hasn’t quite fizzled out yet
Helvíti gott albúm!
This one grew on me over the listen. I liked it enough to listen through a 2nd time. 4/5
Pretty cool old-school psych rock.
It’s kind of funny how the better produced the Velvets became, the less interesting they became. To be fair, this was kind of by design, since this was meant to be a more commercial LP, but it still failed in that regard and sounds pretty sedated. Mostly, at least. “The Murder Mystery” has that classic Warhol-era weirdness to it, and the more well-known songs still mostly slap. And yes, the production is much crispier than the first two albums. B Side note- why are the women involved with the band so problematic? Between Nico being a legit nazi and the drummer lady who sings “After Hours” having tea party connections, it’s not a great track record
Must spend more time here. If anything more accessible than the debut. After Hours especially.
It was nice. Interesting. It was slow and sometimes repetitive, but for some reason I didn’t mind. I don’t get why these guys are so acclaimed but I did like it
Never been that into VU
hoping this is as pretty as i hope
i love john cale most of all but also i think this is my favorite VU i cannot square the circle
Surprisingly gentle and charming. This had a lot of sweetness to it backed by strong songwriting. And while we lost John Cale and subsequently a lot of the bite that I loved in the debut, we also got rid of Nico. So, you know, trade offs.
Wow, sometimes the 60s is music that makes you feel like you are on drugs, and sometimes it sounds like it was made on drugs. This is both, in a really good way.
No
Nice album :) "After Hours" is so cute
Eh, idk, it's fine
The avant garde tracks on it are the most interesting. The garage band sound elsewhere is not that inspiring. But enjoyable
So I liked this album a little bit more than the other VU albums we have heard. It is more accessible, yes. But honestly, I can't see anything special about it. And "Murder Mystery"... um, WTF was that all about? The rest of the songs just had that air of pretentiousness. "Look I am being art." Sure you are, Lou. Just not buying it. Next.
Now that I've listened to three of their albums, this is probably their best. A little more subdued and a little more melodic. But I already gave them a 4 for their sophomore album (mostly to be extreme) so I can't give them another one. And this one feels like a sellout anyway - rather than stay true to themselves they (or Lou) went with a record to pander to the masses. Sounds like such a Nickelback thing to do. Fine album, nothing overly memorable other than maybe the songs with Yule on vocals (quite enjoyed Candy Says and Jesus). And I'd like to forget the last two songs (The Murder Mystery and After Hours - keep Tucker off vocals).
I really liked some of the songs on this album, Jesus for example. The melodies are soft and lovely at times, the singer has a pleasant voice. However there is a general sense of melancholy and I tend to have a melancholy mind so I really prefer happy joyous music. This one will certainly bring me down if I play on repeat.
The Velvet Underground was a pleasant surprise. "Pale Blue Eyes" was the only track I had heard before, and it might be my favorite song from the band. "What Goes On" is a new favorite from this album. With the other music that I've heard from the Velvet Underground, I am tempted to like it but I don't quite get there. This album didn't hit those same roadblocks, with one exception. "The Murder Mystery" was confusing and noisy, and I'd prefer to skip that track.
It's like the American Beatles. Rock and psychedelic sound.
Just a classic druggy album… these tunes are dripping in narcotics; but they don’t suffer from it at all. Amazing!!
I was interested the read how each member of the band was encouraged to sing. When it came to that last track I got curious about this "Moe" person. I really wish I hadn't but good practice is seperating the art from the political. Pale Blue Eyes just steals the show for me.
The great, melloa VU style really comes through on this album. Pale Blue Eyes might be my favorite VU song of all time.
One of the first alternative albums.
if you close the door
HOW DOES IT FEEEEEEEEEL TO BE LOOOOOOOOOOOOVED Prefs: TOUT Moins pref: RIEN
So ahead of its time in so many ways. Objectively close to a perfect album and yet... just doesn't quite get there for me.
Alright I suppose.
Beautiful guitar work, which mostly, the vocals match. Lyrics are on par with the decade.
This was better than the other VU album with Nico. Quieter, more melodic, slightly poppy. Then there was the Murder Mystery track where there were two people talking over each other out of each mono side for 6 minutes.
This is just boring. I don't get it.
Classic!
Great album. Soulful guitars with expressive Lou Reed's vocals, you can get into his skin and feel his love, pity and happiness. This album really represents the tender sound of The Velvet Underground. Really puts me at peace. Amazing.
Un poco lentillo, pero como es Lou, le pongo un 5.
Me ha gustado bastante. 4. Tiene la canción Candy Says
A more relaxed and low-key affair from a usually eclectic band. Could use some more uptempo tracks, but what's here is enjoyable and listenable enough as is.
I enjoyed the slow and melancholy tone but overall didn't much like the album. Felt a bit repetitive and boring.
Kinda mixed.
some kinda love är en fantastisk bit. resten är sådär. så en trea får det bli
Maybe this was album was "the bomb" back in '67. Not today. D+
I liked it but maybe wasn’t in the mood for it
not great but not bad either
What the fuck is this? It's fucking brilliant that's what it is. Why have I never heard this. That's on me really.
