The Very Best of The Velvet Underground

~ Release by The Velvet Underground (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

▼ CD 1
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1Sweet Jane
part of:
Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 335)
recording of:
Sweet Jane
lyricist and composer:
Lou Reed
publisher:
Oakfield Avenue Music Ltd.
54:07
2I'm Sticking With You
recording of:
I’m Sticking With You
lyricist and composer:
Lou Reed
52:30
3I'm Waiting for the Man
recording engineer:
Omi Haden
producer:
Andy Warhol (American artist)
part of:
The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 81) and Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 159)
recording of:
I’m Waiting for the Man
lyricist and composer:
Lou Reed
publisher:
Screen Gems and Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. (USA, affiliated with BMI)
3.654:42
4What Goes On
recording of:
What Goes On
lyricist and composer:
Lou Reed
publisher:
Screen Gems–EMI Music Ltd.
4:34
5White Light/White Heat
recording of:
White Light/White Heat
lyricist and composer:
Lou Reed
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Oakfield Avenue Music Ltd. and RCA Music Ltd. (publisher)
2:48
6All Tomorrow's Parties
recording engineer:
Omi Haden
producer:
Andy Warhol (American artist)
lead vocals:
Nico (Christa Päffgen, German singer, fashion model, actress)
part of:
Pitchfork: The Story of Goth in 33 Songs
recording of:
All Tomorrow’s Parties
lyricist and composer:
Lou Reed
strings arranger:
Mick Harvey
publisher:
Oakfield Avenue Music
3.86:00
7Pale Blue Eyes
producer:
The Velvet Underground (Lou Reed’s seminal rock band)
lead vocals:
Lou Reed
arranger:
The Velvet Underground (Lou Reed’s seminal rock band)
recording of:
Pale Blue Eyes
lyricist and composer:
Lou Reed
45:44
8Femme Fatale
recording engineer:
Omi Haden
producer:
Andy Warhol (American artist)
lead vocals:
Nico (Christa Päffgen, German singer, fashion model, actress)
recording of:
Femme Fatale
lyricist and composer:
Lou Reed
publisher:
Sunbury Music Ltd.
3.552:41
9Heroin
recording engineer:
Omi Haden
producer:
Andy Warhol (American artist)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
PolyGram Records, Inc. (not for release label use! US division of PolyGram) (in 1967)
part of:
Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 448)
recording of:
Heroin
lyricist and composer:
Lou Reed
publisher:
Oakfield Avenue Music
4.47:12
10Here She Comes Now
recording engineer:
Gary Kellgren
producer:
Tom Wilson (producer, worked with Dylan, Simon & Garfunkel, Zappa, VU, etc.)
recording of:
Here She Comes Now
lyricist:
Lou Reed
composer:
John Cale (Velvet Underground founder), Sterling Morrison, Lou Reed and Moe Tucker
4.252:03
11Stephanie Says
producer:
The Velvet Underground (Lou Reed’s seminal rock band)
mixer:
Michael Barbiero (producer, mixer, engineer, songwriter, collaborator with Steve Thompson) (in 1984)
recording of:
Stephanie Says
lyricist and composer:
Lou Reed
publisher:
RCA Music Ltd. (publisher)
4.052:51
12Venus in Furs
recording of:
Venus in Furs
lyricist and composer:
Lou Reed
5:11
13Beginning to See the Light
recording of:
Beginning to See the Light
lyricist and composer:
Lou Reed
4:49
14I Heard Her Call My Name
recording engineer:
Gary Kellgren
producer:
Tom Wilson (producer, worked with Dylan, Simon & Garfunkel, Zappa, VU, etc.)
recording of:
I Heard Her Call My Name
lyricist and composer:
Lou Reed
44:38
15Some Kinda Love
recording of:
Some Kinda Love
lyricist and composer:
Lou Reed
3:41
16I Can't Stand It
producer:
The Velvet Underground (Lou Reed’s seminal rock band)
mixer:
Michael Barbiero (producer, mixer, engineer, songwriter, collaborator with Steve Thompson) (in 1984)
recording of:
I Can’t Stand It
lyricist and composer:
Lou Reed
4.53:24
17Sunday Morning
recording engineer:
Omi Haden
producer:
Tom Wilson (producer, worked with Dylan, Simon & Garfunkel, Zappa, VU, etc.)
background vocals:
Nico (Christa Päffgen, German singer, fashion model, actress)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
UMG Recordings, Inc. (operational headquarters of Universal Music Group, based in Santa Monica, USA; read annotations) (in 1967)
recording of:
Sunday Morning
lyricist:
Lou Reed
composer:
John Cale (Velvet Underground founder) and Lou Reed
publisher:
Oakfield Avenue Music Ltd.
4.152:56
18Rock and Roll
engineer:
Adrian Barber (producer/engineer) and Geoffrey Haslam
producer:
Geoffrey Haslam and Shel Kagan
bass guitar and drums (drum set):
Doug Yule
electric guitar:
Sterling Morrison
electric guitar [rhythm guitar] and lead vocals:
Lou Reed
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Warner Special Products
recorded at:
Atlantic Studios (1841 Broadway, New York, 1957–1991) in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (from 1970-04 until 1970-08)
recording of:
Rock ’n’ Roll
lyricist and composer:
Lou Reed
publisher:
Oakfield Avenue Music Ltd.
recording of:
Rock and Roll
writer:
John Bonham, John Paul Jones (UK rock musician of Led Zeppelin & Them Crooked Vultures), Jimmy Page and Robert Plant (of Led Zeppelin)
publisher:
Flames of Albion Music, Inc. and Superhype Music, Inc.
sub-publisher:
Warner/Chappell Music Japan, Synch division and Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc. (holding company – do not use as release label)
4.354:49