NewCC0009: The Velvet Underground

Submitted by lbangs on Fri, 04/27/2001 - 03:24
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  • The Velvet Underground & Nico (67): *****
  • White Light / White Heat (67): *****
  • The Velvet Underground (69): *****
  • Loaded (70): *****
  • Peel Slowly and See (95): *****
  • 1969: Velvet Underground Live (74): *****
  • VU (85): **** 1/2
  • Loaded: Fully Loaded Edition (97): ****
  • The Best of the Velvet Underground (89): *** 1/2
  • Another View (86): ***
  • Live at Max's Kansas City (72): ** 1/2
  • Live MCMXCIII (93): ** 1/2
  • Squeeze (73): 1/2
Author Comments: 

This is a new entry in an up-dated series I'm calling the New Critical Consensus. Several people have requested updates of the older series, and since critical opinions shift, I am revamping the entire system. I am averaging the opinions of several excellent music critics to produce a list of each artist's albums. Rather than using a number system, which was perhaps a bit clunky, I will now be using a five-star system. The albums will be listed in a recommended purchasing order, so new fans will have an idea of where the best place to start buying an artist's work is.
These are not my opinions, although, since I have chosen the critics used (and I'm using many), my taste will perhaps seep through a bit.

Terribly nerdy, I know, but maybe this will help people only now beginning to dabble into certain artists' bodies of work.

Scale:

***** - Masterpiece
**** 1/2 - Classic
**** - Great
*** 1/2 - Good
*** - Above Average
** 1/2 - Average
** - Below Average
* 1/2 - Bad
* - Terrible
1/2 - One of the worst albums ever