Pretty much perfect
Jesus Halfway there, one step closer. 3 albums out of 5, 4 stars out of 5 it is, the self-titled has its magic where the artist real find their signature instead of (and most of the time) naming its first debut album a self-titled one. Perhaps the band is relaxing on this one, they don’t care about what’s coming, they just want to freeze the legacy of this, along their path in music history. Either way, on the list this is the third and last one, leaving Loaded and Squeeze out. This is a dawn album, you’re running late back home, leaving the party you just went too, starts remembering names, problems and what’s real life is. You can call it back from the beginning when Nico is invited to the party, White Light / White Heat is the party itself and the Self-Titled is After. B
I hadn't listened to this record. I have heard "The Velvet Underground and Nico" and "White Light/White Heat." Other than that, I've just heard Lou Reed's "Transformer," which remains the best of all the records I just name-dropped. "White Light/White Heat" is a great record, but that's not what we're here to talk about (I hope it is somewhere on this list). This is a much prettier record than the first two VU records. Especially prettier than WL/WH. It makes for a much more listenable recording. And it also presages the success that Lou Reed would have after the VU. I'm happy to have heard this record because it's the only VU record I've heard that I would put on and relax. Their other records are just too jarring to make sense in most situations.
This album was pretty awesome, actually. I don't think I can give it a 4, but it's real, real close. Some Kinda Love and Pale Blue Eyes are two of my new favorite songs.
Enjoyed
Not very exiting, a few good songs at the end, that´s it.
One of these superclassic albums (just like VU albums 1,2,4) and probably the most perfect album on the list.
Brilliant album from start to finish. I can even appreciate Tucker's slightly-out-of-tune singing.
Es de esos fundacionales, me dicen por ahí, pero no lo había escuchado antes, aunque conocía tanto Pale Blue Eyes como After Hours. De hecho, esas son las que más recuerdo.
Good vibes throughout. A little odd toward the end, but overall I was into it!
Honestly might be my favorite VU album or at least the one I revisit the most.
Enjoyable. Not my fav underground
I enjoyed most of it, the lyrics were very raw and emotional.
pretty boring
This is an album you put on when you're in love with someone and there's nowhere else to go and nothing else to do.
What a beautiful piece of work. The Velvet Underground has long been a blind spot for me. Others note the band's influence on all rock music to come, but I don't have the investment in their legacy to get into that here. What I can say is I don't think I have ever felt so connected to a recorded guitar as I do here. Every note, every string, is alive. The minimalist production is at once melancholy and lit up, making the whole affair feel live and in-person. Plenty of bands have tried to sound like The Velvet Underground over the years, and few are half as interesting or talented.
Didn't quite make the five stars but A Pleasing Smile is a great track.
Perhaps some of the smoothest rock in history, the tamped down vocals, the warm tones, make appreciated a much needed break from their higher energy contemporaries. Where the 60s were looking for excitement and noise, this album found what could be felt as a sacred serenity for the rock genre. The pop genre was cannibalizing rock, and the genre needed an injection of authenticity. Whether or not this was the intent of TVU cannot be confirmed, but the history speaks for itself as to why this album stands out. Perhaps Jesus did indeed help them find their proper place here.
I wasn't goint to listen to this one. I was a big fan for a while back in the 80s, but I grew to hate them with a passion and haven't heard any for aaaages. But I put it on anyway. I guess any album that gets overplayed as much as this has to be considered something special.
While the album has it place it just didn't do it for me. I can see how it influenced artist at the time but it just never got going for me.
Première fois que j'écoute du velvet Je pensais que c'était plus rock que ça La face B est meilleure C'est pas mauvais mais c'est pas mon bag J'imagine que l'intérêt est dans les textes pcq musicalement ça révolutionne pas grand choses
J’espère que l’aura de ce band ne tient pas à cet album (J’ai l’impression que ça tient plus à la relation avec Andy Warhol). J’ai bien aimé la 2e partie de la pièce « the murder mystery », mais la 1re partie était vraiment pénible.
Peut-être le plus accessible des albums de Velvet Underground. J'aurais pensé que cet album était en début de carrière, mais c'est le 3e album, sortie après le plus expérimental White Light/White Heat. J'aime bien, mais il y a certaines chansons plus expérimentales sur White Light que je préfère. C'est aussi un album intéressant à écouter avec des écouteurs pour le jeu fait avec le mix stéréo.
The album was uninspiring and unnoteworthy. No need to listen.
solid album, definitely hear proto-punk sound.
Lieder über Drogen finde ich ja generell eher gut. Würde mir aber nur wenige Lieder öfter anhören.
Good album, somehow slow and melancholic…
Didn’t like this one
Not an album that would make top 1000 list. 👎🏼
This was a fun little album, I gave them some grace since I've heard of the band but haven't dived into any albums and as background music it was enjoyable. Like a hang out at night in the 60's. Pale Blue Eyes stuck out to me but the rest blended together.
Really dug this one! Didn't know many songs going into it but I'll be keeping quite a few. Know and love "Pale Blue Eyes" from Adventureland, same story as Unsatisfied from The Replacements. Thought I heard Nico near the end, but that was a different female vocalist. Anytime I listen to VU, I feel like I like them more and more. Can't wait to get The Banana Album from them! Favorite tracks: Pale Blue Eyes, After Hours, Some Kinda Love, Murder Mystery, Beginning to See the Light. Album art: The kind of band photo that does basically nothing for me. 4.5/5
sandy says: i find this album very beautiful. i was only familiar with pale blue eyes, which i loved obv, but i had not noticed the last verse, so i didn't know it was about infidelity :o first and last track of the album are masterpieces, and the one that grew on me were What goes on, the jesus one and The murder mystery. The latter captures anxiety impressively.
my second fave tvu album. the vibes are pristine. I LOVE the murder mystery.
Sounded good but was pretty boring.
Had higher expectations but willing to register or go to more of their stuff
I think this is their most focused output, and coming off of White Light/White Heat it’s surprisingly mellow.
