The Velvet Underground - Loaded (Re-Loaded 45th Anniversary Edition) (2015)

Tracklist

CD1
01. Who Loves the Sun (2015 Remaster)
02. Sweet Jane (Full Length Version; 2015 Remaster)
03. Rock and Roll (Full Length Version; 2015 Remaster)
04. Cool It Down (2015 Remaster)
05. New Age (Full Length Version; 2015 Remaster)
06. Head Held High (2015 Remaster)
07. Lonesome Cowboy Bill (2015 Remaster)
08. I Found a Reason (2015 Remaster)
09. 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)

CD2
01. Who Loves the Sun (Mono; 2015 Remaster)
02. Sweet Jane (Mono; 2015 Remaster)
03. Rock & Roll (Mono; 2015 Remaster)
04. Cool It Down (Mono; 2015 Remaster)
05. New Age (Mono; 2015 Remaster)
06. Head Held High (Mono; 2015 Remaster)
07. Lonesome Cowboy Bill (Mono; 2015 Remaster)
08. I Found a Reason (Mono; 2015 Remaster)
09. Train Round the Bend (Mono; 2015 Remaster)
10. Oh! Sweet Nuthin' (Mono; 2015 Remaster)
11. Who Loves the Sun (Mono; 2015 Remaster Single)
12. Oh! Sweet Nuthin' (Mono; 2015 Remaster Single)
13. Rock & Roll (Mono)
14. Lonesome Cowboy Bill (Mono; 2015 Remaster)

CD3
01. Rock & Roll (Demo Version; 2015 Remaster)
02. Sad Song (Demo Version; 2015 Remaster)
03. Satellite of Love (Demo Version; 2015 Remaster)
04. Walk and Talk (Demo Version; 2015 Remaster)
05. Oh Gin (Demo Version; 2015 Remaster)
06. Ocean (Demo Version; 2015 Remaster)
07. I Love You (Demo Version; 2015 Remaster)
08. Love Makes You Feel Ten Feet Tall (Demo Remix; 2015 Remaster)
09. I Found a Reason (Demo Version; 2015 Remaster)
10. Cool It Down (Early Version Remix; 2015 Remaster)
11. Sweet Jane (Early Version Remix; 2015 Remaster)
12. Lonesome Cowboy Bill (Early Version Remix; 2015 Remaster)
13. Head Held High (Early Version Remix; 2015 Remaster)
14. Oh! Sweet Nuthin' (Early Version Remix; 2015 Remaster)
15. Who Loves the Sun (Alternate Mix; 2015 Remaster)
16. Sweet Jane (Alternate Mix; 2015 Remaster)
17. Cool It Down (Alternate Mix; 2015 Remaster)
18. Lonesome Cowboy Bill (Alternate Mix; 2015 Remaster)
19. Train Round the Bend (Alternate Mix; 2015 Remaster)
20. Head Held High (Alternate Mix; 2015 Remaster)
21. Rock & Roll (Alternate Mix; 2015 Remaster)

CD4
01. I'm Waiting for the Man (Live at Max's Kansas City; 2015 Remaster)
02. White Light / White Heat (Live at Max's Kansas City; 2015 Remaster)
03. I'm Set Free (Live at Max's Kansas City; 2015 Remaster)
04. Sweet Jane (Live at Max's Kansas City; 2015 Remaster)
05. Lonesome Cowboy Bill (Live at Max's Kansas City; 2015 Remaster)
06. New Age (Live at Max's Kansas City; 2015 Remaster)
07. Beginning to See the Light (Live at Max's Kansas City; 2015 Remaster)
08. I'll Be Your Mirror (Live at Max's Kansas City; 2015 Remaster)
09. Pale Blue Eyes (Live at Max's Kansas City; 2015 Remaster)
10. Candy Says (Live at Max's Kansas City; 2015 Remaster)
11. Sunday Morning (Live at Max's Kansas City; 2015 Remaster)
12. After Hours (Live at Max's Kansas City; 2015 Remaster)
13. Femme Fatale (Live at Max's Kansas City; 2015 Remaster)
14. Some Kinda Love (Live at Max's Kansas City; 2015 Remaster)
15. Lonesome Cowboy Bill (Version 2 Live at Max's Kansas City; 2015 Remaster)

CD5
01. I'm Waiting for the Man (Live at Second Fret, Philadelphia, May 9, 1970)
02. What Goes On (Live at Second Fret, Philadelphia, May 9, 1970)
03. Cool It Down (Live at Second Fret, Philadelphia, May 9,1970)
04. Sweet Jane (Live at Second Fret, Philadelphia, May 9, 1970)
05. Rock & Roll (Live at Second Fret, Philadelphia, May 9, 1970)
06. Some Kinda Love (Live at Second Fret, Philadelphia, May 9, 1970)
07. New Age (Live at Second Fret, Philadelphia, May 9, 1970)
08. Candy Says (Live at Second Fret, Philadelphia, May 9, 1970)
09. Head Held High (Live at Second Fret, Philadelphia, May 9, 1970)
10. Train Round the Bend (Live at Second Fret, Philadelphia, May 9, 1970)
11. Oh! Sweet Nuthin' (Live at Second Fret, Philadelphia, May 9, 1970)

CD6
01. Who Loves the Sun
02. Sweet Jane
03. Rock & Roll
04. Cool It Down
05. New Age
06. Lonesome Cowboy Bill
07. I Found a Reason
08. Head Held High
09. Train Round the Bend
10. Oh! Sweet Nuthin'

CD7
01. Who Loves the Sun
02. Sweet Jane
03. Rock & Roll
04. Cool It Down
05. New Age
06. Head Held High
07. Lonesome Cowboy Bill
08. I Found a Reason
09. Train Round the Bend
10. Oh! Sweet Nuthin'


On déifie le premier album à la banane, encense le très expérimental White Light White Heat et vénère le troisième éponyme. Mais le quatrième et dernier opus studio du Velvet Underground est souvent négligé pour ne pas dire carrément oublié… Loaded est pourtant un véritable chef d’œuvre même si sa réalisation comme son casting furent on ne peut plus chaotiques. Déjà, l’œuvre renferme un bon nombre de chansons magistrales (c’est bien ici que les tubesques Sweet Jane et Rock’n’Roll apparaissent pour la première fois) à l’image de Who Loves The Sun qui ouvre le disque de manière solaire (logique vu le titre…) et très pop. On est bien loin de la décadence et de la noirceur de la Factory d’Andy Warhol des débuts… Sur un titre comme I Found A Reason, la jovialité aux airs Beach Boys est même de mise. Lou Reed claquera pourtant la porte avant la sortie du disque que terminera Doug Yule qui chante d’ailleurs sur certains morceaux. Même Moe Tucker ne pilote la batterie que sur quelques titres. Qu’importe, Loaded est une merveille qui ressuscite en habits de lumière pour ses 45 ans, remastérisé, avec en prime des prises alternative et des démos.

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