The Velvet Underground & Nico

Sunday Morning - 9/10 I'm Waiting or The Man - 8/10 Femme Fatale - 9/10 Venus in Furs - 7.5/10 Run Run Run - 7.5/10 All Tomorrow's Parties - 7.5/10 Heroin - 7/10 There She Goes Again - 7.5/10 I'll Be Your Mirror - 8/10 The Black Angel's Death Song - 7.5/10 European Son - 7/10 TOTAL - 85.5/110

Sunday Morning Femme Fatale I'm Waiting For The Man Heroin European Son I'll Be Your Mirror There She Goes Again The Black Angel's Death Song All Tomorrow's Parties Venus In Furs Run Run Run

p114. 1967. 3 stars. The perfect response to the Summer of Love, and very much a mixed bag. There are some stone cold classics on this (Venus In Furs, I'm Waiting For The Man) and it was hugely influential on late 70s punk/new wave. Set against that is a lot of filler - European Son is just noise - and Nico can't sing. Still worth a listen after 50+ years/

Interesting, almost pre-punk. But dated.

ну это творчество мне исходно непонятно, несмотря на восхваления со стороны адвенчурленда например

classic rock

Sunday morning e poco altro

not bad

3.2

2.5 good album. Can hear a lot of modern bands in some of their songs. Kasabian jumped out at me

Bought it as a student, because that's the law. Tried it, didn't really get on with it - Reed's voice in particular is too flat. But undeniably influential - classics everywhere and across pop culture

Uskomatonta ajallensa. psykedeelistä rokkia eli heh huumeita käytetty, huumeita käytetty ja tämä tulos, uskomaton icredible innovation voi vaan tehä aivan päissään... hubert einstein... daltonin velejjet, marin kurin... ei pahemmin huumeiltu sillon, joten miksi miksi pitää musiikki joo tarvii huume EI TARVI... TEKOSYY... LAISKAMADOT SOSIAALITURVALLA TEKOSYY HUUMEILLE....avant-gard european son

den är väl rätt så bra

Banana

I can see in 1967 this album would be radical but it doesnt quite hold up for me now.

banananananannaanannananannan/10

Not a big fan of Lou Reed or his sound, but this wasn't bad. Relatively mellow but I'm sure it was much more groundbreaking in 1967.

I enjoyed the first three songs. They're upbeat and catchy. The 60 was a great time.

While I can understand the significance this must have had on alternative rock - especially considering it came out at 67, which feels crazy I early - I’m finding it hard to name songs that are actually good. ‘Sunday Morning’ is a classic that I’ve heard many times, but it’s a song more fitting of a soundtrack or something, rather than something I want to listen to like this. Same goes for many other songs. It’s just not something I really want to listen to.

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Bits of it were interesting but in no way was this worthy of any critical acclaim

Albums ok. They are supposed to be one of the pioneers of punk but really it’s mellow music to drive to or cook dinner on a Sunday.

Þetta er rosa broody. Gott broody.

The brilliance of this album always seems to be lost in the chaos for me, but I'm always impressed that it's from 1967.

This made me relapse into my alter identity as an insufferable lesbian who ardently adheres to the cynicism and dissatisfaction Sylvia Plath imparts upon her readers in The Bell Jar. She is one crazy bitch, but I adore her to pieces.

So here's the thing: I like it. And I actually understand the influential nature of it, which is rare for this genre with me. It transcends musical eras and inspires creativity in the truest form. Still, maybe I'm not musically cultured enough to relate with that. I don't think I'm begging to come back to it from a listener's perspective, but from a student of music perspective I will definitely be returning. After enough studying this may become a 5 star for me but based purely on the first listen at this moment, I have to go with my heart.

C+ Sunday Morning - 4 I’m Waiting for the Man - 2 Femme Fatale - 4 Venus In Furs - 3 Run Run Run - 3 All Tomorrow’s Parties - 2 Heroin - 3 There She Goes Again - 3 I’ll Be Your Mirror - 3 The Black Angel’s Death Song - 3 European Son - 1 Self-Titled is better.

Liked the beginning, but the end of the album my ears hurt.

Ok

I'm familiar with some of the songs (Heroin and Sunday Morning) but I've never really gotten into the Velvet underground much. Just doesn't hit me right I guess.

Not bad

Good classic psych rock with the most chill I've damn ever seen. Some cuts such as the druggily brooding Venus in Furs persistently push the over-bearing boundaries both for the better and worse. The overstayed Heroin is an example of the worse. European Son is a psychedelic masterpiece though.

Heard it before: Yes Enjoy it?: Yeah, it has a very smooth feel and charm to it Favourite song: Track 2 - I’m Waiting For The Man

It has some moments of genius, but some of the record is just bad. Favorite song: there she goes again

Meluisaa ja aika taiteellista rockia. Kitarat epävireessä, mutta luo tietynlaisen tunnelman. En tiiä mitä tästäkin sanois. Ei oikein kauheen miellyttävää musiikkia, mutta kokemuksena ja tunnelmallisesti ihan ok siisti levy.