While missing a good chunk of the experimentation from prior albums, The Velvet Ungerground prove themselves as great songwriters with this well produced album. Favorites: "Candy Says", "What Goes On", "Pale Blue Eyes"
Favoritas: N gostei de nenhuma
Amazing album. 2nd favorite VU album. 9-10/10
The Velvet Underground's self-titled work is an enchanting folk-rock staple. The record begins with "Candy Says", a very delicate introduction to the record that sets a really cozy vibe. I love the moving guitar lines and subtly present bass work present on songs like "Some Kinda Love", and the personality-driven vocals from Lou Reed deliver on "Pale Blue Eyes" with its Bob Dylan-esque heartbreak song structure and "Jesus" as he harmonizes with bassist Doug Yule. The folk tracks "That's The Story Of My Life" and "After Hours" are two of my favorites, with both being very short and sweet pieces that showcase the best of The VU's songwriting abilities. The band also shows their capability in providing rocking bangers like "Beginning To See The Light" and "I'm Set Free", with the latter carrying an interesting sense of dynamics as it continually builds and retreats. The only underwhelming experience comes in "What Goes On", with energized riffs that get drowned out halfway through by organs and an enveloping fuzzy guitar solo that didn't work for me. The track starts with a lot of intrigue and ends by repeating that same motif for too long without evolving on it much, with the middle portion feeling somewhat out-of-place. This doesn't do much to bring the rest of the record down, especially with songs like the penultimate "The Murder Mystery", which is sprawling and confusing in the best ways. It features odd sounds effects and an intriguing drum pattern that pairs well with the ramblings and guitars during the verses, while the back-and-forth choruses between Reed and drummer Maureen Tucker give a break from the break-neck pace with slick guitar and organ lines. The song is overwhelming and captivating in its creativity, proving to be a stand-out in the tracklist. The sentimental, engaging, and bold efforts that The Velvet Underground make on this record pay off in an amazing display of songwriting and personality. BEST TRACKS: Candy Says, Pale Blue Eyes, The Murder Mystery, After Hours WORST TRACKS: What Goes On
Extremely poignant and intensely calming. Lou Reed has one of the most soothing voices ever, and the lo-fi aesthetic only adds to the homely feel. Favorite Tracks: "Candy Says", "Pale Blue Eyes", "Jesus", "The Murder Mystery", "After Hours"
This was okay, I am not sure what doesn't click with me on this but it just seems fine...
Every indie alt rock song pretty much ever is seeded here.
Love it
The one with the banana is better, haha.
Favourite VU album.
Classic stuff. Groove, baby
Genius (with the exception of Murder Mystery, which is okay, but not up to the standards of The Gift)
Decent album, didnt have any skips. A bunch of lo-fi classic rock, with some psychadelic trippiness and bonkers experimentation mixed in.
Eins og mér finnst heilt á litið lítið til Lou Reeds koma þá var Velvet Underground æðsileg sveit, og þessi plata, sem ég hlustaði á í tætlur á síðustu öld, er mjög skemmtileg. Ekki fullt hús, en fer langt á nostalgíunni.
fremragende arbejde boiz
60’er avant garde, art rock, afdæmpet
What an album. Outstanding.
The Velvet Underground is a sleazy dungeon I used to frequent when I lived in L.A. It was a grotty little sex club filled to the brim with the most filthy scum you could imagine. I once had a threesome with Harrison Ford and Lady Gaga on the pool table in front of everyone. They were a majestic pair of fuckers.
Mellow and reflective with the aggression dialled down from their other efforts. A sobering soundtrack for that inevitable moment when all tomorrow’s parties turn to morning-after, makeup-smeared, self-loathing introspection.
It's probably just me but Candy Says has always really annoyed me as an album opener. It is a decent enough song but feels much more like a slow paced, mid-album song. Other than that the album is fine but is just kind of pales into insignificance in comparison to the spikier, edgier, more difficult early albums. There's lot on here that just sounds a bit too much like cleaner, duller, more grown-up versions of older VU songs.
The Velvet Underground by The Velvet Underground (1969) I never ‘got’ the Andy Warhol/John Cale/Lou Reed ‘thing’ until it was too late. By then, the ‘thing’ was already passé, and I had mouths to feed. But now that the mouths are fed, this serendipitous re-visit has convinced me that even though all the intelligent girls were transfixed over it, it really wasn’t that big of a deal. Maybe that’s just old age (but I’ve always enjoyed the prescience of “Walk on the Wild Side” by Lou Reed [1972] and “Lola” by The Kinks [1970)]). It’s a strange package, with occasional delights. My high school art appreciation teachers told me it wasn’t expressionism or surrealism, and I took that as Gospel. But maybe they were wrong, even though they were some pretty intelligent girls themselves. Now the album The Velvet Underground (now without John Cale) is a step back from the brink of the first two albums by The Velvet Underground. And as such, it simply reveals the group as a moderately competent rock group with slightly greater than average sense of lyric creativity (as in “The Murder Mystery”—really cool). When Lou Reed asks the Lord (in “Jesus”) to “help me find my proper place”“‘cause I’m falling out of grace”, the obvious solution is to climb back in—but that’s too simple. The music on this album is a simply a workable vehicle for a sometimes thoughtful message. On “Candy Says”, we hear: ‘Maybe when I'm older What do you think I'd see If I could walk away from me?" Most oldsters I’ve come to know have found that as time goes by, there’s less of a need to walk away from oneself. Maureen Tucker (“After Hours”) can’t sing. This album didn’t chart. 2/5
Não conhecia o álbum. Achei sensacional! Meio rock progressivo, meio experimental; uma junção de bons toques. Vou pesquisar mais.
