Nico, The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico
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Artist: Nico, The Velvet UndergroundEdition: Music CD
Format: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
Published: 1996
CD Release Date: 1996-05-07
Music Label: Polydor / Umgd
Soundtracks:
- Sunday Morning
- I'm Waiting For The Man
- Femme Fatale
- Venus in Furs
- Run Run Run
- All Tomorrow's Parties
- Heroin
- There She Goes Again
- I'll Be Your Mirror
- The Black Angel's Death Song
- European Sun
Free Music Notes for The Velvet Underground & Nico
Free Music Review: Album is a Mixed Bag
Hit: 3 Stars
To this reviewer both those who love this record and those who hate it are both correct. The Velvet Underground & Nico represents both the best and the worst of popular music. There are flashes of brilliance as in "Venus in Furs," highly listenable tracks as those sung by Nico (who is an appropriate vocalist on these decadent tracks), and tracks that are almost unbearably depressing (as in "Heroin," hardly a pro-drug song and more a song about despair and hopelessness in mid-sixties NYC). However, the final two tracks absolutely kill the album, as they are unlistenable junk. While this album and the group are considered greats in rock, I think that's a little bit overblown. The album is certainly a product of its time, during which Andy Warhol was the big name in New York, and it reflects those times, including the seedy underbelly of the city, and it couldn't be made today. But is it the greatest album ever made? Hardly, although it certainly has some great moments. And it is an influential album in that many no-talents who heard it suddenly decided if the Velvets could make records and make money no matter the quality, they could, too. That's not necessarily a good thing.
In short, this album and the Velvet Underground are acquired tastes that many people will never acquire and with some justification.
The Velvet Underground & Nico Poster
When the Velvets recorded this debut, they were best known as the prot?g?s 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 WolkAlternative Rock Music CDs
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