The Velvet Underground, Loaded - 1h 10m 44s

Tracks & Durations

1. Who Loves The Sun	2:47
2. Sweet Jane	4:11
3. Rock And Roll	4:47
4. Cool It Down	3:08
5. New Age	5:44
6. Head Held High	2:55
7. Lonesome Cowboy Bill	2:47
8. I Found A Reason	4:19
9. Train Round The Bend	4:42
10. Oh! Sweet Nuthin'	7:31
11. Ride Into The Sun	3:25
12. Ocean	5:47
13. Head Held High	2:17
14. Who Loves The Sun [Alternate Mix]	3:10
15. Sweet Jane [Early Version]	5:31
16. Cool It Down [Early Version]	4:19
17. I Found A Reason [Demo]	3:14

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Review

While John Cale certainly gave the first couple of Velvet Underground albums a signature sound, his departure enabled Lou Reed to do exactly what he does best: write kick-ass, stripped-down rock songs. On Loaded his talent comes to full fruition. Who can imagine a world without "Sweet Jane" and "Rock & Roll," arguably two of the greatest rock tunes ever penned? The brilliance of those songs is so bright, it's easy to overlook a couple of other Reed masterpieces: the tender, epic discourse of "New Age" (which highlights his assured sense of poetic wordplay: "And when you kissed Robert Mitchum / Gee, but I thought you'd never catch him!") and the extended sweet blues romp of "Oh! Sweet Nuthin'." On Loaded the Velvet Underground--who before had hit the sonic ceiling experimenting with shattered chords, feedback, screeching violas, and what Reed once claimed was "the fastest guitar playing ever"--eschew the dark side of noise for clarity. Check out the ringing chime that begins "Who Loves the Sun" and the sterling (no pun intended) guitar riff that drives "Rock & Roll." This is not to say that the old ragged punch of the original Velvets is completely gone. Moe Tucker still beats a mean set of skins; there's no stopping Sterling Morrison's train-wreck rhythm guitar on "Train Round the Bend"; and "Head Held High" achieves near-"Sister Ray" moments of madness. --Tod Nelson

Other Versions

Albums are mined from the various public resources and can be actually the same but different in the tracks length only. We are keeping all versions now.

Loaded

Tracks: 17, Disk length: 1h 8m (-3m 16s)

Loaded

Tracks: 10 (-7 tracks), Disk length: 41m 10s (-30m 26s)

Loaded

Tracks: 10 (-7 tracks), Disk length: 39m 18s (-32m 34s)

Loaded

Tracks: 10 (-7 tracks), Disk length: 39m 18s (-32m 34s)

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