Not my favorite VU album, but I still love this record. More laid back than their prior two albums, and a lot more song oriented and less noise/experiment oriented. the noise thing really does a it for me, but I really rate the song-writing too. This album contains some deadest classics (Pale Blue Eyes, What Goes On, Candy Says, I'm Set Free), but I also love Some Kinda Love, which has a proto-kraut rock thing going on. For almost any other band, this would be the album of their career, but the Velvets, I rank second or third. A great record for people who find their more challenging material off-putting.
meh
Good for a song or 2 just like Lou Reed
Some cool songs
middle-of-the-road, mellow acoustic rock
Not nearly as good as I expected or as good as people make it out to be..
Ok
I can appreciate it but not really my cup of tea. A bit depressing in comparison to some of the other music I listened to from the same era.
I just like their other albums so much better
Great album, chiller than and less impactful than Velvet Underground + Nico but I still liked it
Un poco lentillo, pero como es Lou, le pongo un 5.
Wonderfully reminiscent album for me. So unique, inimitable sounds.Andy Warhol did good creating the VU
Enjoyed Jesus and After Hours. Hated The Murder Mystery
Very good shit
Starts really well. Very nice album. Lou Reed has a great voice. Peaceful. Some Kinda Love and Pale Blue Eyes are stand out. Takes a complete u turn at murder mystery which is a fucking mess. Completely different and completely shite 4 stars before that unfortunately. Let yourselves down the velvet underground
I’ve heard this album a lot over the years, but I’m really enjoying it more now today for some reason. It’s nicely cohesive for a VU album, and far more musically accessible. The absence of John Cale gave the band an opportunity to be a little more restrained, moving into fresh territory while still retaining some of their trademark grit. The album also feels like more of an all-band affair, and frankly just sounds like they’re just having fun. The lyrics are more contemplative and emotionally earnest, with less of the cool cynicism you might expect from VU. The band really nailed a certain moody, melancholy vibe, one that other artists have been chasing unsuccessfully ever since. I really like the collaborative aspect of the vocals that the band took this time around. Lou Reed had a strong pop sensibility, which I don’t think a lot of people give him credit for. He didn’t want to do the vocal on every song, and the other band members were brought in to do lead or harmony depending on who he felt was most effective for each song. Doug Yule probably doesn’t get enough acknowledgement for the quality of his vocals, but his work on “Candy Says” is really lovely. Also, Moe Tucker on “After Hours” at the end is such a bright blossom of a song. When the band ventures into more energetic fare, the commingling guitars of Reed and Sterling Morrison are riveting, the sonic equivalent of a sneer. I tend to favor tensely melancholy songs like “Candy Says” and “I’m Set Free,” but the punchier little rockers like “What Goes On” and “Beginning to See the Light” are great fun, full of the old VU jangle and burn. “The Murder Mystery” is some kind of wackadoo madness that you’re only going to find on a VU album. It’s noisy and outlandish and so very 1969, but weirdly fascinating. The album would have been better without it, but you just know they couldn’t help themselves. And I can’t help but love them more for it. Fave Songs (all songs, in order from most to least favorite): What Goes On, Candy Says, Pale Blue Eyes, Beginning to See the Light, I’m Set Free, Jesus, Some Kinda Love, After Hours, That’s the Story of My Life, The Murder Mystery
I always forget how many hook-ish songs Lou Reed wrote. The Murder Mystery is one of those songs. So are Candy Love and After Hours. I always think I'm going to dislike a Velvet Underground record, but then I listen to it and I do.
Fell asleep briefly in the middle of the day listening to this. When I awoke it was to a cacophony of babbling. Then Mo Tucker sang a song. Most unsatisfying.
5/10 = 50%
Bit ponderous
7.5/10
I liked it! You can tell Stephen Malkmus really liked the velvet underground lol
Zwaar relaxte muziek uit de 60s. Ik ben niet meteen fan, maar het klinkt niet onaardig. Favoriet is wellicht "That's The Story Of My Life". **
Really good, felt very 60s rock quiet in a great way, chill af. Few bad songs
Dillon-esque, loving a bit of lou reed
Fine, if you like this kinda stuff, not offensive
First track was dreary but I enjoyed the rest
Perhaps it's just the mood I'm in as this one drops into the list but, apart from 'The Murder Mystery' this was very much a... I won't say fun, because it's not that vibe, but something that clicked pretty strongly. I have an affinity for melancholy in music in general so this fits pretty nicely into it
One of the original indie sad boi greats. I like the Velvet Underground, it always reminds me of Adventureland which is a fantastic film. They're not easy listening though, and this isn't an album I'd go to by choice, nor would I say everything here is a banger. 3/5
What a pleasant surprise this album was! I'd obviously heard of the velvet underground before but I'd never actually heard their music, and this is an album of laid-back rock I've got a lot of time for. It's probably a 3.5 but today I'm feeling generous.
I enjoy the chilled mood of this album, walking around town in the winter sun is really quite an experience. It's a nice mix of very slow dreamy songs and then a couple more up-beat songs sprinkled in. 10/10 will put this in my regular rotation
Idk why I never got into this band before. I dig this a lot.
I really liked this! Didn’t care for the murder mystery but I loved after hours.i dont agree with my 4 star rating. it's a 3.5 star album for me
Aside from the iffy experiment "Murder Mystery", this album is tight from top to bottom and shows a lot of craft. Reed's vocals and lyrics are their characteristic mix of enthusiasm and apathy and ruminate on love and morality.
