The Velvet Underground - White Light / White Heat Album

The White Light/White Heat album from the Velvet Underground features a sonic assault like no other, with rock and roll stripped down to its most primitive form with a distorted and abrasive sound that you'll either love or hate. It also features some of Lou Reed's finest material from the title track to the reflective "Here She Comes Now." It all culminates on side 2 with the boisterous "I Heard Her Call My Name" ("And then my mind split open," Reed sings, and his guitar makes you feel like this is really happening to him) and the epic "Sister Ray"--10 minutes of inspired pounding, as Reed searches for his "mainline."