The Velvet Underground & Nico

A crazy mix of styles of music that is sort of confusing when put together. It would be interesting to have heard this when it came out. Overall, I think it's better in retrospect considering the time it came out.

A little strange but not bad.

Never really listened to this before but have heard of The Velvet Underground. This albums got an interesting mix of different songs. Femme Fatales great, Venus In Furs is fantastic. I can see the albums influence on what came after. But by no means is this a perfect album how I've judged my other 5s. The recording is super poor it Just sounds rough and not in a good way.

Meanders a bit for my taste. Haha. But I get why it's a classic.

Este disco ya lo había escuchado antes y me había gustado. Eso sí, en este caso, el valor histórico se me escapa. Sí, es reconocido como altamente influyente, pero con poco, que no nulo, conocimiento de la música popular y la música underground de fines de los 70 y toda la década de los 80, el valor que muchos críticos y melómanos le dan a este disco, como ya dije se me escapa. Me gusta Sunday Morning.

Sunday Morning is a good song. Even though there is a despressing feel to this music, I can't help but like it. Lou Reed had something that was attractive even though he seemed to be chasing everyone away. That attractiveness somehow comes through the music. The album is different from others of the era, though I could swear I heard some Dylan influence at times. Not into the disorganized chaotic free falls but some of it is very nice.

Probablement l’album le plus connu du groupe grâce à sa pochette signée Andy Warhol. J’adore les pièces Sunday Morning et Venus In Furs. C'est pas le band le plus accessible, mais leurs explorations ont poussées bien d'autres band à sortir du cadre. Cet album a définitivement sa place dans cette liste.

Very interesting album, can see some how it influenced future rock music. Not a fan of avant garde so some songs were not very appealing but still provided a great listening experience. Will have to listen to multiple times to appreciate some more.

One of those albums that when it is on it's fantastic and when it is not it's cacophonous nonsense.

A wonderfully lo-fi, more coherent VU effort that expertly straddles the line between chaotic freeform and musical excellence. The more improvisational nature means some tracks do come across as rambling (and the LP nearly falls apart in the back half), but those that stick to the message while living it up a little are a joy to listen to.

Not a big fan of the experimental sound. I'm Waiting for the man is the best one though.

It's an interesting listen like many mid 1960's albums. Cool sounds and grooves. I suppose the lyrical content is a bit more unusual than similar era fare, buying drugs, sadomasochism, etc. I do prefer Lou over Nico though. Rolling Stones fans should enjoy it.

Really good album although I was over it by the last track.

Not bad

Due to the time it was recorded in, the quality of the recording can be a little hard on the ears. However, this does not reduce the quality of the album based on liking. I think it's a nice album. However, I don't find myself listening to this again.

It was ok. Didn't do much for me. Didn't hate it. Would be 2.5 starts if available.

Some of it's very fun and interesting, while the rest is just psychedelic tinged trite that needed a stern trimming. 3

Apart from Venus is furs, I don't really see what the fuss was about

this one is hard for me to finish. The last track is a real nerve wracking son of a bitch. But I love the way the album starts so its hard to rate. Solid in the middle album.

2.8 - didn’t enjoy this much as I anticipated I would.

3.5/5 Interesting rock album. Has interesting song concepts/sounds, but several sections were just unpleasant to listen to. Sunday Morning and Venus in Furs were the ones I liked best.

Not really an album that I would go back to listen to, but I will say that the second track is titled Sunday Morning and this album came up on a Sunday and it was a beautiful Sunday. I was out walking my dog so it was quite appropriate. The next few songs all followed the same vibe so it made the morning walk and start to my day uplifting.

Ne zashlo. Banan krasivyj. Endi Vorhal chtoly?

6/10. I liked it all right

good, think the album art is more iconic than the music though

Interesting, sounded like some more modern indie at points

band female male liminal mellow soft lonely sparkly

I didn't hate it but I wasn't blown away either. It has it place on the list but for me it was a one and done.

Ohan tää cool ja ajaton, mut ehkä mä en vaan oo tarpeeks cool. Muistaakseni pidin enemmän bändin myöhemmästä helpommasta matskusta.

Buen disco de rock suave, con melodías agradables y buena voz

The first half is iconic, the second half hurt my ears, and I used to make noise for crying out loud.

Not as good as Loaded but still fun

3/5 nice, but not enough

Much better than expected above average art rock. Still - it’s art rock, and Lou Reed is overrated.

bonito album perono esmi tipo jjjajjfj

Íkonísk. Þægileg og skemmtileg.

Deserves another listen.

Ihan jeppis, ne pari klassikkobiisiä tältä levyltä on ne klassikot ihan syystä. Muu vähän helposti unohdettavaa.

banana

Really enjoyed Sunday Morning and Venus in Furs but this almost felt like Bob Dylan’s less wordy clone. Felt like a classic album which means some were great and some were just eh.

Some of it's very fun and interesting, while the rest is just psychedelic tinged trite that needed a stern trimming.

About this band Ive only had the warhol banana reference. Listened it and didnt like at all, but it is not bad.

Great album. Not a fan of nico

Definitely feels of its time. It can be a little to droning and sharp for me

Makes sense that this would be hugely influential, but I don’t know that I’d put it on to listen regularly.

I can understand their influence, but I continue to fail seeing why they are such a legendary band. Nothing stood out on this particular album.

Great atmosphere but hasn't necessarily aged well because what was maybe a first back then and very influential, has now, 55 years later, been done often and better

Not bad. Very avant garde for its time. And I can certainly see how it's loose, dgaf style was so influential on the New York CBGB types. Overall, it wasn't a bad listen. Some good tracks all produced by people who can't really sing.