I like this band a lot, surprises every time I listen to something they made. Not better than ”Niko" but just as good.
Predivan album i sve, smatam da ne treba puno rijeci za opis (Isprike ekipi na neazurnosti ovih dana)
Pošto su mi Velvet Undergroundovci u top 10 bendova, nije teško skužiti da mi se bar 90% njihove diskografije sviđa. Pa tako da je ovaj album u top 3 njihovih, većinom se zna natjecati za drugo mjesto sa White Light/White Heat - zavisno o raspoloženju. Lou Reed <3 Favoritne: Some Kinda Love, Pale Blue Eyes, Beginning to See the Light, I'm Set Free.
Bez par pjesama se moglo, al svakako prejak album
I'm not a big fan of the Velvet Underground, but I enjoyed the laid back sound of this record, which is fairly different from their more iconic debut album. Their music can be quite inconsistent and unpolished, like listening to a band whose songs aren't quite ready. But I quite liked the casual bohemianism of this one, and at the same time it felt like a precursor to lo-fi indie music. 3*
Медитативненько, но могло быть лучше.
Hadn't heard this VU album before. Much more subdued than Velvet Underground & Nico. Really interesting. Lou Reed is great as always. 4.5/5
Rating: 6/10 Best songs: Pale blue eyes, Murder mystery
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Delicate songs about troubled people in difficult and dangerous situations
Un bell'album. In particolare ho apprezzato Pale blue eyes.
Sounds like the Beatles kicked down the stairs.
A little sleepy, but over all very good.
Nee, vaker geprobeerd te luisteren maar ik blijf het lastig vinden om naar te luisteren
Mis hier wel een beetje die krankzinnigheid van de banaan-plaat, maar dit is toch ook tof en veel gemakkelijker om in te komen natuurlijk.
Dit album van The VU was een stuk beter te hebben. Met vlagen zelfs best goed, maar zal dit nooit heel vaak draaien.
Dit was een stuk beter te pruimen dan dat White Light/White Heat album van laatst.
Beter dan vorige plaat die we geluisterd hebben. Staan echt een paar mooie nummers op.
Its nice enough but its just sort of bounces along gently without ever making much impact on me. 2/5
Not my taste but that’s ok
This is the third album from The Velvet Underground. The sound of this album is a type of "folksy" rock, and the songs seems like they were written as ballads as well as being sung well. It was a beautiful album that was not appreciated until 1985 when it charted. I loved the music from this album and will be listening to the other albums from the band.
This is a great album. A shame they put two slightly annoying tracks on it: The murder mystery What goes on - The guitar hurt my ears!
Good album, I don't think I'd ever really heard any of these songs beyond Pale Blue Eyes and Candy Says. Would skip The Murder Mystery - it's annoying and long.
Nice, just got a bit weird towards the end.
A keresztény hittérítő szám elég nagy buzzkill, és sajnos egyáltalán nem kreatív, zavaró volt. Az egész albumról egyébként ez nem mondható el, kellemes hallgatás volt, néhol kifejezetten izgalmas, kreatív részekkel. Beatles pótlék kicsit, a 60-as években újítónak/progresszívnek számíthatott.
Strange. Love me some Lou Reed though.
I mean, it's a classic. Revolutionary album.
Classic album. Pale Blue Eyes a highlight. One of the best songs ever written. Rest of the album is great also.
While I'm sure it paved the way for a lot of new wave music I don't think it aged particularly well. It would be a decent album to relax/nap two if the second song wasn't so jarring
The Velvet Underground should stay buried. Sounds like the soundtrack to some bad romcom movie. I couldn't sleep at all lest night but this album almost cured my insomnia.
Fabulous album - incredibly creative people capturing the sound and zeitgeist of the late-60s
Prototype indie album. Must have been so far ahead of the times, couldnt beleive it was a 1969 album.
Chill, not bad
The melodies are a bit boring, but overall very pleasant
Alright my first album on this website... aaaaand I've already listened to this one. Regardless, it's a classic and arguably better than their debut.
Muy tranquilito en general con algo de rock clásico. Bonitas canciones como la famosa Pale Blue Eyes pero también Whats goes on, I'm set free, That's the story of my life o After hours.
It's a go-to "it band" of the 60s, transitioning from their experimental art-college student phase to much sweeter, more conventional fare. Direct, catchy, at times achingly melodic: I'll take it any day over the overhyped, "proto-everything" of their debut. Without John Cale or Andy Warhol at the helm (big influences on the avant-garde side of the band) Lou Reed and the remaining members set about to create something warmer, more optimistic, more immediate: a broad change from their earlier work. For me, it's a progression I can completely get behind: this still carries a weight of melancholy and hurt, but has such tender delivery throughout where the whole band are given the chance to shine. Songcraft is put above improvisation, with a conscious effort to cherish (rather than challenge) the listener. The "European Son"s and "Sister Ray"s are mostly abandoned for the "Sunday Morning"s and "I'll Be Your Mirror"s, and it pays off beautifully: even though the VU's experimentation was noteworthy at the time, it hasn't aged as well for me and often seems to eclipse material like this. Opener "Candy Says" is so delicate and fragile, in instrumentation and vocals, that it feels like it could blow away on the wind. From there, it does take a little while to get going. "What Goes On" feels like a sub-standard attempt at a single, and "Some Kinda Love" falls flat as the dud of the record. But then, the run of songs from "Pale Blue Eyes" onwards is absolutely gorgeous. We're treated to incredibly intimate vocals and oblique heartbreak in "Pale Blue Eyes" and "Jesus", later rejoicing in the swinging breeziness of "That's The Story of My Life", and Reed getting into "Transformer" mode with "Beginning to See the Light", which lives in the credits sequence of one of the greatest indie films yet to be made. While "The Murder Mystery" isn't all my cup of tea, it's much more focused than it could have been and adds a nice touch of the abstract to the album without going overboard. The piano runs in the last couple of minutes more than make up for all the poetry recitation. And "After Hours"? A great move for Moe Tucker to sing it to close things off, and a delightfully ambiguous feel. It's either a very gentle landing back to earth, or moving out of the final reaches of its orbit: whichever way I'd like to feel at the time. On the whole this is my personal peak of Velvet Underground: sweet without being sugar-coated, sincere without being blinkered, experimental without being try-hard.
