The Velvet Underground And Nico

align="center" bgcolor="orange" style="color:black;" colspan="3"|The Velvet Underground and Nico
lign="center" colspan="3"|
lign="center" bgcolor="orange" colspan="3"|Album by The Velvet Underground and Nico
eleased colspan=2|March 1967
ecorded colspan=2|Track 1
November 1966 Mayfair Studios, New York City

Tracks 3, 5, 6, 8-11
April 25 1966 Scepter Studios, New York City

Tracks 2, 4, 7'''
May 1966 T.T.G. Studios, Hollywood, California
a href="/encyclopedia/Musical-genre" title="Musical genre">Genre colspan=2|avant-garde rock and roll
ength colspan=2|48 min 51 sec
a href="/encyclopedia/Record-label" title="Record label">Record label colspan=2|MGM Records
a href="/encyclopedia/Record-producer" title="Record producer">Producer colspan=2|Andy Warhol
gcolor="orange" colspan="3" align="center" style="color:black;"|Professional reviews
small>AMG 5/5 link
small>Q 4/5 October 2000
gcolor="orange" colspan="3" align="center" style="color:black;"|Velvet Underground Chronology
i>N/A The Velvet Underground and Nico
(1967)
White Light/White Heat
(1967)
The Velvet Underground and Nico was The Velvet Underground's 1967 debut album.

About the album

As well as the band (which at this time consisted of Lou Reed, John Cale, Sterling Morrison and "Mo" Tucker), the record features Nico on several tracks, an addition made at the behest of the band's then-producer, Andy Warhol. In 1998 Q magazine readers voted The Velvet Underground and Nico the 71st greatest album of all time; in 2003 the TV network VH1 placed it at number 19.

Cover

The Velvet Underground and Nico is sometimes referred to as the "banana album" as it features a Warhol print of a banana on the cover. Early copies of the album invited the owner to "Peel slowly and see"; peeling back the skin revealed a flesh-colored banana underneath. The 2002 Deluxe 2CD re-issue of the album once again features a peelable banana.

Track listing

All songs written by Lou Reed unless indicated otherwise.
  1. "Sunday Morning" (Reed/Cale) (2:56)
  2. "I'm Waiting for the Man" (4:39)
  3. "Femme Fatale" (2:38)
  4. "Venus in Furs" (5:12)
  5. "Run Run Run" (4:22)
  6. "All Tomorrow's Parties" (6:00)
  7. "Heroin" (7:12)
  8. "There She Goes Again" (2:41)
  9. "I'll Be Your Mirror" (2:14)
  10. "The Black Angel's Death Song" (Reed/Cale) (3:11)
  11. "European Son" (Reed/Cale/Morrison/Tucker) (7:46)

People involved

The band

Additional musicians

None.

Technical staff

Velvet Underground and Nico, The Velvet Underground and Nico, The Velvet Underground and Nico

 

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