The Velvet Underground Live MCMXCIII

4 Stars - Excellent - "...Who cares if Lou Reed's phrasing can't match the methedrine rush on WHITE LIGHT/WHITE HEAT...the musical charge is capable of bristling nerve ends and scorching synapses at every surge....[LIVE MCMXCIII] reaffirms the Velvet Underground's place in history..."
Highly Recommended - "...LIVE MCMXCIII stands with BEFORE THE FLOOD as one of the most unhinged, bracing testaments ever committed to tape...it's clear Reed knew this album was [beyond a dare]..."
"...As grim, determined and tough-minded as the Velvet's original work....a nostalgia-free return to old glories that recaptures and expands on the tension and beauty that made the Velvet Underground so monumental....long may they ruin..." - Rating: A
4 Stars - Excellent - "...It's bizarre to hear a VU album with raucous cheering anywhere near it, but the Cale-Tucker axis is exemplary and every song gets at least two new twists....it's the full-scale quinquagenarian bar-band blow-out..."
"...this is confirmation our ears did not deceive us and the eyes did not lie. The Velvets really were THAT good, a visitation of flesh, blood and poised noise that transcended the accumulated weight of myth and over-expectation...."
"...if, 25 years later, they finally have the chance to grab the adulation and cash [the Velvet Underground] deserve, who am I to argue?...energetic, rough at the edges and with a catalog of golden oldies waiting to be exhumed..."