281221 15:28 4.5
It's been quite a while since I've given this a listen, probably since my early 20s. From what I remember, it was a pretty big departure from TVU&N and WL/WH, and as I revisit it, I can see why I put it down and never returned. There are moments of songwriting beauty, but for the most part this is pretty lifeless. John Cale is sorely missed from this.
There is a surprising number of VU/Lou Reed albums on here. I never was a big fan, mostly just listened to the radio hits, but they are def growing on me.
didn't particularly love it, though one of the songs I knew from Sex Education!
VU's first album is the obvious one to get a 5 rating given how influential it was and how it redefined avant garde. This third album one was also a game changer and transformational for Lou Reed. This was the start of what we all think of as Lou Reed's sound as Lou's speaksinging became the main attraction and a lot of the White Light / White Heat experimentation with sounds not really made by the instruments were tossed. The cover photo is hilarious with Lou looking so young and wholesome. He doesn't look like a guy who two years earlier wrote a song about his heroin dealer always showing up late. Candy Says is a fine song although Lou does fuck with my memory with Candy Says, Caroline Says, Lisa Says, etc. I can't remember which woman says what but I like them all. Pale Blue Eyes is probably the best song on the album. I like the Christian trilogy starting with, duh, jesus and continuing on Side 2. I'm sure some will say they aren't a trilogy and who knows if Lou intended this but hey the customer's always right! Lou sums up his religious experience so well in I'm Set Free: "Let me tell you people what I found. I saw my head laughing, rolling on the ground" I'm guessing our Jewish friend either didn't find jesus after all or didn't like the religious narrative he found wrapped around jesus. Hallelujah Mr. Reed. After Hours is a great way to finish the album and works so well with drummer Mo's haunting voice.I even like Murder Mystery. All the talking over each other is quite rhythmic. It's interesting that the album has the same name as the band. Many bands have an eponymous first album. Examples include the first albums by Elvis Presley, The Doors, Miriam Makeba and Black Sabbath. When bands get around to their second album, they usually give it a name. The VU's second album had a name (White Light/ White Heat) but its third album reverted to being eponymous. It's much less common not to give a separate album name to later albums. One other case I can think of is the Beatles' eponymous ninth album. I guess Pater Gabriel also did this but all of his first four solo albums were eponymous. He was on a roll! I like the 6 CD set that the 1001 app leads to on Spotify. This allowed me to listen to the live versions of most of the songs. I know this isn't how we are supposed to play this game but Lou is so much better live especially in the early days when his studio budgets were tight.
I was surprised on the first song not to hear Lou Reed’s voice and then the second song dragged out a simple guitar riff and annoying organ chords for the final 2 minutes. In other words, things got off to a bad start. Lou Reed (plus the other vocalists) and the personal lyrics give the songs, especially the ballads like Pale Blue Eyes & Jesus a bare-naked feel. The song that the critics trash (Murder Mystery) is the one I find most interesting, though it sounds so out of place. Lou & Velvet Underground have put out better than this. 5/10, but I'll round upwards because it's a Saturday.
This is a very low key, subtle and melancholic album that needs careful and repeated listening to be appreciated. I can see how Emo and Shoegaze were influenced by the VU so these guys were way ahead of their time.
Expected to like this a lot more, but for some reason just not the biggest fan of the stripped back production. Prefer the banana album and Loaded a lot more than this, but there's still some highs - I'm reading those vocals on After Hours are the drummer??? huh?? Already Saved: Pale Blue Eyes Saved After Listening: Candy Says, After Hours*
Saved Prior: None Off Rip: Candy Says, What Goes On Cutting Edge: After Hours Overall Notes: A surprisingly tender and intimate album. Love the way the guitars sound on this thing. You cannot convince me that Murder Mystery is a good song.
Me ha gustado bastante. 4. Tiene la canción Candy Says
cool folky whatever
I am being blessed by this random generator. I am a huge fan of The Velvet Underground, but I had not yet listened to this album in full before, so the amount of serotonin that entered by body upon seeing the cover was...quite a lot! Much like The Velvet Underground & Nico, the album that first got me into the band, The Velvet Underground (the album lol) is a calm (for the most part) and introspective series of songs, layered together with thoughtful instrumentation, delicate vocals, and intelligent lyrics. But what really struck me about this album in particular is how full each song sounds. There are never any instances where some element of a song feels unnecessary; everything fits together perfectly, and nothing feels "tacked on". When music sounds complete to me, that is when I know that I have found some musical geniuses. And The Velvet Underground, both the band and the record, without question, are fucking genius. This album is much shorter than The Wall, so I was able to pick out some favourite tracks on my initial listen, and they are Candy Says, Pale Blue Eyes, I'm Set Free, The Murder Mystery, and After Hours! Another big recommend to anyone.
