--- product_id: 14449215 title: "The Velvet Underground" price: "136 zł" currency: PLN in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.pl/products/14449215-the-velvet-underground store_origin: PL region: Poland --- # The Velvet Underground **Price:** 136 zł **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** The Velvet Underground - **How much does it cost?** 136 zł with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.pl](https://www.desertcart.pl/products/14449215-the-velvet-underground) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description THE VELVET UNDERGROUND The Velvet Underground CD Review: I'm Beginning to See the Light... - I bought the other three Velvet Underground albums fifteen years ago but somehow only picked up this one after Lou Reed’s passing. I feel like I’ve been missing out on their best work. I loved “The Velvet Underground and Nico,” but felt her voice was a little off-putting; it sounded like she was trying to sing with a mouth full of chewing gum. (Also, “Heroin” and “Venus in Furs” were revelatory tracks, but “European Son” felt like noise for noise’s sake.) The title track on “White Light/White Heat” was one of my favorite openings ever, and “The Gift” was a story song like none other, but “Sister Ray” felt like still more gratuitous sound, an experiment that didn’t prove its hypothesis. And “Loaded” has long been a favorite of mine, but with all its poppiness, it sometimes felt a little slick. (Don’t get me wrong—if I can produce anything as memorable as any of these, I’ll consider myself massively successful.) But “The Velvet Underground” somehow combines every other album’s strengths, while also avoiding their weaknesses. When it slows down, it’s a smooth listen without being bland; when it speeds up, it’s exciting without being discordant. Lyrically, it’s top-notch: “What do you think I’d see, if I could walk away from me?” Reed asks in “Candy Says,” somehow turning a character study of a New York transvestite in the late 1960s into something universal and timeless and true. And “Pale Blue Eyes” might be the truest depiction of adultery ever set to verse. (Or second-truest, after Gram Parsons’ “We’ll Sweep Out The Ashes In The Morning.”) It gets everything right—the obsession, the tangled emotions, the desire for both safe separation and suffocating closeness. And that goes for the album as a whole. It’s perhaps fitting that they named it after themselves—for a lesser group, that might make it seem like they’d run out of ideas, but here, it’s more like: “This is who we are; this is everything we’re capable of; this is us firing on all cylinders.” There’s an eloquent and sinful sadness to the first third, and strange and hopeful spirituality in the middle, and even a main experiment (“The Murder Mystery”) near the end that proves that the band’s central premise was sound, that experiments can, in fact, work. Review: Nice CD - Some good songs. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | ASIN | B000002G7G | | Best Sellers Rank | #49,711 in CDs & Vinyl ( See Top 100 in CDs & Vinyl ) #917 in Progressive Rock #1,057 in Folk Rock (CDs & Vinyl) #1,522 in Pop Singer-Songwriters | | Customer Reviews | 4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars (818) | | Date First Available | February 9, 2007 | | Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No | | Item model number | 2321950 | | Label | Polydor | | Language | English | | Manufacturer | Polydor | | Number of discs | 1 | | Original Release Date | 1996 | | Product Dimensions | 4.92 x 5.59 x 0.47 inches; 3.17 ounces | ## Images ![The Velvet Underground - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71UXnjsolkL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ I'm Beginning to See the Light... *by B***N on January 7, 2014* I bought the other three Velvet Underground albums fifteen years ago but somehow only picked up this one after Lou Reed’s passing. I feel like I’ve been missing out on their best work. I loved “The Velvet Underground and Nico,” but felt her voice was a little off-putting; it sounded like she was trying to sing with a mouth full of chewing gum. (Also, “Heroin” and “Venus in Furs” were revelatory tracks, but “European Son” felt like noise for noise’s sake.) The title track on “White Light/White Heat” was one of my favorite openings ever, and “The Gift” was a story song like none other, but “Sister Ray” felt like still more gratuitous sound, an experiment that didn’t prove its hypothesis. And “Loaded” has long been a favorite of mine, but with all its poppiness, it sometimes felt a little slick. (Don’t get me wrong—if I can produce anything as memorable as any of these, I’ll consider myself massively successful.) But “The Velvet Underground” somehow combines every other album’s strengths, while also avoiding their weaknesses. When it slows down, it’s a smooth listen without being bland; when it speeds up, it’s exciting without being discordant. Lyrically, it’s top-notch: “What do you think I’d see, if I could walk away from me?” Reed asks in “Candy Says,” somehow turning a character study of a New York transvestite in the late 1960s into something universal and timeless and true. And “Pale Blue Eyes” might be the truest depiction of adultery ever set to verse. (Or second-truest, after Gram Parsons’ “We’ll Sweep Out The Ashes In The Morning.”) It gets everything right—the obsession, the tangled emotions, the desire for both safe separation and suffocating closeness. And that goes for the album as a whole. It’s perhaps fitting that they named it after themselves—for a lesser group, that might make it seem like they’d run out of ideas, but here, it’s more like: “This is who we are; this is everything we’re capable of; this is us firing on all cylinders.” There’s an eloquent and sinful sadness to the first third, and strange and hopeful spirituality in the middle, and even a main experiment (“The Murder Mystery”) near the end that proves that the band’s central premise was sound, that experiments can, in fact, work. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Nice CD *by B***Y on November 10, 2024* Some good songs. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ THIS is the definitive Velvet Underground album *by D***I on October 6, 2010* I had previously given a bad review to "The Velve Underground and Nico" for bad sound and amateurish playing, and I refuse to even touch "White Light, White Heat" for the same reason. Back in the day, though, I had bought those albums with this one, and the difference is night and day. On "The Velvet Underground", the band can play; Lou Reed can sing (well, a lot better anyway), and the writing is phenomenal. Only one song, "The Murder Mystery", recalls earlier avante garde doodlings. The rest of the record is top-notch pop craft with just a hint of streetwise grit. Some of the songs are simply beautiful; all of them are uplifting. If you are curious about the Velvet Underground, get this one or "Loaded" first. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.pl/products/14449215-the-velvet-underground](https://www.desertcart.pl/products/14449215-the-velvet-underground) --- *Product available on Desertcart Poland* *Store origin: PL* *Last updated: 2026-04-27*