'' 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.
The album is a regular best-of compilation, drawing from the band's three albums, two outtake compilation and ''), which most other compilations shied away from, but is unbalanced by the absence of ''
Loaded '' tracks.
''Gold'' does include two Nico solo tracks, co-written and played by Velvet Underground band members Lou Reed, John Cale and/or Sterling 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.
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.
# "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,
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 ''; (12-14) taken from ''
White Light/White Heat ''.
# "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,
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 ''''.
- 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)
- 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"