The Velvet Underground seems to be a group that makes albums that I'm not crazy about, yet I still look back at listening to fondly. At least, that was my experience with this and White Light/White Heat. The songs that I like make me ignore the boring parts. But then, I remember the amount of time I spent during this album waiting for a boring song to end. I wouldn't say I'm super into either of the albums I've heard, but I do think they're cool and I understand why their albums are so acclaimed. I assume that I will grow to like the songs I do like more and this will become a 4 in my eyes, but only time will tell. My favourite songs were Sunday Morning, Femme Fatale, and Venus in Furs.

it was fine but whatevs

This is the second Velvet Underground album I've been served up. The first one was grungy. This one was folky and easy to listen to.

The Velvet Underground & Nico is groovy enough and pretty ahead of its time. Doesn't entirely enthrall me but I respect it. 3.

The album that inspired countless musicians. Some tracks are a little bit too experimental for my taste, but there's a couple od stand-out tracks like "Venus In Furs".

Noen av sangene blir litt for trege til noe høyere karakter

I really like the opener Sunday Morning. it's so pretty and stoner-esque. I like a few of the songs but overall i'm having trouble getting into this album. it's my first time ever listening to it in full. I like a lot if the instrumentals but some of them hurt my ears.

Seems my review of this went missing, I basically said it was more interesting and psychedelic than Sgt pepper and I quite enjoyed it but on the whole it's not a genre for me.

Can hear the influence on loads of other music, and the lyrics are generally excellent throughout. Still couldn't get into it and wouldn't return though.

Had never listened to Velvet Underground before but thought this was pretty good. Apparently it was very influential in its day, I can see why. Highlights: All Tomorrow's Parties Heroin Venus In Furs

Too discordant and experimental for my tastes

it has a banana. I've heard very mixed opinions about this album personally. I find it kind of appealing sometimes, but overall it just gets me closer to a headache. The last track is nice though.

Very interesting stuff. It's kind of hard for me to pretend I like it though. 3.5 stars

A trippy album. Not sure I get it, but I'm glad I listened to it twice.

This album absolutely belongs on this list. There is a lot to listen to here; while not all enjoyable it is all interesting. It is like art I would go visit in a museum, and appreciate and talk about, but not buy to take home to hang over the couch.

So I’ve seen this album around quite a lot before and came to recognise how much of a classic this album is seen as, so really I had high expectations and I’ll be honest they weren’t met. I’ll start by saying that for the time this album was made I respect the sounds the band were going for as some of the harsher instrumentals seem even a bit alien to someone like me listening to them now but I’ll be honest, half of these songs gave me a headache and were genuinely not the nicest to listen to. The album opens up with ‘Sunday Morning’ which is a lovely almost lullaby-esque start to the record which genuinely feels like waking up on a peaceful Sunday morning. The chimes in the background really help to cement this feeling and the backing vocals on the latter half of this track are a great addition too. This goes well with the next 2 tracks, the first “I’m Waiting For The Man’ is a nice upbeat rock song which sounds really typical of the classic rock era and the second ‘Femme Fatale’ is a gorgeous track with a female vocalist taking over and a slightly stripped back instrumental which makes way for such a nice listen. I also have to mention ‘Run Run Run’ and ‘There She Goes Again’ which give some more of this classic rock sound that is so pleasing to hear, and ‘I’ll Be Your Mirror’ which follows the female vocalist again giving a very soft vocal performance which makes this another stand out track. For the other 5 tracks on this record I really don’t know what to say, I do kind of hope that just because this is my first listen they throw me off guard as I’m sure at another time they might click for me, but the instrumentals on some of these are honestly painful. It’s just hard to tell where the band were going with these as the vocals are completely overshadowed by these harrowing screeching tones as in the song ‘The Black Angel’s Death Song’ or in the last 2 minutes of ‘Heroin’. Then there are songs such as ‘Venus In Furs’ which is just covered in this horrific bagpipe-like sound screeching in the back which really takes away from the rest of the song. I have to say I don’t actually mind ‘All Tomorrow’s Parties’ it just goes on a bit too long for me with that instrumental. Finally there’s the closer ‘European Son’ which starts off quite promising reaching for that classic rock sound again until it is overwhelmed by this screeching and unorthodox guitar fill which for the nearly 8 minutes this track runs for can get pretty tiring. Overall, this record left me with mixed emotions, I feel that over time I will probably come to love each of the tracks that I’ve criticised here as they’re just a bit harder to swallow initially but this is based on my first listen and right now I’m pretty divided on this album, so I’ll leave it at that. 3/5

it's good, I like it

bien joué Nico

Not quite my cup of tea but I can appreciate it.

I'm usually a sucker for rock, but nothing truly stood out to me on this one

Lou Reed > The Velvet Underground. That's just my opinion.

