Everyone (now) knows the first album; the feedback drenched experimentalism of White Light/White Heat is widely recognised as hugely influential. The third Velvets album seems to slip under the radar. Indeed, there is much about it that almost seems designed to do so. It is sonically downbeat and subtle, a song cycle that is notable for some of Lou Reed's finest songs. A couple are now pretty well known, such as Candy Says (of which I posted a cover earlier) and Pale Blue Eyes; others should be:
And a live version from their great 1969 recording:
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