Best of Velvet Underground

~ Release by The Velvet Underground (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

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1I'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)
3.654:35
2Lady Godiva's Operation
recording engineer:
Gary Kellgren
producer:
Tom Wilson (producer, worked with Dylan, Simon & Garfunkel, Zappa, VU, etc.)
recording of:
Lady Godiva’s Operation
lyricist and composer:
Lou Reed
4.354:58
3The Gift
recording of:
The Gift
lyricist:
Lou Reed
composer:
John Cale (Velvet Underground founder), Sterling Morrison, Lou Reed and Moe Tucker
8:21
4Venus in Furs
recording engineer:
Omi Haden
producer:
Andy Warhol (American artist)
recording of:
Venus in Furs
lyricist and composer:
Lou Reed
4.45:06
5Heroin
recording of:
Heroin
lyricist and composer:
Lou Reed
publisher:
Oakfield Avenue Music
7:04
6Sunday 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.
4.152:52
7Run, Run, Run
recording of:
Run Run Run
lyricist and composer:
Lou Reed
4:18
8Chelsea Girl
recording of:
Chelsea Girls
lyricist and composer:
Sterling Morrison and Lou Reed
publisher:
Garnant Music, Oakfield Avenue Music Ltd., シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント, ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部, イーエムアイ音楽出版 (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部 (sub‐publisher for foreign (non‐Japanese) works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
7:27
9It Was a Pleasure Then
recording of:
It Was a Pleasure Then
lyricist and composer:
John Cale (Velvet Underground founder), Nico (Christa Päffgen, German singer, fashion model, actress) and Lou Reed
8:06
10I'll Be Your Mirror
recording engineer:
Omi Haden
producer:
Andy Warhol (American artist)
vocals:
Nico (Christa Päffgen, German singer, fashion model, actress)
recording of:
I’ll Be Your Mirror
lyricist and composer:
Lou Reed
3.652:12
11European Son
recording engineer:
Omi Haden
producer:
Andy Warhol (American artist)
recording of:
European Son
lyricist and composer:
John Cale (Velvet Underground founder), Sterling Morrison, Lou Reed and Moe Tucker
3.157:43
12Winter Song
recording of:
Winter Song
composer:
John Cale (Velvet Underground founder)
3:21
13That's the Story of My Life
recording of:
That's the Story of My Life
lyricist and composer:
Lou Reed
2:05
14Pale 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
45:39

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