The Velvet Underground & Nico – Often Voted As The Most Influential Record of the Late 20th Century
Recorded in 1966 during Andy Warhol‘s Exploding Plastic Inevitable multimedia event tour, The Velvet Underground & Nico vinyl LP was released in March, 1967. It received very little attention in the year of the Summer of Love when albums such as The Beatles, Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Are You Experienced, Cream’s Disraeli Gears, and Love’s Forever Changes drove album play.
It was not until decades later that the album received almost unanimous praise by many rock critics, many of whom made particular note of its influence in modern rock music. In April 2003, Spin put the album at the number one spot of their “Top Fifteen Most Influential Albums of All Time” list.[17] On November 12, 2000, NPR included it in their “NPR 100” series of “the most important American musical works of the 20th century”.[18] Rolling Stone placed it at number 13 on their list of “The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time” in November 2003, calling it “the most prophetic rock album ever made.”[1][19]
All songs written by Lou Reed unless otherwise noted.
- Side one
- “Sunday Morning” (Reed, Cale) – 2:54
- “I’m Waiting for the Man” – 4:39
- “Femme Fatale” – 2:38
- “Venus in Furs” – 5:12
- “Run Run Run” – 4:22
- “All Tomorrow’s Parties” – 6:00
- Side two
- “Heroin” – 7:12
- “There She Goes Again” – 2:41
- “I’ll Be Your Mirror” – 2:14
- “The Black Angel’s Death Song” (Reed, Cale) – 3:11
- “European Son” (Reed, Cale, Morrison, Tucker) – 7:46
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