White Light/White Heat

The Velvet Underground’s second studio album, White Light/White Heat, is undoubtedly one of the noisiest, most experimental, and most controversial albums of the 1960’s. Said Lou Reed of the album, “No one listened to it, but there it is forever – the quintessence of articulated punk. And no one goes near it.”

And sadly, for most of the world, that statement was not too far off. According to SoundScan, It was the lowest selling studio album released by the VU (at least in the USA). Regardless of its lack of commercial success, the “anti-beauty” album is a true cult-favorite and one of the most important and forward thinking albums of its time.