The Velvet Underground & Nico

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debut album studio album

The Velvet Underground & Nico is a 1967 debut album by The Velvet Underground and German singer Nico, renowned for its avant-garde sound, dark lyrical themes, and iconic Andy Warhol-designed banana cover, and widely regarded as one of the most influential records in rock history.

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instanceOf debut album ⓘ
studio album ⓘ
artist Nico NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Velvet Underground NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith Andy Warhol Exploding Plastic Inevitable shows NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Factory NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
coverArtist Andy Warhol NERFINISHED ⓘ
criticalReception initially mixed ⓘ
followedBy White Light/White Heat NERFINISHED ⓘ
follows none (debut album) NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre art rock ⓘ
avant-garde ⓘ
experimental rock ⓘ
proto-punk ⓘ
rock ⓘ
hasPart All Tomorrow’s Parties NERFINISHED ⓘ
European Son NERFINISHED ⓘ
Femme Fatale NERFINISHED ⓘ
Heroin ⓘ
I’ll Be Your Mirror NERFINISHED ⓘ
I’m Waiting for the Man NERFINISHED ⓘ
Run Run Run NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sunday Morning NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Black Angel’s Death Song NERFINISHED ⓘ
There She Goes Again NERFINISHED ⓘ
Venus in Furs NERFINISHED ⓘ
includedIn many greatest albums of all time lists ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legacy considered one of the most influential albums in rock history ⓘ
length approximately 48 minutes ⓘ
notableFeature banana cover artwork ⓘ
originalFormat vinyl record ⓘ
performer John Cale NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lou Reed NERFINISHED ⓘ
Maureen Tucker NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nico NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sterling Morrison NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryLyricist Lou Reed NERFINISHED ⓘ
producer Andy Warhol NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tom Wilson NERFINISHED ⓘ
recordingPeriod 1966 ⓘ
recordLabel Verve Records ⓘ
releaseDate 1967-03-12 ⓘ
theme alienation ⓘ
drug use ⓘ
sexuality ⓘ
urban life ⓘ

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