79. Velvet Underground & Nico - Velvet Underground & Nico (1967) 94/100. This has been a favorite of mine since my college days (which would have been quite awhile). I got my first taste of the Velvet Underground & Nico from the (not very good and not even remotely factual) film The Doors by Oliver Stone. The film featured Heroin and Venus in Furs plus showed an eerie Crispin Glover performance of Andy Warhol (TIL, not only was he responsible for the cover of the album Velvet Underground & Nico and listed as producer but also acted as the band's manager - Andy Warhol, not Crispin Glover) and the scene featuring Nico in the elevator (which is self explanatory). A few years later, I would purchase the full album and it hasn't left rotation in my collection since. While Heroin and Venus in Furs will always be favorites (now for almost nostalgic reasons), other favorites include I'm Wating for the Man; Run, Run, Run; European Son. The sound on the album is as original as it comes. That can be attributed by the production and Lou Reed's ostrich guitar (tuning all of the strings to the same note). The album is also as dark as it comes for the time. Drug references are all over the place, BDSM, prostitution - not normal topics of conversation in mainstream music in 1967. A great, great album. Listened: 3/16/2011
Favorite Tracks: Heroin, I'm Waiting for the Man, Venus in Furs, European Son
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