3.5/5

Have you ever been in an elevator, being steadily and pleasantly elevated one floor after another, only to have the cables break and you suddenly plummet towards the bottom of the shaft? And then the cables are magically repaired and you go up a couple more floors before plunging down again? You've probably never been in that situation, but I have an idea of what it might feel like after having "The Velvet Underground & Nico" repeatedly cable-cut by the Nico songs. I was having a good time, and then Nico's voice intruded upon the flow. Nico is out-of-place here and I don't dig her voice. The rest of the album is good-to-great. Some songs feel like they imitate the Beatles or the Stones without enough to stand out or differentiate themselves, but in other places The Velvet Underground and Lou Reed unleash a punk aesthetic that would inspire the future as much as they were inspired by the past. -1 star for Nico though.

7,5

Interesting album, sounds like it was made in a weekend. Not my cup of tea, but it's influences are there.

Good

Cool 60s rock album with poetic lyrics about drugs, death and other stuff. I like it.

Riktigt schysst, håller än!

Svårt att bedöma denna på en skala 1-5, jag tyckte albumet var spännande, kul hur de utmanar gränserna mellan rocknroll och konstmusik, tyckte Heroin speciellt var kanon. Men det är samtidigt inte så catchy? Inte jätteroligt att lyssna på som musik, mer som konst kanske? Klurigt!

I liked the sound, but I think I need to listen to this a few more times to better understand it. I think it was more important in its time.

Started out strong, it's long jams frustrated me

not really my thing

2021.11.22

a somewhat barren album with shades of art pop, folk punk, hippie rock, psychedelic screeching, and everything in between. not quite my cup of tea, but you have to respect how they packed so many foundational ideas into a single album

Is this on the list twice?

2.5

I feel like I was supposed to like this album more than I did. I can appreciate how revolutionary this was when it was recorded but I didn’t really enjoy listening to it.

This is the debut album of the band The Velvet Underground, recorded during an art tour with Andy Warhol. This album was ignored by consumers & critics when released and even banned from stores for its dark lyrics. But years later it's regarded as one of the most influential rock/alternative/pop albums, and described as the original art-rock record. This was a "prophetic" rock album released too early to be commercially successful, but was a sign of what was to come in rock music's future. A great album to listen to, with experimental sounds, dark lyrics, and a trip for the ears all the way through.

Fine

Better than the last but still washed over me

Good album

alcune belle, alcune pessime dai

Pretty okay. Slow, mellow songs all the way through. 0RS

Classic

I know this album too well

I like that the album art is a banana

Some songs were chaotic but others were had a solid melodic structure

Déjà écouté

Solid

Ah, this is your brain not on drugs (or on less hard drugs). A completely different album than their sophomore attempt. Very Beach Boys, Jan & Dean, Frankie & Annette etc. in terms of its upbeat tempos and bubblegum rock feel. The lyrics are a bit edgier of course but it still feels like safe/G-rated 60s rock more than half the time. Even when it goes dark it doesn't really feel that way given the musical arrangements. A bit of a Bob Dylan feel. Sunday Morning is a very inviting opener - I'm sure the old folks and middle agers thought "oh now this is a nice band" hearing it. Femme Fatale has some awful distortion in it and is one of a few darker tracks with some unusual musical accompaniment (3,4,7,10). A bit schizophrenic in terms of whether they are happy rock (I'll be Your Mirror) or edgy rock (Heroin). A fine album but nothing truly remarkable about it.

I hated White Light/White Heat but I went into this ready to give it a chance. I'd call Side 1 (the first six tracks) a 4, maybe even a 5. Great song-writing. Venus in Furs is probably the nicest sounding song ever written about BDSM. I really liked the droning viola in this. All Tomorrow's Parties is an excellent song - I knew the cover version by Japan, but never heard the original. Good stuff. Side 2 has way too much annoying feedback and sloppy guitar, similar to White Light/White Heat, which makes me want to give Side 2 a 2 at best. In fact, after listening to these two albums, I think Lou Reed was just a lousy guitarist who covered it up by playing noise solos. Ever time Lou Reed plays a sloppy solo filled with feedback I want to punch him, which would be rude since he's dead. I'll give the whole thing a 3. I understand its influence, but I can't take the noise.

This is like my 4th VU or Nico album so far, and I really just... don't get it. It's all very dreary. I can appreciate the historical significance, but it's really just not for me.

Actually not as bad as I was expecting! Good 60s pop and garage rock. I can understand why it is so influential. Terrible noisiness in European Son, which is quite a good song for the first 2 minutes.

3.5

A slower softer listen than I was expecting with some very experimental sections. Favorite song was probably Sunday Morning.

It’s velvet underground. It’s good if you’re in the mood

Meh

Read up on the history of the album, will probably have to listen to it again, but for sure certain songs and lyrics in this album sure hit in a way. Uh, that last song though. Was never a fan of long af instrumentals to end off with, this ones just a shit ton of noise that vaguely sounds like music.

There’s a lot of music we wouldn’t have without this album.

I liked it more than I thought. The slightly out of tune guitars and the chaos throughout really made it something that lingered in my brain.

May 6, 2021. Not what I expected, but pretty cool

Fine, but not particularly interesting.

Leuk vibennn

3,2 Hey, i like this, dit is best oké. Maar weer soms echt kut geluiden! Zoals het nummer heroin en einde van european son, wat ne kut sound. Voor de rest oké. Andy warhol cover also goat

Great at the beginning, too noisy by the end

Expected I was going to like this more than I did. Love Nico’s voice. The tracks didn’t ‘go anywhere’ enough for me.

it's decent! yea not as brutal as the Nico solo album. She's used sparingly here and somehow her voice sounds alright. The rest is fine, though I still stand by the fact most of the popularity is due to the Warhol clique connection.

Listening to this album all the way through has been fun and entertaining. A lot of Bob Dylan vibes further into the album, but I guess that's just the product of its time.