Kaksi persoonallisuutta: vaatimattomat parin minuutin rallatukset (Sunday Morning, Femme Fatale, There She Goes Again..) vastaan kunnianhimoiset kokeilut (Venus in Furs, Heroin..). Edelliset ovat loistavia, jälkimmäiset eivät koskaan ole erityisemmin puhutelleet minua. Eli... hyvä debyytti?

Got this back to back with 'Goo'. This one is a little bit better. I don't get most of the songs though.

Fine I guess

3 stars.

Solid 3.5, much prefer it to other albums of its time

meh, nothing special.

Not an easy listen in parts

While I enjoyed how raw this album felt at times, songs like Run Run Run actually hurt my ears. 3/5. Favorite Track: Heroin

Not my thing, but not a bad album

Not the type of music I thought they were. Heroin !

Easy, just easy. Bonus for Lou Reed's voice

idk why this exists

Cool album. Early Lou Reed.

It’s very decent. I can never work out whether I love or hate Nico’s voice.

Alright.

3,5 Sterne. ist Okay, aber hat mich nicht umgehaut, gut zum nebenbei hören

Feels a bit like a mixed bag, some great songs, some weird ones. Really enjoyed "All Tomorrow's Parties".

i dont know. 3.5/5

Ehhh. Not bad, but not very engaging.

Siendo el primer álbum de estudio de la banda The Velvet Underground, quienes tuvieron la colaboración de la cantante alemana Nico, fue increíble el impacto que tuvieron y la instantaneidad de su éxito. Jugando al borde de lo "bien visto" y siendo vanguardia total en su lanzamiento, la banda hizo que desde la tapa, tuvieran controversia. Andy Warhol teniendo un rol importante en la realización del álbum, figurando como productor y siendo el creador de la tapa del álbum, fue como el mentor principal de la ideología que se ve en este proyecto. La totalidad de los temas fueron compuestos por Lou Reed, y se mete de lleno en la experimentación, la psicodelia y el rock/folk, todo esto se reduce a denominarlo: art rock. Las canciones más experimentales parecen sesiones de improvisación, y los temas más folk son en los que se ve reflejada la dulce voz de Nico. No es muy constante su escucha y suele tenderse aburrido en partes. La temática de varias de las letras del álbum son la liberación sexual, el consumo de drogas, el sadismo, masoquismo y la prostitución, algo totalmente nuevo y disruptor para la época. Es un trabajo histórico, ya que se ve como el puntapié inicial para muchos álbumes que vendrían en un futuro. Le abrió la puerta a miles de proyectos y se consolidó como uno de los álbumes más importantes de la historia de la música.

Pas aussi iconique que je pensais que c'était. Sunday Morning et Heroin sont bonnes, les autres un peu bof. J'aime bien la voix de Nico!

Don't you just love Heroin (the song)? Nolan: Yuh

Any song with Nico is a big NO for me. I really dislike her boring, sleepy, unusually low and monotone voice. Not sure if the songs were good at all, because I just can’t stand her voice that much. Immediately skipped. That said, I was surprised that I kinda dug the deconstructed vibe of the rest of the album. ‘European Son,’’ ‘I’m waiting for the man’ and ‘Venus in Furs’ were the songs I most liked.

It started well, but ended up being a little too experimental from time to time.

ibland är det rätt bra och ibland är det rätt kass. en svag trea får det bli

Same old sound of that time.

cool album. I was introduced to this from Heroin being on The Doors movie soundtrack. Can definitely see how ahead of the times they were.

sunday morning has been a fave since i was in high school, it has a certain vibe that’s just pristine.

A really fascinating album, that never drags. I loved some tracks on this and strongly disliked others. ‘Heroin’ is revolutionary but I’m not a big fan of the screeching viola towards the end of the track. Overall, a really interesting experience of an album. I’m sure my rating of this will change over time.

Im ok with Velvet underground when its 1 song. A whole album I dont enjoy

Pretty mid

somehow heroin is simultaneously the low and the high point of this album. it's an enjoyable listen, but i'm not sure what's so groundbreaking about it. still enjoyed it either way, tho european son is evil

Influential. But overrated.

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.

Historically interesting, but not something I want to listen to again

No tiene nada loco para estar en este set. Entiendo que es historico pero no mucho mas

Good, just not my style. But still enjoyed

Not for me. Pretty dull and the last song really just dragged out the ending of a very average album

não é muito o tipo de música que eu costumo ouvir e acho que não gostei muito também. mas valeu pela experiência!! ps. a melodia da faixa “i’m waiting for the man” me lembrou um pouco a abertura de how i met your mother

Boring, lost me really quick.

Ortalama bir albüm , neden bu listede var ?

Very odd album. Very different vibes throughout, my biggest complaint is you could tell me these are different artists and I think id believe you I feel like I like when albums have something tying the songs together.

I expected to like this. I didn’t really like it.

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.

I could have done better

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

Enjoyment: 4/10 Replayability: 3/10 Cohesion: 4/10 Flow/Pacing: 3/10 Artistic Merit: 4/10 Weighted Average: 3.55/10 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 Heard Before? No

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.

liked some songs. not a fan

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