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April 15, 2004

The Immortals - The Greatest Artists of All Time: 19) The Velvet Underground

By Julian Casablancas

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Peel Slowly And See

Peel Slowly and See," the long-awaited five-disc Velvet Underground box set, offers fresh perspectives and some hidden truths, even for longtime Velvets fans. None is brought home more vividly than this simple proposition: The Velvets were a band.

It wasn't singer/songwriter Lou Reed plus backing...

1995 RS: 5of 5 Stars

Live MCMXCIII

1993

1985

Live At Max's Kansas City

1972

Live At Max's Kansas City

1972

Loaded

1970

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The Velvet Underground never sold many records, but, as many have said, it seems like every one of the group's fans went out and started a band. While The Velvet Underground's songs were constructed on the same three chords and 4/4 beat employed by most late-'60s rockers, the Velvets were unique in their intentional crudity, in their sense of beauty in ugliness, and in their lyrics. In the age of ...

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