I had a great time listening to this, I thought the voice in 'I'll be you're mirror' was interesting to listen to, and I liked the different themes I found them kind of captivating

Nunca me llamó la atención The Velvet Underground, había escuchado de ellos pero nada de su música. Y pues este disco no me parece malo pero tampoco nada memorable

Wouldnt buy

Too much for office tunes

Not bad.

7/10 maar deze kaulo woeshoem website pakt geen halve ratings

mmm mas o menos

I love the album cover, but most of the songs are unlistenable to modern ears. Nico is really bad.

Being important does not make an album good.

Heroin mola European Son

I guess this is ok... Never been a huge fan. Heroin and Sunday Mornings are good. Mostly art songs that don't do it for me. As a whole I'll give it a 3.

some fragments sound good, but in general it is too bland for me, though it does sound that guitarists know what they are doing.

Good album up to the last noisy song, otherwise would have given higher marks

not my style, but not bad.

Very Wes Anderson esque

6/10

Should listen again.

Half good songs, half bad

2.5 rounded up. Started strong, hated Heroin, really hated the last song.

I'll need more listens because I think I get the hype but I'm not too sure... It sounds fairly timeless, though

Acho que sempre me canso rápido desse álbum

Good old classics, enjoyed a few songs, others I did not particularly enjoy

Production was a little tingy and ran alittle too long

Another iconic album with very controversial lyrics for that period of time. I imagine how shocked my grandparents must have been when listening to this kind of music and how revolutionary it must have been. Aaaand yes, there were drugs involved...for sure.

Lou Reed is a great musician but not really a big fan of this sound.

Enjoyed was nice chilled vibe base lines where warm smooth. Later album song are to expermental amd painful to listen

Started ok, then headed south quickly. When you have several covers of these songs that are a thousand times better sounding, then you don’t have a great album.

Weird lyrics, jangling tambourines, distorted guitars & rambling tracks-there I saved you the listen

Enjoyment: 4 Replayability: 3 Cohesion: 4 Flow/Pacing: 3 Artistic Merit: 4 Weighted Average: 3.55 Review: This is the second album in a row that sounded like it wasn't mixed well with the purposefully discordant notes. Very out there - even for me. Liked Song(s): Sunday Morning, Heroin, There She Goes Again, I'll Be Your Mirror Disliked Song(s): Venus in Furs, Run Run Run, The Black Angel's Death Song, European Son Recommend? Maybe

Maluco

Listened with James driving

If there wasn't so much hype about this album, I wouldn't have much opinion other than it's a kinda weird 60's garage rock/pre punk album with some random songs that feature a high pitched singing German lady. The lore around this album had me expecting a blessing upon my ears, but I couldn't wait for the turd to hit the last song. Boring, pretentious, and interesting in the wrong ways.

Sunday morning: pretty good Venus in furs: også pretty good, mere dyster Resten: temmelig kedelig

I just don't get this. Really repetitive and sounds like ass, clipping and piercing my ears. Lou Reed is still doing the mumbly talk singing here. The tremolo guitar on Run Run Run sounds like me just fucking about with a guitar Yeah, it inspired a ton of stuff after but I just can't do it, even after years of giving it a try Highlights: Sunday Morning

This guys voice reminds me of a song from a old timey playlist i listen to on youtube... the halloween one i think. Maybe they sang a holiday song way back when? I don't know if this is up my alley. 50's and 60's music is my least favorite time period... im giving it a chance though. Run Run Run is kinda cool... the beat is nice. I can see how this shaped the future sound of lots of rock genres, like indie and alt. So now that this is wrapping up, my inital assesment was correct. I don't think this album is for me but im PRETTYYY sure that i do like a halloween song from this band haha.

the big banana "your favorite band's favorite band" for a reason 💥i'm waiting for the man 💥venus in furs

So, I hate Andy Warhol, notwithstanding all the folks I respect artistically who bought into him. I blame him for every terrible piece of art of the last 50 years… Koons’ balloon dogs, Anish Kapoor in general… reality TV, AI… it all vibes with the worst of his artistic ideals. And I have long lumped this banana-clad slab of wax in with it. It's not really all Warhol, of course. I also just generally dislike Lou Reed. It's the repetition, the bored toneless sneer of his voice, the sheer boringness of VU work (and honestly his solo work, from Walk on the Wild Side to Metal Machine Music). I simply cannot listen to “I'm Waiting For The Man” and imagine anyone enjoying it. The saving grace of this album is Nico, who in and of herself is really a weird listen. It's not just the accent, but there's something too imperious in her delivery that doesn't work for her music. There's something a little flat, something a little stuff-nosed, a little cold. But it's a counterpoint. The standout is All Tomorrow's Parties, but mostly because she sings it like she is a statue of Athena brought to life, serious and stony and cold as a heart attack. It's an essential listen because it's captivating, but not for exclusively good reasons. Nico sings lead on three of the 11 songs, accounting for less than 25% of the runtime. Her credit is “Chanteuse,” so we know she doesn't help out in any real way on any song where her voice doesn't feature. So if her weird naive German voice makes this at least feel different, it's not much respite from Lou, who manages to make even a song about heroin addiction boring. It's also not enough to save this pretentious dull trash album from anything more than ⭐️⭐️.

Yeah, totally adequate. If it inspired people to make good music I suppose I should thank it for that but it doesn't inspire me to do anything but never listen to it again.

It's better than the previous Velvet Underground albums we've had here, at least from a song standpoint, but it's still repetitive and flat, and Lou Reed's vocal delivery hasn't gotten any better. The Library of Congress says it's "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant", and maybe they know better than me, but I don't have any interest in listening to it again.

nothing really grabbed me ig? pretty normal, 2.5

This was not for me. It made me feel like I should be on drugs, or maybe was on drugs? Overall, the music was a bit grating, and the vocals were kind of boring. A lot of talk-singing, just not my style.

good artist, pretty bad album

Terrible. 2 stars for Lou Reed and the album cover

4/10

Based on the two previous Velvet Underground albums, I was expecting this to be a steaming pile of crap. And the last 11 minutes certainly did not disappoint! Surprisingly, most of the rest of this was at least listenable. Most, not all. And listenable, not good. I guess between its salvageable bits and its influence on subsequent, better music, there's enough value here to rate it a very low 2. After all, without this we wouldn't have Duran Duran's cover of 'Femme Fatale', and I really like that version - the critics be damned.

