Another View
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Another View | ||||
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Compilation album by | ||||
Released | September 1986 | |||
Recorded | 1967–69, New York City | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Length | 36:21 | |||
Language | English | |||
Label | Verve | |||
Producer | The Velvet Underground | |||
The Velvet Underground chronology | ||||
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Another View is an outtakes compilation album by the Velvet Underground. It was released in 1986 by Verve Records and is composed of material recorded between 1967 and 1969.
Composition and collection
When the Velvet Underground moved from
As Verve (by then an
In 1986,
An acetate-sourced alternative mix of this album's version of "Ride into the Sun", featuring vocals by Lou Reed, has appeared on bootlegs and on the Australian box set
As the Velvet Underground moved from MGM to Atlantic, they re-recorded two of the songs on Another View, "Ride into the Sun" and "Rock and Roll", for possible inclusion on Loaded. Only "Rock and Roll" made the grade, but two of the Another View songs would be recycled by Lou Reed during his early solo career: "Ride into the Sun" (on Lou Reed, 1972) and "We're Gonna Have a Real Good Time Together" (on Street Hassle, 1978).
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [1] |
Blender | [2] |
Christgau's Record Guide | A− [3] |
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [4] |
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original Recording Date | Length |
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1. | "We're Gonna Have a Real Good Time Together" | Lou Reed | September 30, 1969 | 2:56 |
2. | "I'm Gonna Move Right In" | Reed, Doug Yule, Sterling Morrison, Maureen Tucker | September 27, 1969 | 6:30 |
3. | "Hey Mr. Rain (Version I)" | Reed, John Cale, Morrison, Tucker | May 29, 1968 | 4:56 |
4. | "Ride Into the Sun" | Reed, Yule, Morrison, Tucker | September 5, 1969 | 3:20 |
5. | "Coney Island Steeplechase" | Reed | May 6, 1969 | 2:20 |
Total length: | 20:02 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original Recording Date | Length |
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1. | "Guess I'm Falling In Love" (Instrumental version) | Reed, Cale, Morrison, Tucker | December 5, 1967 | 3:35 |
2. | "Hey Mr. Rain (Version II)" | Reed, Cale, Morrison, Tucker | May 29, 1968 | 5:16 |
3. | "Ferryboat Bill" | Reed | June 19, 1969 | 2:10 |
4. | "Rock and Roll" | Reed | June 19, 1969 | 5:18 |
Total length: | 16:19 |
Personnel
- The Velvet Underground
- John Cale – viola on "Hey Mr. Rain (Version I)" and "Hey Mr. Rain (Version II)", bass guitar on "Guess I'm Falling in Love"
- backing vocals, bass guitar on "Hey Mr. Rain"
- Lou Reed – vocals, guitar, piano
- Maureen Tucker – percussion
- Doug Yule – bass guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
- Technical staff
- The Velvet Underground – producers
- Bill Levenson – executive producer
- engineer
References
- AllMusic
- ^ "Back Catalogue: Another View".[permanent dead link]
- ISBN 0-679-73015-X. Retrieved December 11, 2021 – via robertchristgau.com.
- ISBN 978-0195313734.