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Length
  
74:29

Artist
  
The Velvet Underground

Label
  
Universal Music

Language
  
English

Release date
  
31 March 2003

Producers
  
Andy Warhol, Tom Wilson

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Released
  
March 31, 2003 (2003-03-31)

Recorded
  
1966–1970, New York City and Hollywood, United States

Genres
  
Rock music, Experimental rock, Art rock, Folk rock

Similar
  
The Velvet Underground albums, Rock music albums

The Very Best of The Velvet Underground is a compilation album by The Velvet Underground. It was released in Europe on March 31, 2003, by Polydor, the record label that oversees the band's Universal Music Group back catalog.

Contents

The album was released following a Hyundai television commercial, which featured the band's 1970 recording "I'm Sticking with You" from the "Fully Loaded" edition of Loaded. The version included in this compilation is from the 1969 VU album, despite a sticker's claim to the contrary on the front cover.

Track listing

All tracks performed by The Velvet Underground except † The Velvet Underground & Nico. All titles written by Lou Reed except as noted.

  1. "Sweet Jane"
  2. "I'm Sticking with You" (1969 version)
  3. "I'm Waiting for the Man"
  4. "What Goes On"
  5. "White Light/White Heat"
  6. "All Tomorrow's Parties"†
  7. "Pale Blue Eyes"
  8. "Femme Fatale"†
  9. "Heroin"
  10. "Here She Comes Now" (Reed, John Cale, Sterling Morrison)
  11. "Stephanie Says"
  12. "Venus in Furs"
  13. "Beginning to See the Light"
  14. "I Heard Her Call My Name"
  15. "Some Kinda Love" (alternate take)
  16. "I Can't Stand It"
  17. "Sunday Morning" (Reed, Cale)†
  18. "Rock & Roll"

Tracks 3, 6, 8–9, 12, & 17 taken from The Velvet Underground & Nico (1967); Tracks 5, 10, 14 taken from White Light/White Heat (1968); Tracks 4, 7, 13, & 15 taken from The Velvet Underground (1969); Tracks 1 & 18 taken from Loaded (1970); Tracks 2, 11, & 16 taken from VU (1985).

Personnel

The Velvet Underground
  • John Cale – viola, bass guitar, keyboards, celesta (3, 5–6, 8–12, 14, 17)
  • Sterling Morrison – guitar, bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Lou Reed – vocals except as noted, guitar, piano
  • Maureen Tucker – percussion (2–17), vocals on "I'm Sticking with You"
  • Doug Yule – bass guitar, keyboards, guitar, drums, backing vocals (1–2, 4, 7, 13, 15–16, 18)
    • Additional musicians
  • Nico – lead vocals on "All Tomorrow's Parties" and "Femme Fatale", backing vocals on "Sunday Morning"
    • Technical staff
  • Andy Warhol – producer
  • Tom Wilson – producer
  • The Velvet Underground – producers
  • Geoff Haslam, Shel Kagan and The Velvet Underground – producers

    • Songs

    1Sweet Jane4:07
    2I'm Sticking With You2:30
    3I’m Waiting for the Man4:39

    References

    The Very Best of The Velvet Underground Wikipedia
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