Maybe this was inspirational to some, and I can see moments of intrigue. But overall this is a mess. The whole thing had a weird vibe.

Now why did I think they were british. Fav song sunday morning

A rough one to review for me. I love a lot of what Lou Reed made in his career, and I hear the first notes of it here, but I also really didn't like a whole lot of this particular album. Especially didn't enjoy the just chaotic noise of the last two tracks. I want to give it 3 stars for the influence, but in reality, I just didn't enjoy it enough to warrant more than 2.

Pretty mid. Not the biggest fan of the sound.

I know this is legendary, but I think I need to give it a few more runs to get it.

Oh so that’s why guys are like that! I hope to never hear Nico sing again for the rest of my life! I did like all tomorrows parties tho

hmm das einzige lied was mir gefallen hat war femme fatale. irgendwie bisschen mittelalter stimmung & am ende pure noise pollution

More influential than good. Can't give an album with "Sunday Morning" and "I'm Waiting For The Man" one star, but having to listen to Nico makes me want to. 2/5 stars

It's absolutely roasting in the UK right now. This definitely has about as much energy as me. "I am tired, I am weary, I could sleep, for thousand years!" I've seen this album lots of places over the years, I am aware of it's status and the scenes it's reported to have influenced and created. I am reviewing this based on the album not the legacy. 1) *** [Sunday Morning] - Dreamy, hazy start. 2) ** [I'm waiting for the man] - Jazzy. Feels a bit one tone. Piano is rhythm instrument here. Bassline is tidy. 3) * [Femme Fatale] - No. These vocals ain't it - not sure if it's the recording quality or the voice cracking. Beach boys style backing vocals. 4) ***** [Venus in Furs] - Folky, tribal, drone, hypnotic - best so far. 5) ** [Run, Run, Run] - Bluesy rock, sounds of it's era. The guitar solo is - something?! The drums sound really hollow. The bassline carries this. 6) * [All Tomorrows Parties] - Fun piano lick, I can't get on with Nico at all. The lead guitar jangles about discordantly. Too monotone to be this long. 7) *** [Heroin] - The drums that slowly build like a racing heart is fantastic. Feels a bit like a drugged up U2. 8) *** [There she goes again] - This sounds a lot like Dylan. It's an inoffensive 60s rock track. A coherent guitar solo spotted in the wild. The tempo shift towards the end is fun. 9) * [I’ll Be Your Mirror] - Nothing going on here apart from Nico. I am sorry Nico. I won't let you be my eyes. I'd rather risk the bad luck and break this mirror. 10) *** [The Black Angel’s Death Song] - Yes! The discordant strings are back. Feels like a cowboy fighting a demon? 11) [European Son] Energetic bassline. They literally threw the kitchen sink at this. Guitar is rancid. It's all over the place. It's a trainwreck. Overall - 2.2 without Nico it would hit a 3. I can see how it was an influence for many, but I won't return again most likely. On the car playlist : [Venus in Furs] [The Black Angel's Death Song]

So I used to think of this as one of the great classic albums. In the context of 1000 greats, I think the generally misogynistic, talk pop noise rock record including lines like "you'd better hit her" doesn't belong. 3/10

Excepto por alguna que otra canción, fue un plomazo total. Se me hizo casi imposibles de escuchar; creo que no hay momento donde no haya pensado durante cada canción "quiero que termine". Por otro lado, no discuto que Lou Reed sea un buen letrista, pero son pocas las canciones que desde ese aspecto dentro del disco hayan llamado mi atención. Puedo entender lo que el resto escucha en este álbum, pero no es para mí. ↑: Heroin, The Black Angel's Death Song ↓: Femme Fatale, There She Goes Again, European Son

I dont like this

Need to listen again. I first heard this 20 something years ago. Back then I liked it but felt it tailed off towards the end. However, this time I thought it was shite. Maybe because I was on a long car journey with no air con. So I will revisit

The third Velvet Underground album I've had on this list, and it's 3/3 in terms if pretty rubbish albums. Some ok parts, some crap parts and some god-awful parts. The end of Heroin is like nails on a chalk board and the last track is just nonsense. Uninspiring, turgid and ultimately forgettable. I hope I don't hear any more Lou Reed.

Something to be studied, not necessarily enjoyed.

Influential <> a great listen. Veered between OK, through kind of annoying, to super annoying (European Son; shame to end that way).

Supongo que drogado te debe generar algo Velvet underground. Tal vez algún día lo descubra.

i liked like 50% of this. Just kinda loud honestly

I used to listen to this

Didn't add any but its quite nice

Didn‘t like the Nico album and this is only marginally better…

way too artsy for me

Never was a Lou Reed man. I'm still not. I don't really see the influential-ness of this album. It's not unlistenable, but I'm not seeing some sort of amazing epiphany of musical genius that was spewed about on this one.

This album is a really good example of the small-frame snapshot you get of the history and context of artists from a single work. Warhol had taken the velvet underground into his fold, married their sound with one of his models, and through them found a new way for his factory to get art into the mass market. Unfortunately the wider picture is completely lost when the only exposure to that world is this flop of an album, with its model who can't sing, and complete atonal dissonance.

I recently listened to an interview with a very serious music journalist who was trying to put forward the case that the velvet underground were better than the Beatles. Having had 2 albums previously, i could not agree but listened anyway. He (obviously its a he) said this album was that magnus opus and was the best album ever made. I just cant see it. Yes there are songs that are well written, but the drop off between hits and filler is sharp. Lou's voice is still poor and the addition of Nico adds nothing except she was pretty and the lads look like homunculae.

