Name: Loaded (Remastered) by The Velvet Underground
Brand: The Velvet Underground
SKU: 603497884483
Price: 9.9 USD
Availability: OnlineOnly
Rating: 3 (98 reviews)

ALBUM

After The Velvet Underground cut three albums for the jazz-oriented Verve label that earned them lots of notoriety but negligible sales, the group signed with industry powerhouse Atlantic Records in 1970; label head Ahmet Ertegun supposedly asked Lou Reed to avoid sex and drugs in his songs, and instead focus on making an album "loaded with hits." Loaded was the result, and with appropriate irony it turned out to be the first VU album that made any noticeable impact on commercial radio -- and also their swan song, with Reed leaving the group shortly before its release. With John Cale long gone from the band, Doug Yule highly prominent (he sings lead on four of the ten tracks), and Maureen Tucker absent on maternity leave, this is hardly a purist's Velvet Underground album. But while Lou Reed always wrote great rock & roll songs with killer hooks, on Loaded his tunes were at last given a polished but intelligent production that made them sound like the hits they should have been, and there's no arguing that "Sweet Jane" and "Rock and Roll" are as joyously anthemic as anything he's ever recorded. And if this release generally maintains a tight focus on the sunny side of the VU's personality (or would that be Reed's personality?), "New Age" and "Oh! Sweet Nuthin'" prove he had hardly abandoned his contemplative side, and "Train Around the Bend" is a subtle but revealing metaphor for his weariness with the music business. Sterling Morrison once said of Loaded, "It showed that we could have, all along, made truly commercial sounding records," but just as importantly, it proved they could do so without entirely abandoning their musical personality in the process. It's a pity that notion hadn't occurred to anyone a few years earlier. [Loaded was remastered and re-released on CD in 2016.] ~ Mark Deming

1. Who Loves the Sun (2015 Remaster)

by The Velvet Underground

Drums: Moe Tucker; Performer
Primary Artist: The Velvet Underground; Main Performer
Guitar: Doug Yule
Sterling Morrison
Lou Reed; Performer
Organ: Doug Yule; Performer
Piano: Lou Reed; Performer
Vocals: Doug Yule
Lou Reed; Performer
Composer: Lou Reed
Sterling Morrison; Composer
Lyricist: Lou Reed; Composer
Producer: The Velvet Underground
Shel Kagan
Geoffrey Haslam
Adrian Barber; Production

2. Sweet Jane (Full Length Version) [2015 Remaster]

by The Velvet Underground

Primary Artist: The Velvet Underground; Main Performer
Drums: Moe Tucker; Performer
Guitar: Lou Reed
Sterling Morrison
Doug Yule; Performer
Organ: Doug Yule; Performer
Piano: Lou Reed; Performer
Vocals: Lou Reed
Doug Yule; Performer
Composer: Lou Reed; Composer
Producer: Shel Kagan
The Velvet Underground
Adrian Barber
Geoffrey Haslam; Production

3. Rock & Roll (Full Length Version) [2015 Remaster]

by The Velvet Underground

Drums: Moe Tucker; Performer
Primary Artist: The Velvet Underground; Main Performer
Guitar: Sterling Morrison
Lou Reed
Doug Yule; Performer
Organ: Doug Yule; Performer
Piano: Lou Reed; Performer
Vocals: Doug Yule
Lou Reed; Performer
Composer: Lou Reed
Doug Yule
Sterling Morrison; Composer
Lyricist: Doug Yule
Lou Reed; Composer
Producer: The Velvet Underground
Shel Kagan
Geoffrey Haslam
Adrian Barber; Production

4. Cool It Down (2015 Remaster)

by The Velvet Underground

Drums: Moe Tucker; Performer
Primary Artist: The Velvet Underground; Main Performer
Guitar: Sterling Morrison
Lou Reed
Doug Yule; Performer
Organ: Doug Yule; Performer
Piano: Lou Reed; Performer
Vocals: Doug Yule
Lou Reed; Performer
Composer: Lou Reed
Doug Yule
Sterling Morrison; Composer
Lyricist: Doug Yule
Lou Reed; Composer
Producer: The Velvet Underground
Shel Kagan
Geoffrey Haslam
Adrian Barber; Production

