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I did the studio albums last week and a few people requested a live albums list, so here it is:

1. John Cale & Band Live (John) 4.06

2. Fragments of a Rainy Season (John) 3.93

3. American Poet (Lou) 3.90

4. Live at Alice Tully Hall (Lou) 3.89

5. Sabotage / Live (John) 3.83

6. Nico's Last Concert - Fata Morgana (Nico) 3.81

7. When Your Heart Is Made Out of Ice (Lou) 3.80

8. Rock n Roll Animal (Lou) 3.74

9. Oh No, They're Recording This Show (Moe) 3.71

10. Nico in Tokyo (Nico) 3.71

11. Berlin: Live at St. Ann's Warehouse (Lou) 3.65

12. Le Bataclan '72 (Lou, John & Nico) 3.64

13. Animal Serenade (Lou) 3.64

14. Circus Live (John) 3.64

15. Metal Machine Music (Zetkatzer & Lou) 3.59

16. Behind the Iron Curtain (Nico) 3.52

17. Reims Cathedral (Nico) 3.51

18. Nico Alive (Nico) 3.51

19. Chelsea Live (Nico) 3.48

20. Lou Reed Live (Lou) 3.45

(Caveat: I didn't think it was worth including anything with fewer than 10 ratings. Edit - honorable mention to Doug Yule. Live in Seattle only has 9 ratings, but would have sneaked #19 with one more.)

Nice to see Moe make the list this time. Well done to Metal Machine Music too!

I'll be honest and say I haven't even listened to half of these, so I'm looking forward to getting stuck in.

Here are the Top 20 Velvets solo albums according to RateYourMusic. Marks out of 5.0

1. Transformer (Lou) - 3.90

2. Desert Shore (Nico) - 3.88

3. Berlin (Lou) - 3.82

4. The Marble Index (Nico) - 3.82

5. Paris 1919 (John) - 3.81

6. Fear (John) - 3.77

7. New York (Lou) - 3.70

8. Songs for Drella (Lou & John) - 3.69

9. The End (Nico) - 3.68

10. Chelsea Girl (Nico) - 3.65

11. The Blue Mask (Lou) - 3.61

12. Coney Island Baby (Lou) - 3.59

13. Music for a New Society (John) - 3.59

14. Helen of Troy (John) - 3.55

15. Magic and Loss (Lou) - 3.54

16. Vintage Violence (John) - 3.52

17. Church of Anthrax (John & Terry Riley) - 3.52

18. Slow Dazzle (John) - 3.51

19. Ecstasy (Lou) - 3.50

20. Street Hassle (Lou) - 3.49

Perhaps surprisingly, Nico has 4 entries in the Top 10, compared to 3.5 by Lou and 2.5 by John.

Honorable mention to Willie Alexander, who technically could have two albums on this list. Given that they both had less than ten ratings though, as opposed to the thousands that all the others had, I thought best not to include them.

None of Maureen or Angus's albums quite made the list despite being mostly well rated.

Lowest rated (unsurprisingly) was Lulu by Lou, with a score of 2.01.

Here are the Top 20 Velvets solo albums according to RateYourMusic. Marks out of 5.0

1. Transformer (Lou) - 3.90

2. Desert Shore (Nico) - 3.88

3. Berlin (Lou) - 3.82

4. The Marble Index (Nico) - 3.82

5. Paris 1919 (John) - 3.81

6. Fear (John) - 3.77

7. New York (Lou) - 3.70

8. Songs for Drella (Lou & John) - 3.69

9. The End (Nico) - 3.68

10. Chelsea Girl (Nico) - 3.65

11. The Blue Mask (Lou) - 3.61

12. Coney Island Baby (Lou) - 3.59

13. Music for a New Society (John) - 3.59

14. Helen of Troy (John) - 3.55

15. Magic and Loss (Lou) - 3.54

16. Vintage Violence (John) - 3.52

17. Church of Anthrax (John & Terry Riley) - 3.52

18. Slow Dazzle (John) - 3.51

19. Ecstasy (Lou) - 3.50

20. Street Hassle (Lou) - 3.49

Perhaps surprisingly, Nico has 4 entries in the Top 10, compared to 3.5 by Lou and 2.5 by John.

Honorable mention to Willie Alexander, who technically could have two albums on this list. Given that they both had less than ten ratings though, as opposed to the thousands that all the others had, I thought best not to include them.

None of Maureen or Angus's albums quite made the list despite being mostly well rated.

Lowest rated (unsurprisingly) was Lulu by Lou, with a score of 2.01.