I have to give this album its due respect for inspiring so much other amazing work that I love. It also has moments where I hear the vision. As a whole I don’t really like it. Heroin is a highlight for sure.

Meh

This album was different, I wasn’t really a fan.

Meh

Trance-like full layers of sound with a variety of instruments, vocal colors, driving rhythms. Psychedelic. Not for me though, except maybe Sunday morning.

Hm, anfangs ganz gut wurde es mir am Ende hin zu experimentell

langweilig, wirres Durcheinander, angeblich sehr einflussreich, aber gut anzuhören ist etwas anderes. Nico geht sowieso nicht.

Ich hoffe ich muss nicht noch mehr Nico ertragen. Ansonsten auch lahmes Gedudel

meh, ni echt mijn ding

Love the album cover. This may be influential for a lot of genres and whatnot, but if I am to rate the actual music presented here (and that's what I want to do), then... 😮‍💨 In my ears it ranges from okay (like the opener "Sunday Morning" or "There She Goes Again") to boring (hello, "All Tomorrow's Parties") to annoying as hell (looking at you, "Black Angel's Death Song" and "European Son"). Both vocalists do a bad job and the guitar solos are embarrassing. All in all, I'm afraid there's barely anything that makes me want to revisit this influential classic. 2/5 below average

okk...

Yet another "I do not doubt this is a 5/5 for influence and legacy, but it's like a 2.5/5 at best to actually listen to".

Guess you had to be there?

Track 1. Sunday Morning

By putting out their albums they might have implicitly given permission to others to create things that were further from the scope of what had been traditional Western music at the time, but let's be clear, while the song arrangements and instrumental performances are okay, with occasional moments of inspiration, the execution of the vocals (whether Reed or Nico) is somewhere between bad and horrendous and the choice of lyrical subject matter is worse. I'm not a fan of lyrics that were not written to be honest, and are instead just written to be eye-raising and salacious for no other purpose than to titillate. In those scenarios, I would prefer no lyrics at all. A bit too much form over function. The kind of album where you go, okay, this is where we came from, but thankfully everything got way, way better after this. I would imagine any covers of these songs would be instantly better than the originals by miles. I get it, you need albums that push that limits to understand when you have pushed past the limit and why boundaries were there in the first place.

It's okay

This was quite boring

Chill typ

I want to like these guys, and try to like them, but just not so much. Too odd, subdued and moody for me.

Não é do meu gosto.

sunday morning

Some nice. But most of them are horrible

Di solito non mi dispiace, ma oggi proprio non potevo ascoltarlo

The shitty breathiness of the vocals is only surpassed by the general malaise it instills.

Gosh this album is abrasively white. I only like "European Son", cool punk soundtrack movie vibe.

2.5 - Meh

This is one of those albums I am supposed to love but just don't. Dark and moody and just not my jam.

A little too psychedelic for my taste

la verdad que sin mas

I can see how this was influential. For a 1967 album, it's got a bit of a punch, and a more interesting sound than what you would get in albums like The Beatles from the same era. That being said, being interesting doesn't make it good. Plus, it felt like they weren't yet willing to truly go all in in their interesting sounds. Overall, this sounds like an influential but unenjoyable album.

I enjoy velvet underground. I like Lou reeds voice. I could have lived without heroine, I did not enjoy that song.

The worst parts of the 70s

Honestly this is we have the white album at home.

kind of boring

no lo terminé de escuchar, me sentí obligada a escucharlo. La instrumental me copa, pero el chabon no me transmite mucho. igual siento q para la época fue un gran álbum, personalmente hoy en día no conecto

What about this band is worth listening to?

Definitely not my choice of music but it wasn’t what I was expecting of “The Velvet Underground”; I was expecting rock or something more grunge-y. Favorite song of the album is The Black Angel’s Death Song and Venus in Furs but I didn’t genuinely like any of them. Maybe I’m just too young to appreciate the cultural significance of this album.

Venus in furs aside this didn’t really do loads for me. I appreciate it was very ahead of its time but If this is proto-punk it’s also proto-great songs. Lou reed has his…magic moments… but IMO isn’t this one of them

Boring.

Not sure why this is so influential, kinda boring

The kind of album that is only good way after the fact, after everyone's chewed on the musical concepts for a decade or so and started to do the same thing and cover the good songs on the album, just better. Def could have done with the noise outro

idk man. Letras profundas y una queja social notable pero la instrumental me ha enganchado -0

Heh

The Velvet Underground two days in a row... This might make me biased. But music is biased already, I guess. I'm sorry, this was boring at times and noisy at different times. I will not be coming back to this.

Maybe I just don't get it. Also, not a fan of Lou Reed's voice. My favorite part of this album is the Warhol cover.

Discordant at times, never very listenable. Not a fan.

I wanted to like it, but didn’t

Sorry, but the only influence this can be attributed to is that it allows artists to pass instrumental noise off as art, other than just noise. Just reads as unpolished/trashy, not because it’s an artistic choice, but because it was born out of a lack of talent, motivation, or even just understanding of any level of the recording process. I’ll give it credit for its tackling of “dark” subject matter sonically for the late 60s, but its sound doesn’t do anything to elevate it. People conveniently forget when discussing the importance of this album that there were far more interesting counter-cultural artists across all different mediums at the same time, who actually use formalist talent to portray said touchy subject matter…

Это хотя бы можно слышать

Hmm, very unique. Kinda weird.

Not my cup of tea… 😐

pas mauvais mais ya des bruits latents à la longue c'est désagréable à écouter

I'm probably uncultured for this but man I didn't like this at all.