5. New Age (Full Length Version) [2015 Remaster]

by The Velvet Underground

Drums: Moe Tucker; Performer
Primary Artist: The Velvet Underground; Main Performer
Guitar: Sterling Morrison
Lou Reed
Doug Yule; Performer
Organ: Doug Yule; Performer
Piano: Lou Reed; Performer
Vocals: Doug Yule
Lou Reed; Performer
Composer: Lou Reed
Doug Yule
Sterling Morrison; Composer
Lyricist: Doug Yule
Lou Reed; Composer
Producer: The Velvet Underground
Shel Kagan
Geoffrey Haslam
Adrian Barber; Production

6. Head Held High (2015 Remaster)

by The Velvet Underground

Drums: Moe Tucker; Performer
Primary Artist: The Velvet Underground; Main Performer
Guitar: Sterling Morrison
Lou Reed
Doug Yule; Performer
Organ: Doug Yule; Performer
Piano: Lou Reed; Performer
Vocals: Doug Yule
Lou Reed; Performer
Composer: Lou Reed
Doug Yule
Sterling Morrison; Composer
Lyricist: Doug Yule
Lou Reed; Composer
Producer: The Velvet Underground
Shel Kagan
Geoffrey Haslam
Adrian Barber; Production

7. Lonesome Cowboy Bill (2015 Remaster)

by The Velvet Underground

Drums: Moe Tucker; Performer
Primary Artist: The Velvet Underground; Main Performer
Guitar: Sterling Morrison
Lou Reed
Doug Yule; Performer
Organ: Doug Yule; Performer
Piano: Lou Reed; Performer
Vocals: Doug Yule
Lou Reed; Performer
Composer: Lou Reed
Doug Yule
Sterling Morrison; Composer
Lyricist: Doug Yule
Lou Reed; Composer
Producer: The Velvet Underground
Shel Kagan
Geoffrey Haslam
Adrian Barber; Production

8. I Found a Reason (2015 Remaster)

by The Velvet Underground

Drums: Moe Tucker; Performer
Primary Artist: The Velvet Underground; Main Performer
Guitar: Sterling Morrison
Lou Reed
Doug Yule; Performer
Organ: Doug Yule; Performer
Piano: Lou Reed; Performer
Vocals: Doug Yule
Lou Reed; Performer
Composer: Lou Reed
Doug Yule
Sterling Morrison; Composer
Lyricist: Doug Yule
Lou Reed; Composer
Producer: The Velvet Underground
Shel Kagan
Geoffrey Haslam
Adrian Barber; Production

9. Train Round the Bend (2015 Remaster)

by The Velvet Underground

Drums: Moe Tucker; Performer
Primary Artist: The Velvet Underground; Main Performer
Guitar: Sterling Morrison
Lou Reed
Doug Yule; Performer
Organ: Doug Yule; Performer
Piano: Lou Reed; Performer
Vocals: Doug Yule
Lou Reed; Performer
Composer: Lou Reed
Doug Yule
Sterling Morrison; Composer
Lyricist: Doug Yule
Lou Reed; Composer
Producer: The Velvet Underground
Shel Kagan
Geoffrey Haslam
Adrian Barber; Production

10. Oh! Sweet Nuthin' (2015 Remaster)

by The Velvet Underground

Drums: Moe Tucker; Performer
Primary Artist: The Velvet Underground; Main Performer
Guitar: Sterling Morrison
Lou Reed
Doug Yule; Performer
Organ: Doug Yule; Performer
Piano: Lou Reed; Performer
Vocals: Doug Yule
Lou Reed; Performer
Composer: Lou Reed
Doug Yule
Sterling Morrison; Composer
Lyricist: Doug Yule
Lou Reed; Composer
Producer: The Velvet Underground
Shel Kagan
Geoffrey Haslam
Adrian Barber; Production

11. I'm Sticking with You (Session Outtake) [2015 Remaster]

by The Velvet Underground

Drums: Moe Tucker; Performer
Primary Artist: The Velvet Underground; Main Performer
Guitar: Doug Yule
Sterling Morrison
Lou Reed; Performer
Organ: Doug Yule; Performer
Piano: Lou Reed; Performer
Vocals: Doug Yule
Lou Reed; Performer
Composer: Lou Reed
John Cale; Composer
Lyricist: Lou Reed; Composer
Producer: The Velvet Underground
Shel Kagan
Geoffrey Haslam
Adrian Barber; Production

