Velvet Underground, The: White Light / White Heat (Vinyl LP)White 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 Stone's 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time.