Couple of decent tracks. Not really my bag

Not bad not great, Heroin was good

this was my first time listening to this album all the way through; i appreciate it's value and the huge impact on the music scene as a whole, but it left little to no impact on me. i appreciated the lyrics the most, but i do feel the album is a touch overrated. i can't give it more than a 2, because the majority of songs i just did not enjoy at all. also fuck that racist cunt nico. ft: heroin lft: i'll be your mirror, european son

Loved the track Heroin but not not much else

Didn’t really enjoy this overall even though i liked a few songs on their own, the production sounded bad to me and their weren’t many melodies that caught my ear

Hat mich nicht geholt, vll falscher Moment falsche Zeit falscher Ort

I will never be as high as it presumably required to start digging this kind of music. “This album inspired this and that”? Ok, but everything inspired by them greatly surpassed the inspirer. Cultural significance (if any) alone doesn’t make something a must have to listen.

Really did not like this, and couldn’t even finish it. Maybe for a different mood, but not for general listening. The guitar tones really don’t do it for me and the scratchiness of the whole album is off-putting. If it was influential, so sorry lol

Не оценил. Хорошего для себя ничего не нашёл. Есть пара затяжных раздражающих песен.

i feel like this album as a whole is not my thing rn. Sunday Morning tho, or honestly any song abt Sunday is high on the list for me, even more if it sounds so dreamy.

I get why this album was such a big deal, and so far ahead of it's time. It covers topics that were just simply not talked about (at least publicly) in 1967. From drug use, to prostitution, to even S&M... the pearl clutchers must have been screaming "but what about the children!!!". However, it's musically meh for me. There are a few tracks that stand out a bit but I think it could have been so much better. Call it blasphemy, but other than the lyrical content I really don't see what the big deal is about. But maybe that is the big deal, simply that these topics were starting to make it out of the seedy bars and hushed undertones of people's living rooms.

Great start. Need to look into the genre but yeah i think this might lead me to follow the path. T'was good. Some not my style some really good. I think i liked the slow paced ones more than the others. Anyway a good start. Rating: 2/5 Best Song: Heroin, I'll be your mirror

Off the bat impression: it fucking sucks. It’s a dissonant mess. I can get the impression of better albums that came after. I can see the influence, but this thing is a total dud. Great way to start this journey.

muy buenas letras pero musicalmente no me gusta mucho. Heroin fue mi favorita, me gusta que cuando habla sobre inyectarse la velocidad del tema aumente

ouais pas mal rien de fou c'est country quoi

okay last track is terrible to listen to. It almost burst my eardrums

if it were a bunny it would be bad actually it would be bad whatever animal

Good but not for me, i knew a few songs of the band that i think are really good, although this wasn't my tasting but i do think it’s very interesting and i really liked two songs from it

First the bad stuff: Most of the songs were so monotonous that you could skip the entire centre section for instance and not have missed anything. The songs and especially the lyrics were nicely written but the vocals kind of ruined everything. Nico???? Wtf was that? The actual singer sounds like an angel compared to her Jesus Christ. The vocals are seriously such a shame because the melodies are so nice and in combination with the lyrics some of the songs could be genuinely beautiful. Now the good stuff: I liked the sound of the instruments and how most of the songs told somewhat of a story. My fav songs are Heroin and Sunday Morning. I think I’ll Be Your Mirror would be such a good song if it weren’t for the terrible vocals. Overall, it’s a nice album and I think it’ll grow on me.

I have friends who love this album. However, nope. Not for me.

Overall, I hated it There's something in this album that just grinds my gears and it's present in every song. I really liked Venus in Furs, but even that song just has something that feels off to me.

Don’t like Lou Reed’s voice. Reminds me a bit of Dylan. Jackie would be mad. Again.

Sounded like a more rocky bob Dylan at times which was good but I cant seem to get this album to click for me.

Lou reed. Its fine. Not really my thing. Nico voice is interesting Venus in furs is good. S&M Its more poetic than audibly interesting to me. Some songs are good. I appreciate it for what it was in the time it was made. Artistic and experimental. Last song was a slog. European son

some of the songs are phenomenal, but too many are a fucking slog

I was looking forward to this as I’ve never listened to this whole album but obviously know it’s iconic. Totally disappointed. Couple of great tracks (eg Sunday Morning), but the rest is that self indulgent swirly 70s dirge.

a collection of a few good tracks and a lot of STINKERS. crazy how such a well respected album like this is so hit or miss.

Tiene canciones buenas, al principio me sonaba como la música que suelo escuchar, pero luego me di cuenta de que se hacía muy repetitiva, y las canciones de más de 5 minutos sonaban estridentes, hasta el punto de que cuando terminaban sentía como cuando apagas el extractor de aire de la cocina

So here's the thing - it's always important to have context with historically important music. I've never listened to this album, but I know about it, and know of its influence. That being said, I think it's also important to review an album while stripping away that context. Take it on face value. So that being said, this album isn't very good. I'm not saying it wasn't completely original at the time. But being original doesn't make it great. The songs need to be good. And these aren't.

Tätä levyä oli kivempi kuunnella mitä edellistä arvioitavaa Samettista Maanalaista. Laulaja on parempi ja biisit eivät ole niin samaa höttöä. Kivaa kikkailua välillä. Tosin levyn ehtoopuolella alkaa kikkailu menemään oman maun yli, jopa tekotaiteellisen puolelle. Astetta parempi velvetti, mutta ei kuitenkaan herätä mitään himoja kuuntelemaan uudestaan.

