White Light White Heat - The Velvet Underground

8	Listal rating

Manufacturer : Polydor Group
Release date : 20 May 1996
Number of discs : 1
EAN : 0073145312512
UPC : 731453125124

Rock (3), 1968 (2), Proto-punk (2), Cd (1), 1960's (1), Mp3 (1), 1960s (1), American (1), Chris (1), CDR (1), Album (1), Bought 2006 (1), Remaster (1), Classic Rock (1)

Description

Nothing in their debut could really have prepared fans for the sonic assault the Velvets unleashed in White Light/White Heat. 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 a ... (more)

Performed by

The Velvet Underground

Track listing

1. White Light White Heat
2. Gift
3. Lady Godiva's Operation
4. Here She Comes Now
5. I Heard Her Call My Name
6. Sister Ray

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Ratings of White Light White Heat

8/10
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White Light/White Heat

Posted : 1 day, 14 hours ago at Nov 24 13:39

More so than other of the other Velvet Underground releases White Light/White Heat delves more into the proto-punk and early metal and industrial rock grooves that the Velvets would go on to inspire. With only six noisy tracks, White Light/White Heat proves that great music doesn’t need to be radio friendly to prove its worth. In fact, some of the best music has been ignored by radio, just ask Lou Reed. The Velvets were always inspired by the narcotic overdrive of the Beats, especially William Burroughs’ heroin fog of a ‘novel’ Naked Lunch, and the soulful pop of Motown, the primitive country rock & roll of the Sun Records boys and the Phil Spector Wall of Sound. White Light/White Heat takes all of those influences and refuses to polish them off, leaving behind dirty and trashy ...Read more

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