The Velvet Underground's White Light White Heat

White Light White Heat was the first studio album just to be released by the Velvet Underground, without any additional members. The entire band were united and adrived to make a record that was, in Cale's words, consciously anti-beauty. This time, three of the six songs were credited either to all four of the group members, or to read Mervison and Cale. Two of the three collaborative tracks coming in at Mammoth lengths. One, the gift, is over eight minutes long, and features a rare vocal from Cale. That track was originally an instrumental the group had titled Booker T, but Cale suggested that over the instrumental, he should recite a short