jel treba da me bole usi od ovoga? kao, ozbiljno me zanima. ali ok pesma se zove heroin - ako je heroin ista kao ova pesma sad jos manje imam potrebe da to probam nego ranije, a vec mi je zelja bila nepostojeca, hvala velvet underground! ovo je zvanicno previse avangardno za moj ukus, ja se izvinjavam sto nisam vise kul, ali ovo stvarno nije napravljeno za uzitak obicnog gradjanina kao sto sam ja. mozda da je bolje izmiksano lakse bi se slusalo, jer ima puno skicanja instrumenata, ne znam koliko je to namerno, a uopste mi nije mnogo pojacan zvuk. ali dobrooo 1967., ill give it a pass... ova poslednja pesma je gitarska verzija of just hooting and hollering. gotovo je thank god. mozda sam ja samo lose raspolozena, ali ovaj album je bas smoriooo. najbolji delovi su tamo gde je zenski vokal. ovo ostalo... yawn

not really feeling the first song ngl...this is definitely some white people music. it sounds groovy, hip turning type of music but its very much white. is this nigga gay? Descendant and pianos on the back of the second song. third song isnt bad. fourth song is very interesting, i like the violens there really making the song for me, this sounds very raw, old westesn, fok . firth is cool but the guitar has some weird screeching to it, its kinda throwing me off. bth the beginning of this album feels and sounds very different from halfway through the album. all tomorrows sound native, like first nations made the song. i dont like herion, i know what it was trying to do but no. is there she goes about a prosititute...? ngl this is trying be experimental but it's not really landing for me. im one the last song and bru... the fuck is going my nigga LOL , niggas just making noise. niche music final boss.... and why is this 7 min long???? overall i didnt really like the album.

Art piece. I have this album. Collectable. To say it is experimental is generous.

Highlights: Sunday Morning, Venus in Furs, All Tomorrow's Parties The record didn't stand out too much to my ear. It was a bit too simple and the vocals sounded like they were recorded on a shitty microphone. Although All Tomorrow's Parties was a highlight I much prefer later cover versions of the song from Japan and Ferry. I liked the droney sound of Venus in Furs. I get that the record was influential at the time, but it didn't sound all that special to me.

Cool cover, lukewarm music

I tried to like this, but I didn't get a lot out of it. The more conventional dimension of the music is kinda boring to me, and the more experimental dimension is painful rather than intriguing/engaging. I know the album is very influential and ahead of its time, but it doesn't really speak to me.

Too Andy Warhol for me

Få fine sange, meget støj og spinkle instrumenter oven i hinanden, alt for kaotisk til tider, ikke min smag

I’ve listened to a few art rock albums from this period and this one was by far the worst. Whoever put this on the list was right. Everyone needs to hear how Lou Reed ruined an otherwise alright album. The first few tracks were either pretty good or forgettable. Then, Run Run Run came on and Lou Reed showed his fraudulent hand. That guitar solo made me mad and physically cringe. Then I started listening to what Reed was saying. His lyrics are definitely creative but the content is so disgusting and aggravating. There She Goes Again made me want to yell. I can’t believe this is a top album for people. Maybe they ignore the bulk of the tracks.

Nah

🥇all tomorrows parties 🥈i’m waiting for the man 🥉heroin HM: there she goes again

The album is pleasant enough but I didn't love any of the songs, they were at most all ok to me

screeching... 3/10

A few tracks I liked but I wasn’t a particular fan of the style

I can see why this was considered influential for its time but it feels like a sloppy version compared to albums that take inspiration and make this sound better. I am always torn when I don’t enjoy an “influential” album. I understand the influence doesn’t equal being widely enjoyed but I do find that I still expect to enjoy it and unfortunately this time I really didn’t….

Sounds like if Timothee Chalamet made an album with the meters in red while doing his Bob Dylan voice. Prefer their Self Titled

I’ve always been intrigued by the banana sticker, but I’ve never actually heard any of these songs. Anywhere. Ever. One of the most influential albums of all time and I’ve never heard any of these songs anywhere? I think this is because this music isn’t very good, but the banana sticker fucking rules. Great idea, Andy!

Maybe I just don’t appreciate artsy music You can go on and on about how influential this album is but at the end of the day I listen to music because it sounds good, and I really don’t think Velvet Underground try. There’s parts in the second half that make me want to pick up my headphones and throw them far away There’s some interesting poetic lyrics but that alone isn’t enough to save the album for me. Once again no real standouts I might have to give this one another listen because I’ve gotta be missing something

I did it again… Man, I need to start saving my reviews. I write an essays worth of things to talk about only to come back and have it nothing. Anyways, this is one of those albums I’ve heard a lot about, but just never got the chance to actually give it a listen and I get that this was probably ahead of its time in the '60s (it's certainly strange compared to whatever the Beatles were cooking up at the time) But my personal ratings don't give any points for influence or historical significance. Purely based on my own taste, this was so-so, with some tracks veering towards actively bad while a few were strangely good, especially Sunday Morning and Heroin. The album is like an open mic night in a beatnik neighborhood. Most tracks are just Lou Reed talking at you with music playing in the background more than any real singing happening. Not my cup of tea for sure. It was worth a listen, but I probably won’t listen to it again 2/5.

Simple, repetitive melodies. The production sounds very dated, with the vocal tracks and some instruments getting distorted at multiple points. Sunday Morning and Femme Fatale are both good though.

Obviously one of the most influential albums of all time, and you can really hear it. I don't really like it that much tho. Some songs are fine, I won't be coming back to this often, at least not for now

