℗ 2012 UMG Recordings; A Republic Records Release
| Released | March 1, 1969 |
| Duration | 43m 35s |
| Record Label | Universal Records |
| Genre | Pop |
The Velvet Underground
The Velvet Underground
Available in 192 kHz / 24-bit, 96 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC high resolution audio formats
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1.1
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Candy Says
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4:02 | |||
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1.2
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What Goes On
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4:52 | |||
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1.3
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Some Kinda Love
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4:03 | |||
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1.4
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Pale Blue Eyes
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5:38 | |||
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1.5
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Jesus
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3:22 | |||
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1.6
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Beginning To See The Light
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4:38 | |||
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1.7
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I'm Set Free
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4:01 | |||
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1.8
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That's The Story Of My Life
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1:59 | |||
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1.9
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The Murder Mystery
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8:53 | |||
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1.10
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After Hours
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2:07 |
"... their best: melodic, literate, compellingly sung ... A."
- The Village Voice
“... a stunning turnaround … every song is a classic ... 10 tracks of mostly warm, explicit sympathy and optimism, expressed with melodic clarity, set in gleaming double guitar jangle and near-whispered balladry ... tender harmonies and overlapping, lacelike guitar patterns recall the intimate Nico ballads on the first album ..."
- Rolling Stone
The Velvet Underground's self-titled third record, released in 1969, marks the band's first album without founding member John Cale. Cale's departure dramatically affected the sound of the band here: less experimental, with an emphasis on mellow, acoustic, almost folk material, the album surprised fans while critics raved. The Velvet Underground has been included on many lists of all-time greatest albums and is considered one of the band's best.
"I really didn’t think we should make another White Light/White Heat. I thought it would be a terrible mistake ... we had to demonstrate the other side of us. Otherwise, we would become this one dimensional thing and that had to be avoided at all costs."
- Lou Reed
192 kHz / 24-bit, 96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Universal Records Studio Masters
Tracks 1-10 – contains high-resolution digital transfers of material originating from an analogue master source
Tracks 1-10 – contains high-resolution digital transfers of material originating from an analogue master source
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -0.45 -1.32 to -0.30 | -15.56 -18.10 to -12.92 | -13.36 -16.00 to -10.00 | 10 9 to 12 | |
| 1 | Candy Says | -1.32 | -16.50 | -14.8 | 9 |
| 2 | What Goes On | -0.30 | -13.16 | -10.0 | 9 |
| 3 | Some Kinda Love | -0.30 | -14.92 | -13.0 | 11 |
| 4 | Pale Blue Eyes | -0.30 | -18.10 | -16.0 | 12 |
| 5 | Jesus | -0.30 | -17.35 | -15.3 | 10 |
| 6 | Beginning To See The Light | -0.30 | -12.92 | -10.7 | 9 |
| 7 | I'm Set Free | -0.30 | -16.21 | -13.7 | 10 |
| 8 | That's The Story Of My Life | -0.30 | -15.33 | -13.2 | 10 |
| 9 | The Murder Mystery | -0.30 | -14.92 | -12.1 | 9 |
| 10 | After Hours | -0.73 | -16.20 | -14.8 | 10 |