Gold
Compilation album by The Velvet Underground
Released	June 14, 2005
Recorded	1966–1969, United States
Genre	rock and roll
Length	?? min ?? s
Label	Universal Music
Producer	Andy Warhol, Tom Wilson, The Velvet Underground
Professional reviews
Pitchfork Media (9.3/10) link
The Velvet Underground Chronology
The Very Best of the Velvet Underground (2003)	Gold (2005)	]

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About the album

The album is a regular best-of compilation, drawing from the band's three albums and two outtake compilations on Verve/M·G·M. It is notable for including four live tracks (previously available on 1969: The Velvet Underground Live), which most other compilations shied away from, but is severely unbalanced by the absence of Loaded tracks. Gold does include two Nico solo tracks, co-written and played by Reed, Cale and/or Morrison, taken from her 1967 debut album for Polydor, Chelsea Girl. Perhaps to lure fans who already own most of the material present, two songs off VU are included in their previously unavailable original 1968 mixes. Verve Records was an American Jazz record label, founded by Norman Granz in 1956, which absorbed the catalogs of his earlier Norgran Records and Clef (founded 1953) labels. ... MGM Records was a record label started by the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer movie studio in 1946. ... Loaded was The Velvet Undergrounds fourth album, and their last with Lou Reed. ... 1967 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Chelsea Girl is the name of the debut album by Nico, released in 1968 and featuring songs written for her by Bob Dylan, Lou Reed, Jackson Browne, John Cale, Tim Hardin, Sterling Morrison, and Gregory Copeland. ...

Track listing

All tracks performed by The Velvet Underground except † performed by The Velvet Underground and Nico and ‡ performed by Nico. All titles written by Lou Reed except as noted.

Disc 1

1. I'm Waiting for the Man
2. Femme Fatale †
3. Venus in Furs
4. Run Run Run
5. All Tomorrow's Parties †
6. Heroin
7. There She Goes Again
8. I'll Be Your Mirror †
9. Sunday Morning (Reed, Cale) †
10. Chelsea Girls (Reed, Morrison) ‡
11. It Was a Pleasure Then (Reed, Cale, Päffgen) ‡
12. White Light/White Heat
13. I Heard Her Call My Name
14. Sister Ray (Reed, Cale, Morrison, Tucker)

Nico Nico (born Christa Päffgen) was a fashion model, actress, and composer. ...

Disc 2

1. Temptation Inside Your Heart (alternate, original mix)
2. Stephanie Says (alternate, original mix)
3. Hey Mr. Rain (version one) (Reed, Cale, Morrison, Tucker)
4. Candy Says
5. What Goes On
6. Some Kinda Love
7. Pale Blue Eyes
8. Beginning to See the Light
9. Foggy Notion (Reed, Morrison, Yule, Tucker, Weiss)
10. I Can't Stand It
11. One of These Days
12. Lisa Says
13. New Age (live)
14. Rock and Roll (live)
15. Ocean (live)
16. Sweet Jane (live)

People involved

The band

• Lou Reed – vocals except as noted, guitar, piano
• Sterling Morrison – guitar, bass guitar, backing vocals
• Maureen Tucker – percussion
• John Cale – viola, bass guitar, keyboards, celesta (disc 1; disc 2: 1-3)
• Doug Yule – bass guitar, keyboards, backing vocals, lead guitar on "One of These Days" (disc 2: 4-16)

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Additional musicians

• Nico – lead vocals on "Femme Fatale", "All Tomorrow's Parties", "I'll Be Your Mirror", "Chelsea Girls" and "It Was a Pleasure Then", backing vocals on "Sunday Morning"

Nico Nico (born Christa Päffgen) was a fashion model, actress, and composer. ...

Technical staff

• Andy Warhol – producer (disc 1: 1-8)
• Tom Wilson – producer (disc 1: 9-14)
• The Velvet Underground – producers (disc 2)

	The Velvet Underground
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