- rock, art rock, experimental rock, folk rock
- 44 min
- 10 tracks
- Polydor
The Velvet Underground is the third studio album by the American rock band the Velvet Underground. Released in March 1969 by MGM Records, it was their first record with multi-instrumentalist Doug Yule, who replaced previous member John Cale.
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Character
Character-led, spare, grave and prestige.
- character-ledplot-driven
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- unpretentiousprestige
- resolvedopen-ended
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What critics gave it
Metacritic 98/100
- The Village VoiceA
- Record Mirror3/5 ★
- AllMusic5/5 ★
- Blender5/5 ★
- Chicago Tribune4/4 ★
- Encyclopedia of Popular Music5/5 ★
- Pitchfork10/10
- Q5/5 ★
- Rolling Stone4/5 ★
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide5/5 ★
- Spin Alternative Record Guide10/10
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Tracks
- 1Candy Says4:04
- 2What Goes On4:55
- 3Some Kinda Love4:03
- 4Pale Blue Eyes5:41
- 5Jesus3:25
- 6Beginning to See the Light4:41
- 7I’m Set Free4:09
- 8That’s the Story of My Life2:00
- 9The Murder Mystery8:56
- 10After Hours2:08
10 tracks, 44 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- The Velvet Underground
- Label
- Polydor
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- XE
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