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The Velvet Underground & Nico
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0731453125025
Format: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
Label: Polydor / Umgd
Manufacturer: Polydor / Umgd
MPN: 531250
Number Of Discs: 1
Publication Date: 1996
Publisher: Polydor / Umgd
Release Date: May 07, 1996
Studio: Polydor / Umgd
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Editorial Review:
When the Velvets recorded this debut, they were best known as the protégés of Andy Warhol (who designed the sleeve), and as a grating, combustive live band. Fueled by drummer Moe Tucker's no-nonsense wham and John Cale's howling viola, some of the straight-up rock & roll and arty noise extravaganzas here bear that out. But before Lou Reed was singing about sadomasochism and drug deals and writing lyrics inspired by his favorite poets, he was a pop songwriter, and this album has some of his prettiest tunes, mostly sung by Nico, the German dark angel who left the band after this disc. Even the sordid rockers are underscored by graceful pop tricks, like the two-chord flutter at the center of the classic "Heroin." --Douglas Wolk
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - The Velvet Underground And Nico 1967
Very experimental album indeed. Realesed at the height of Psychedelia in 1967 this album never was really that popular because it was too "out there" but although that this album has reamained a classic. Some key tracks on here are, "run run run", "heroin", "venus in furs", "all tommorows parties", and more. Great album for anyone who craves for experimental psychedelic music, trust me if you like piper at the gates of dawn you'll like this album.
Rating:  - OK. So Andy Warhol really didn't musically produce this!
The debut album from NYC's own Velvet Underground is a terrific and by some accounts, a landmark album. I probably wouldn't call it a landmark album, but nevertheless, it's still very good. The immediate emergence of Brooklyn's Lou Reed (my hometown) as a songwriter and arranger takes off from this album to his terrific solo work in the not to distant future from when this was made (check out Lou Reed's Transformer album). Noteable songs include, "Venus In Furs", "Heroin", and "European Son". ... Read More
Rating: - VU's finest moment
This album narrowly edge Loaded as VU's finest album? Why? Nico. Her haunting vocal are so different from Reed's but they compliment each other so well. The songs are experimental enough that it's interesting but not too experimental that it's unlistenable.
1. "Sunday Morning" 5/5
2. "I'm Waiting for the Man" 4/5
3. "Femme Fatale" 5/5
4. "Venus in Furs" 3/5
5. "Run Run Run" 3/5
6. "All Tomorrow's Parties" 4/5
7. "Heroin" 5/5
8. "There She Goes ... Read More
Rating:  - Excellent music, horrible mastering
The cd contains the a remastered edition of the original album. I don't know what the engineers had in mind, but the remastered edition makes my ears bleed. The sound volume has been boosted to a way too high volume and results in completely distorted music. Some of the songs are totally unlistenable. Sure, the loudness of the original album is much less than most current releases, but this is no excuse to change that.
To conclude: the cd is no remastered edition, but a mismastered edition of ... Read More
Rating: - I Have Made A Big Decision To Nullify My Life.
I can say in one sentence why I love this album, but that sentence needs about forty more sentences giving some fundamental cultural history background to clarify its deeper meaning. So please bear with me as I work my way up to my one sentence.
Everyone who knows anything about the cultural history of the USA knows that the roots of rock and roll music are mostly outgrowths of African-American rebellion and cultural expression. There is some intertwining of these African-American roots with purely ... Read More
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