The Complete Matrix Tapes [Box Set]
by The Velvet Underground
  • Record Label: Polydor
  • Release Date: Nov 20, 2015
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8.4

Universal acclaim- based on 7 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 7
  3. Negative: 1 out of 7
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86

Universal acclaim - based on 13 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 13
  3. Negative: 0 out of 13
  1. Austin Chronicle
    Dec 17, 2015
    89
    Cultists are now treated to the best-recorded live VU documentation ever.
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  2. Mojo
    Dec 14, 2015
    60
    If you can get past the redundancy--and what a redundancy it is. [Jan 2016, p.106]
  3. Record Collector
    Dec 14, 2015
    60
    While the music is frequently revelatory, capturing the post-Cale line-up chilled and stretching out, as on the 40-minute Sister Ray with Lou’s guitar on overdrive, most tracks have appeared before; on 1974’s 1969 Live, 2001’s The Quine Tapes and the third album reissue.
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