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The Velvet Underground, Nico – The Velvet Underground & Nico (Picture Disc)

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  • Few LPs have turned rock history upside down like "The Velvet Underground & Nico". Parallel with "Sgt. Pepper's" and "Pet Sounds" it is considered to be a groundbreaking rock album in history. Four and a half decades after its first release, the prestige of this pioneer album has only increased

    Their debut album brought the New York band to the Rock'n'Roll Hall of Fame. The Anglo-Saxon rock press and feuilleton give him a place in the Top-20 of the "greatest", "most influential", "most prophetic", "most revolutionary" albums of all time: from "Rolling Stone" to Spin, Uncut and Mojo to the Guardian. The venerable National Library of the USA (Library of Congress) has included it in its archives. "The Velvet Underground & Nico" even inspired the "Velvet Revolution" in the former Czechoslovakia in 1989

    Protected by pop-art godfather Andy Warhol, who designed the world-famous cover, recorded in a morbid New York studio, "The Velvet Underground & Nico" is a bold venture full of lyrical abysses and great sound experiments. When released, the LP was a colossal flop. Even 1967, the year of Jimi Hendrix, the Doors and Frank Zappa, the Velvets were too hard. No one wanted to deal with it in the year of Sergeant Peppers. Only decades later "The Velvet Underground & Nico" was canonized. Without ever exceeding number 171 in the US charts, The Velvet Underground are one of the three most influential rock bands in history. Without their first album Glam-Rock would not have existed, nor would Krautrock and Punk, Gothic, Grunge or Noise-Rock. David Bowie? The Stooges, Can, Roxy Music or The Jesus And Mary Chain? They'd all sound different

    The famous quote from Brian Eno sums it up: "Only five thousand people ever bought a Velvet Underground album, but every single one of them started a band."

    Reviews

    "When evil came into rock'n'roll, a huge box finally assigned the classic its worthy place in rock history." (music express, November
    2012)
  • Artist: The Velvet Underground, Nico
    Label: Vinyl Lovers, Lilith Records Ltd.
    Format: LP
    Units: 1
    Country: Europe
    Genre: Pop & Rock
  • A1 Sunday Morning
    A2 I'M Waiting For The Man
    A3 Femme Fatale
    A4 Venus In Furs
    A5 Run, Run, Run
    A6 All Tomorrow'S Parties
    A7 I'Ll Be Your Mirror
    B1 Heroin
    B2 There She Goes Again
    B3 The Black Angel'S Death Song
    B4 European Son To Delmore Schwartz
    B5 Chelsea Girls