Gold (Velvet Underground album) 2186995 225117682 2008-07-11T23:31:22Z J Milburn Bot 7423137 All Music Guide has now been rebranded to Allmusic {{Infobox Album | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums --> | Name = Gold | Type = [[Compilation album]] | Artist = [[The Velvet Underground]] | Cover = VUGold.jpg | Released = [[June 14]], [[2005]] | Recorded = 1966–1969, [[United States]] | Genre = [[Rock and roll]] | Length = | Label = [[Universal Music]] | Producer = [[Andy Warhol]], [[Tom Wilson (producer)|Tom Wilson]], [[The Velvet Underground]] | Reviews = *[[Allmusic]] {{rating-5|4}} [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:kbfrxq8sldhe link] *[[Pitchfork Media|Pitchfork]] (9.3/10) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/22944-gold 6/21/2005] | | Last album = ''[[The Very Best of the Velvet Underground]]''<br />(2003) | This album = ''Gold''<br />(2005) | Next album = | Misc = {{Extra album cover 2 | | Upper caption = Alternate covers | Type = Compilation album | Cover = VUStory.jpg | Lower caption = ''The Velvet Underground Story'', European re-issue }} }} '''''Gold''''' is a 2CD [[compilation album]] by [[The Velvet Underground]]. It was released for the [[North America]]n market on [[June 14]], [[2005]], by [[Polydor]], the [[record label]] that oversees the band's [[Universal Music Group]] back catalogue. ==About the album== The album is a regular best-of compilation, drawing from the band's first three albums, two outtake compilation and [[live album]] on [[Polydor Records]] and several co-owned labels ([[Verve Records|Verve]], [[MGM Records|MGM]] and [[Mercury Records|Mercury]]). 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 unbalanced by the absence of ''[[Loaded (album)|Loaded]]'' and ''[[Squeeze (Velvet Underground album)|Squeeze]]'' tracks. ''Gold'' does include two Nico solo tracks, co-written and played by Velvet Underground members [[Lou Reed]], [[John Cale]] and [[Sterling Morrison]], taken from her 1967 debut album for Polydor, ''[[Chelsea Girl (album)|Chelsea Girl]]''. Perhaps to lure fans who already own most of the material present, two songs off ''[[VU (album)|VU]]'' are included in their previously unavailable original 1968 mixes. On [[May 29]] [[2006]], the album was re-issued in Europe as '''''The Velvet Underground Story''''' with different art work but featuring the same track listing. ==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 one=== # "I'm Waiting for the Man" # "Femme Fatale" † # "Venus in Furs" # "Run Run Run" # "All Tomorrow's Parties" † # "Heroin" # "There She Goes Again" # "I'll Be Your Mirror" † # "Sunday Morning" (Reed, Cale) † # "Chelsea Girls" (Reed, Morrison) ‡ # "It Was a Pleasure Then" (Reed, Cale, [[Nico|Päffgen]]) ‡ # "White Light/White Heat" # "I Heard Her Call My Name" # "Sister Ray" (Reed, Cale, Morrison, Tucker) (1-9) taken from ''[[The Velvet Underground and Nico]]''; (10-11) taken from ''[[Chelsea Girl (album)|Chelsea Girl]]''; (12-14) taken from ''[[White Light/White Heat]]''. ===Disc two=== # "Temptation Inside Your Heart" ''(alternate, original mix)'' # "Stephanie Says" ''(alternate, original mix)'' # "Hey Mr. Rain" ''(version one)'' (Reed, Cale, Morrison, Tucker) # "Candy Says" # "What Goes On" # "Some Kinda Love" # "[[Pale Blue Eyes]]" # "Beginning to See the Light" # "Foggy Notion" (Reed, Morrison, Yule, Tucker, [[Hy Weiss|Weiss]]) # "I Can't Stand It" # "One of These Days" # "Lisa Says" # "New Age" ''(live)'' # "Rock and Roll" ''(live)'' # "Ocean" ''(live)'' # "[[Sweet Jane]]" ''(live)'' (1-2) first appearance, regular mixes available on ''[[VU (album)|VU]]''; (3) taken from ''[[Another View]]''; (4-8) taken from ''[[The Velvet Underground (album)|The Velvet Underground]]''; (9-12) taken from ''[[VU (album)|VU]]''; (13-16) taken from ''[[1969: The Velvet Underground Live]]''. ==Personnel== ===The band=== * [[Lou Reed]] – [[singer|vocals]] except as noted, [[guitar]]; [[piano]] on "Sunday Morning" and "White Light/White Heat" * [[Sterling Morrison]] – guitar, [[bass guitar]], [[backup singer|backing vocals]] * [[Maureen Tucker]] – [[percussion instrument|percussion]] * [[John Cale]] – [[viola]], [[bass guitar]], [[keyboard instrument|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) ===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" ===Technical staff=== * [[Andy Warhol]] – [[record producer|producer]] (disc 1: 1-8) * [[Tom Wilson (producer)|Tom Wilson]] – producer (disc 1: 9-14) * The Velvet Underground – producers (disc 2) {{The Velvet Underground}} [[Category:The Velvet Underground albums]] [[Category:2005 albums]] [[Category:Greatest hits albums]] [[Category:Albums produced by Tom Wilson]]