The Velvet Underground [45th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition]
by The Velvet Underground
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8.0

Generally favorable reviews- based on 59 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 47 out of 59
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 59
  3. Negative: 9 out of 59
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98

Universal acclaim - based on 11 Critic Reviews

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  1. Positive: 11 out of 11
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  1. Exclaim
    Dec 19, 2014
    90
    Though incomplete (those final Cale sessions are an important hole) presenting them as a whole paints a fuller picture of one of the most important bands of the rock era, and forces listeners to at least briefly reimagine one of their favourite records as a wholly different beast.
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  2. The Guardian
    Dec 11, 2014
    100
    It’s revelatory to hear this most intense of bands playing with such ease and fluency, and utterly compelling.
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  3. Austin Chronicle
    Dec 11, 2014
    89
    VU arrived in Los Angeles with new bass player Doug Yule to track its third and final LP for MGM Records, here excavated as a 6-CD set. Bassist/keyboardist/viola virtuoso Cale's absence proved sonically profound.
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