Velvet Underground, The: White Light / White Heat (CD) Zig-Zag Band or Forever Hold Your Peace

or Forever Hold Your Peace

Recorded and released in 1983

Soundtracked by simple and sparse instrumentation and minimal yet majestic production

” and a version of “Landside” for the ages

Velvet Underground, The: White Light / White Heat (CD) Zig-Zag Band or Forever Hold Your PeaceWhite Light White Heat is The Velvet Undergrounds second studio album. Released in 1968, and recorded in only two days, it was to be bassist, and founding member, John Cales last with the band. Lyrical themes throughout the album are an eclectic mix including drug use and sexual references (embodied in White Light White Heat and Lady Godivas Operation respectively). The album was ranked at number 293 on Rolling Stones 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time.