60-S rock
I actually think this is better than "Velvet Underground And Nico".
Good Album with Warhol cover art.
I really enjoyed this one. The songwriting is intriguingly subtle (especially for The Velvet Underground), the performances have an enchanting energy, and the production is appropriately raw. "What Goes On," "Pale Blue Eyes," and "Beginning to See the Light" are absolutely fantastic examples of alternative songwriting. It's a power album for The Velvets where they flex and show their depth. My guess is that most detractors get stuck at "Murder Mystery" which is admittedly extremely avant garde. But it's not enough to tank the whole album and, if you take the time to dig into what's being said, it's actually a really great piece of poetry about existential identity confusion brought on by an onslaught of popular culture. It's often considered to be a great example of the power of modern poetry.
Nice sound
Murder Mystery threw me off Album feels more like a storytelling through music Good music overall - liked the vibe
Not for me. It’s okay. But nah
Really enjoyed this one, felt very shoegaze in some ways. I do think musically it's very repetitive, but then again I liked it a lot more than I thought I would.
Хороший альбом, но не такой яркий как первый их
Chilled, melodic, intimate.
I've heard a lot about the Velvet Underground. I don't know why but I thought they were a very early punk band. I was very wrong. That said, I liked it. Mellow jams, the voice is very familiar but I can't place it. (I cheated, realized it's Lou Reed). In the back half they seem to add some vocals and it's not just Lou. All goes with some easy melodies that work well and flow very easily. Murder Mystery was really hard to get through. Points for trying this in 1969, very ahead of their time with some ideas.
Что то вроде психоделик рок в духе времени 69год
Beautiful piece of work. Side one is a five star, side two's 3.5 bring this to a four star.
UN EMBOLE
Slower and mellower than I would have expected from a late-60's rock group. Worthy of another listen with more attention to lyrics.
Funcionou bem demais com o clima acústico, e mostrou a origem da candy says.
Highlights but a lot of filler
Lou Reed is a legend. Such great melodies, such a raspy, dry voice. It works. I love it.
Enjoyed this more than I thought I would, wil listen to more of theirs.
Meh
The songs have a cool sound, clearly ahead of their time, but they are not memorable as a whole when compared to other works.
Decent but ultimately the songs are very similar and nothing stands out
I'm not nearly as familiar with this album, as "The Velvet Underground & Nico", but it definitely still hits the spot! The Velvet Underground being a little more straight forward and accessible, what's not to like? Fave track - "Beginning to See The Light" and "What Goes On" have been my favourites in the past, but this play through I really dug "The Murder Mystery". Love the effect of two voices overlapping and interfering and generating urgency without sense...
3 1/2
still not banana album BUT its good too!
GOOD album. Not my favourite by them.
Es un álbum super tranquilo, me gustó, 8/10
Viele sind es, in denen der Sound dieser Band bis in die Nuller widerhallte (Olivia Tremor Control, Moldy Peaches, Spiritualized, …) Die langsamen Nummern sind für die Ewigkeit, allen voran „Candy Says“, „Pale Blue Eyes“ driften wie müde Eisschollen am Ende der Schmelze durch das Morgenrot. Hier bleiben die Lider schwer und selbst das grellere „Beginning to See the Light“ (der beste Beatles Song, den die Beatles nie gemacht haben) ändert daran nicht viel. Niveau recht konstant, nah dran an Traditionen amerikanischer (Gitarren)musik und doch auch stark an seinen fransigen Rändern unterwegs. Samtige 4.1
Würde man dieser Liste 2 Nullen streichen, diese Platte wäre unzweifelhaft immer noch drin. Und zwar völlig zu Recht, weil das hier nimmt aus sich selbst heraus so viel vorweg, dass mich ernsthaft wundert warum man nicht ein eigenes Genre danach benannt hat. Aber gut, Punk, Garage, Glamrock auch das sind ja schöne Namen. Solange ich das mit dem Heroin nicht selbst ausprobiert habe, ist das hier auf jeden Fall Ersatzdroge of Choice. Oh, but I guess that I just don’t know.
I was looking forward to some Velvet Underground as I wasn't very familiar going in. This was good! I especially liked Pale Blue Eyes and That's The Story of My Life
candy says: singing not great. surprised how soft this. Sounds very '60s. I like the lyrics What Goes On: slightly more interesting. Some Kinda Love: very velvet underground; almost epoken word Pale Blue Eyes: this is nice. Again kike the lyrics more than the music Jesus: yep. Pretty nice. Beginning to See the Light: i liked this one quite a lot I'm Set Free: I liked this one until a quite annoying hank marvin-style guitar solo. That's the Story of My Life - yep. Its nce. The Murder Mystery - experimental and wierd. Not really any fun to listen to. After Hours - nivce. faux naive lyrics
4/10🌟this will offend people alrighttt it’s giving classic, could be a sleep album which if you know me IM OBSESSED W THAT VIBE. i don’t love it but i alsnog buy vinyl, mane needs more time, i’ll listen afterwards fs! I THIBK?? I liked murder mystery it was cool like the weird harmonies but not the talking at the beginning i also have to commend the range of their music thk liked- candy says, after hours, jesus, i’m set free disliked - what goes on, some kinda love, beginning to see the light
Absolute classic. Is 1969 the greatest year in music history?
Melancholic pop. Very pleasant to listen to and chill around. (7/10) Favourite Song: Pale Blue Eyes
Know it well. Very good.
Pale Blue Eyes, Candy Says, and After Hours - Three GREAT Tracks.
