- rock, folk rock, pop, pop rock
- 39 min
- 10 tracks
- Atlantic
Loaded is the fourth studio album by the American rock band the Velvet Underground, released in November 1970 by Atlantic Records subsidiary Cotillion. It was the final album recorded featuring any of the band's original members; the lead singer and primary songwriter, Lou Reed, left the band shortly before the album's release, and the guitarist Sterling Morrison and the drummer Maureen Tucker left the band in 1971.
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Spare, character-led, grave and open-ended.
- sparerichly built
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- resolvedopen-ended
- cooloverwhelming
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- AllMusic5/5 ★
- Blender5/5 ★
- Chicago Tribune3/4 ★
- Christgau's Record GuideA
- Encyclopedia of Popular Music4/5 ★
- Pitchfork10/10
- Q4/5 ★
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide5/5 ★
- Spin Alternative Record Guide9/10
- Uncut8/10
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Tracks
- 1Who Loves the Sun2:48
- 2Sweet Jane3:18
- 3Rock & Roll4:40
- 4Cool It Down3:05
- 5New Age4:40
- 6Head Held High2:58
- 7Lonesome Cowboy Bill2:45
- 8I Found a Reason4:16
- 9Train Round the Bend3:22
- 10Oh! Sweet Nuthin’7:24
10 tracks, 39 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- The Velvet Underground
- Label
- Atlantic
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- XE
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