Favourite tracks: femme fatale and there she goes again

Not a huge fan of this album. Does not live up to the fame of the cover at all. Specific rating - 2.5 Fav song -there she goes again Least fav- European son

sunday morning - immediately not optimistic that this album will be for me. found this one a bit boring i’m waiting for the man - intro music sounds better than the last one. i could see myself liking this one. background music sounds a bit like when a broken stereo is too loud. maybe not going to add to the playlist but a lot more promising than the last one. would give it another chance in the future femme fatale - already not hopeful from beginning. can they sing? i don’t like this one. at least it’s short. would maybe be better if it was more upbeat? venus in furs - beginning sounds cool. i don’t think i’m gonna like it. i definitely don’t like it. they just never switch up the beat or anything, same background noise the whole way through, different lyrics sung to the same tune, and neither of these things are good enough to stay the same the whole way run run run - okay i’m hopeful i’ll like it. i think i do. that bit hurts my ears there was no need. hmm maybe i dont, or at least not enough to add it to the playlist. still hurting my ears. definitely not the worst one so far all tomorrow’s parties - it’s a longer one. oh god. i definitely am not gonna like this. drums in the background are kinda giving soldiers marching and beating their drums. glad it’s over heroin - another longer one, hoping it’s better than the last one. i don’t get what makes a song a rock song. ooh it’s speeding up i like it. definitely my favourite so far i really like it when it starts building up and speeding up. careful i can almost hear the lyrics. promising but sometimes a bit too screechy there she goes again - i quite like this one. also a good one. i could listen to this again. not much to say i liked it i’ll be your mirror - a short one. who is this one singing i haven’t liked any of them “singing”. a bit boring. wouldn’t listen to it again by choice the black angel’s death song - title makes me scared for it. i quite like it so far though. why are they making a strange noise. it’s not as bad as i thought it would be. they keep making strange noises with their mouth european son - last one and it’s long. i like the intro. oh it’s just sound what’s happening there were like ten lyrics. the sound is overwhelming what is happening i don’t like it this is what i imagine it sounds like in someone’s head when they do cocaine. i can’t wait for it to be over but i’ve made it this far i’m not skipping. final thoughts: i think some of them were okay but i can’t tell if i’m just trying to convince myself they were okay, but i’ll listen to them more. the music was sometimes too loud and screechy and crackly so i couldn’t really hear the lyrics. favourite: heroin

Its not that good. I was hoping for interesting songs but they didn't even exactly sound like music? Some were boring, some felt like a chore to listen to honestly. Who likes to listen to this on a daily basis and why? I don't get why its so overrated

I had to listen to this before, and the second time didn't change my opinion. I have no idea why this is so much praised. Lou Reed and his heroin trips' outpour are as bad as Nico's awful German accent.

Turejau didelius lukescius, bet overall kazkaip ne man, kelios dainos visai nieko. Heroin galejo but zrr gera daina, bet irgi kazkaip nlb. Favorites: "ill be your mirror", "there she goes again" ir "im waiting for the man"

A few good songs, but not their finest hour. Not a fan of the more transgressive elements. “Loaded” is better.

It was my first album in this style and as so it wasnt to my usual liking. But I did like some aspekts of it for example the variety of sounds and the attempt to try out diffrent ideas without making it as exrsvagant as possible. So although some of the songs like the instrumentl one werent my stil it was a good album and Sunday mornings, there she goes again and all tomorrows patry grew on me.

Music for people that prefer Canada Dry over Vernors.

Not bad but not noteworthy.

I honestly don’t get it. It’s just kind of neutral and pleasant, with no point of view. What’s the appeal?

not really for me.

Idk honestly I spaced out

I know that this album is beloved and aclaimed, but I just can't hear it. It ranges from boring to bad, and rarely ever sounds good. I've heard that it was highly influential and spawned many different genres (punk, grunge, shoegaze, etc) but I honestly don't really like those genres either. Idk. It's cool that Andy Warhol sponsored this album, and the first track was kind of nice (reminded me a bit of KEITH - 98.6) but that's about all that I can say. Favorite Track: Sunday Morning

wtf first half was listenable and kinda good but the second half is the opposite

• Before listening, I don't think I know any Velvet Underground songs, but this album art is iconic, and Lou Reed obviously has a long legacy of his own. • I'm Waiting for the Man feels reminiscent of Bob Dylan. I like the bass line, especially in the chorus and the end of the song • So far, I'm enjoying the more straightforward rock songs like Run Run Run a lot more than songs like Venus in Furs • I really dislike some of the songs on this album, I'll Be Your Mirror is probably my least favourite so far • European Son quickly took the crown for my least favourite song • Overall, I was not a big fan of the album. A lot of it just felt like noise, and the few songs I didn't mind still weren't good enough to salvage the rest of the album. Favourite song: Run Run Run

Okay so many thoughts. First I was disappointed when I saw this was my album of the day because I tried listening 10 years ago and hated it. So naturally I went to the reviews which seemed to echo that feeling. I lold at some of the reviews. But as taste buds change with age so does music appreciation. It was honestly pretty good. Better than last time for sure. Not better than tribe so giving a 2

So I typically love 60s music and even other TVG songs, but this album wasn’t for me. I respect the grunge, rock, alt type vibe but idk I wasn’t really into from beginning to end. I like Run Run Run tho. 3/10

Damn beatniks - No standouts

Meh3

1. Sunday Morning 2. Heroin 3. There She Goes Again I appreciate this is an important album for music in general seeing as it’s so experimental, however i’m rating this based on objectively how does it sound. It’s not something I would just put on and listen to. Note that all the noise in Heroin made me anxious and was not nice to listen to but i did like that it was so different to everything else on the album and in fact songs in general. I think one of the reasons I don’t like it is because the lead singer has the same type of drawn out American voice that annoys me - Bob Dylan/ Dire Straits type thing.

Shouty nails on chalk board

Leider anstrengend 2/6

I wanted to like it more

First impression is the Sunday Morning vocals sound like a bad Dylan impression. Does Venus in Furs reference a little BDSM action? Gotta give it to the song writer, the lyrics are imaginative. Listened before? N Saved some tracks? N Favorite tracks? N/A ⭐⭐ I can neither hate nor like this entry Favorite tracks?

Very monotonous and anticlimactic Hate the deadpan voice and speaking tone. Production is very tinny and hollow

Not my favorite at all, 1 or 2 good songs

not my style. would be nice for background music you’re not paying attention to.

Sounded like an Album on acid having a stroke didn't gel with the harshness of the sound

There she goes again é a top 1 do álbum, instrumentais absurdos e estranhamente me lembrou músicas indianas. Passa uma vibe bem Beatles 6/10.

My head hurts I can’t with this album