Unsure on this one. I liked it enough for 3/5, but not for much more. Most of the tracks were reasonably relaxing, though not particularly memorable, with the exception of Pale Blue Eyes. Cool hearing Lou Reed's voice from when he was younger, I liked his collab with Gorillaz for Plastic Beach.
Just...nothing to it that grabs me. It's inoffensive but it doesn't work with my jam at all.
My favorite of their four records
My favorite VU album,which means one of my favorite albums of all time. From the needle drop and the delicate strains of Candy Says barely a note out of place on this incredible album. Some Kinda Love, Pale Blue Eyes, Jesus, I'm Set Free, wow! 5 🌟
Not my favorite Velvet Underground, but still a great album
Pretty boring. "What goes on" was the highlight.
I did not care for this album. There is a good chance that I simply do not enjoy The Velvet Underground as it all seems "one-notey." A few songs on this record go on for 5-6 minutes and feel like they will never end...needlessly long since there isn't anything else being explored. "Murder Mystery" really drove the point hope for me toward the end, though, as I had to skip out of that song 3 minutes in. I kinda like the last song.
Blue eyes on this album, which you already liked. Didn’t find any other favs but a cool and unique sound. Solid but not stellar for me
liked it
Really strong album
Some of this album is “ehhhhh” and some is “hell yeah” I have a feeling this album could really grow on me and in later years I might rate it a 5. I’ve heard Pale Blue Eyes many many many times and didn’t get why people loved it so much. It only recently, within the past year or two, has grown on me. I’m thinking the same for the rest of this album.
Good songs, very 60's mature artsy music types. 2of5
A couple of good tracks here and there but overall the album was pretty "meh" to be honest.
I was dreading reviewing this record, as I had listened to it before and I am aware of the iconic status the eponymous "the Velvet Underground" holds in the Art Rock canon. Having listened to it in its entirety, the worst parts remind me of Pink Floyd's disgustingly atrocious debut. The best parts.... I am not sure. It's hard to focus on the good, when the sound quality of this record is so bad, especially when compared to the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper (which was released in the very same year). Sunday Morning sounds like a decent lullaby, the instrumentals on I'm Waiting are incredibly bloated, I can barely hear Nico on Femme Fatale, the percussion on Venus in Furs is grating, the vocals on Run Run Run are of the lowest quality possible, All Tomorrow and Heroin are way too long and There She Goes Again and I'll be Your Mirror are alright. 2/5.
Super boring. One long section of chord vamping made it sound like the mixer forgot to layer in the guitar solo. Least interesting 60's album thus far.
Interesting album. Not really my type but I can appreciate the quality.
Pretty chill and nice
Some really standout songs on this album. Only marred by a couple duds towards the end.
Found myself unable to focus on most of the album/skipping songs as they came up
very good album
Side 2 was a bit better than side 1. nothing stood out to me. Felt a bit too religous for me personally.
Pretty chill. Something comforting about 60s music like this imo. Not got anything particularly to say about this one though other than it was pleasant
Best Tracks: Candy Says, What Goes On, Some Kinda Love, Pale Blue Eyes, Beginning to See the Light, I'm Set Free, That's the Story of My Life
Pretty solid album, very all over the place, great vocal performance though, much prefer The Velvet Underground & Nico
great album!!!
Velvet underground with Nico was the first album I listened to on this journey and I remember being distinctly disappointed. I’m happy to announce this has completely changed my mind about the VU (Velvet Underground). I really liked this album. True to their name. Sounds like velvet. Sounds like underground. I delighted in Murder Mystery and pale blue eyes. It’s gonna stay in my thoughts for a long time. Turns out Nico was the problem huh??? But I love Nico.
Oh my god i love it a;ready Final Thoughts: 4/5
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Such an uncanny thirst for heroine after listening to this a few time
I really liked this. Actually, reflecting on it, I really, really liked it. Every song had something that caught my ear by way of darkness, tenderness, beauty, despair - usually all of the above in some transfixing you constellation. Then came the one-two of Murder Mystery and After Hours, which really sealed the deal. Murder Mystery staggered me - so many of the (emo) songs of my youth lifted wholesale the double-voices murmuring gnomic, dark lyrics - it was truly surprising to hear this approach on a record 45 years older than those songs. Then After Hours acts as a gorgeous counterpoint to all that fevered intensity, and sealed the deal - the deal being that I really, really liked this.
O wiele przystępniejsza niż ta z bananem
mais ou menos
During a heroin zonk-out on their previous album, Lou says, “and I know that I just don’t know”. He probably says it a few times. Heroin is like that. Here, considerably less heroin’d, and aided by melodies and vocals so affectless they’re almost childlike (just joking—you ever heard a kid make music? it’s shit) he shows us in exquisite detail just how much he doesn’t know. “What do you think I'd see if I could walk away from me?" “Between thought and expression, lies a lifetime.” “Here comes two of you. Which one will you choose?” “That's the difference between wrong and right. But Billy said, ‘Both those words are dead.’” They’re the questions, thoughts and feelings the great unwashed have every day. They just can’t put them in such a way that they retain their allusive, liminal quality, yet feel entirely accessible. Happily, Lou shows us he can brain-fart, too. The whole of Murder Mystery, for example, or the one where he says, “I wore my teeth in my hands, so I could mess the hair of the night.” Sure you did, pal. Elsewhere, After Hours may be the most unassumingly beautiful song ever recorded.
Wirklich gut durchzuhören.
How modern
Groß!! Klug und eingängig zugleich.
Why have I never listened to this album in full. Simply outstanding from music to lyrics to overall vibe. Going in the keeper pile.
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