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Yes. A Best of Album. (5 stars)
If you aren't a Velvet fan or haven't decided this is a good way to check out some of their songs. Nice selection of different mixes. Couldn't disagree more with the person who said you can't have a greatest hits Velvet album. Sure it's opinion - but what isn't? Check out "Some Kinda Love" and put in your hip hop mix - blow people away!

Maybe it's the "original" but it's not the well-known, edited, version of "Sweet Jane." (3 stars)
All I'm looking for is the release of "Sweet Jane" that doesn't include the "heavenly wine and roses" slow part (popularized by the Cowboy Junkies), and then apparently, re-introduced to subsequent re-issues of the album. Don't get me wrong, I think it's beautiful, but at some point that part was edited by a producer that thought it didn't flow with the rest of the song, and I guess I'd have to agree. I want the edited ve

Biography

Formed: 1964 in New York, NY
Genre: Rock
Years Active: '60s, '70s, '90s

Few rock groups can claim to have broken so much new territory, and maintain such consistent brilliance on record, as the Velvet Underground during their brief lifespan. It was the group's lot to be ahead of, or at least out of step with, their time. The mid- to late '60s was an era of explosive growth and experimentation in rock, but the Velvets' innovations — which blended the energy of rock with the sonic adventurism of the avant-garde, and introduced a new degree of social realism and sexual...

Top Albums By The Velvet Underground
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	Name	Artist	Time	Price
1.	Sweet Jane	Velvet Underground	4:05	$1.29
2.	I'm Sticking With You	Velvet Underground	2:27	$0.99
3.	I'm Waiting for the Man (Mono)	Velvet Underground	4:40	$1.29
4.	What Goes On (Closet Mix)	Velvet Underground	4:32	$0.99
5.	White Light, White Heat	Velvet Underground	2:46	$0.99
6.	All Tomorrow's Parties (Mono)	Velvet Underground	5:57	$0.99
7.	Pale Blue Eyes (Closet Mix)	Velvet Underground	5:42	$1.29
8.	Femme Fatale (Stereo)	Velvet Underground & Ni..	2:38	$1.29
9.	Heroin (Mono)	Velvet Underground	7:09	$1.29
10.	Here She Comes Now	Velvet Underground	2:01	$0.99
11.	Stephanie Says	Velvet Underground	2:49	$0.99
12.	Venus In Furs	Velvet Underground & Ni..	5:08	$1.29
13.	Beginning to See the Light (Closet M..	Velvet Underground	4:47	$0.99
14.	I Heard Her Call My Name	Velvet Underground	4:36	$0.99
15.	Some Kinda Love (Closet Mix)	Velvet Underground	3:39	$0.99
16.	I Can't Stand It	Velvet Underground	3:21	$0.99
17.	Sunday Morning (Mono Single Version)	Velvet Underground	2:54	$1.29
18.	Rock and Roll	Velvet Underground	4:49	$0.99

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