12. Ocean (Session Outtake) [2015 Remaster]

by The Velvet Underground

Drums: Moe Tucker; Performer
Primary Artist: The Velvet Underground; Main Performer
Guitar: Doug Yule
Sterling Morrison
Lou Reed; Performer
Organ: Doug Yule; Performer
Piano: Lou Reed; Performer
Vocals: Doug Yule
Lou Reed; Performer
Composer: Lou Reed; Composer
Lyricist: Lou Reed; Composer
Producer: The Velvet Underground
Shel Kagan
Geoffrey Haslam
Adrian Barber; Production

13. I Love You (Session Outtake) [2015 Remaster]

by The Velvet Underground

Drums: Moe Tucker; Performer
Primary Artist: The Velvet Underground; Main Performer
Guitar: Doug Yule
Sterling Morrison
Lou Reed; Performer
Organ: Doug Yule; Performer
Piano: Lou Reed; Performer
Vocals: Doug Yule
Lou Reed; Performer
Composer: Lou Reed; Composer
Lyricist: Lou Reed; Composer
Producer: The Velvet Underground
Shel Kagan
Geoffrey Haslam
Adrian Barber; Production

14. Ride into the Sun (Session Outtake) [2015 Remaster]

by The Velvet Underground

Drums: Moe Tucker; Performer
Primary Artist: The Velvet Underground; Main Performer
Guitar: Doug Yule
Sterling Morrison
Lou Reed; Performer
Organ: Doug Yule; Performer
Piano: Lou Reed; Performer
Vocals: Doug Yule
Lou Reed; Performer
Composer: Lou Reed; Composer
Lyricist: Lou Reed; Composer
Producer: The Velvet Underground
Shel Kagan
Geoffrey Haslam
Adrian Barber; Production

Technical Specifications

Volume

1 volume only

Tracks

14 tracks available

Type

ALBUM

Format

Digital Media

Duration

55 minutes and 30 seconds

Explicit

None

Coverart

Available and up to 2400x2400 px

Booklet

Not available

Max Quality

Studio Quality (Hi-Res)

24bit / 96 kHz

Stereo

Audio Extension

Hi-Res/Lossless: FLAC, M4A, WAV, WV, AIFF

Lossy: AAC, MP3, M4A, MP4, OGA, OGG, OPUS, WMA

Archive Format

Available in these formats: ZIP, TAR, RAR

Lyrics

All tracks have lyrics

Synchronized Lyrics

No synced lyrics found

Genres

Pop/Rock, Punk Pioneers

Label

Rhino Atlantic

Music Distribution Service

WMG Mora

Country

United States

Language

English (United States)

Popularity

Release Date

Oct 31, 1970

Track Preview

Available

Delivery Charge

Free

Delivery Method

Digital download link via Email or Personal Dashboard on this site

UPC

603497884483

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Loaded (Remastered)

1. Who Loves the Sun (2015 Remaster)

2. Sweet Jane (Full Length Version) [2015 Remaster]

3. Rock & Roll (Full Length Version) [2015 Remaster]

4. Cool It Down (2015 Remaster)

5. New Age (Full Length Version) [2015 Remaster]

6. Head Held High (2015 Remaster)

7. Lonesome Cowboy Bill (2015 Remaster)

8. I Found a Reason (2015 Remaster)

9. Train Round the Bend (2015 Remaster)

10. Oh! Sweet Nuthin' (2015 Remaster)

11. I'm Sticking with You (Session Outtake) [2015 Remaster]

12. Ocean (Session Outtake) [2015 Remaster]

13. I Love You (Session Outtake) [2015 Remaster]

14. Ride into the Sun (Session Outtake) [2015 Remaster]

Technical Specifications

Loaded (Remastered)

Product information

Release options

1. Who Loves the Sun (2015 Remaster)

2. Sweet Jane (Full Length Version) [2015 Remaster]

3. Rock & Roll (Full Length Version) [2015 Remaster]

4. Cool It Down (2015 Remaster)

5. New Age (Full Length Version) [2015 Remaster]

6. Head Held High (2015 Remaster)

7. Lonesome Cowboy Bill (2015 Remaster)

8. I Found a Reason (2015 Remaster)

9. Train Round the Bend (2015 Remaster)

10. Oh! Sweet Nuthin' (2015 Remaster)

11. I'm Sticking with You (Session Outtake) [2015 Remaster]

12. Ocean (Session Outtake) [2015 Remaster]

13. I Love You (Session Outtake) [2015 Remaster]

14. Ride into the Sun (Session Outtake) [2015 Remaster]

Technical Specifications