The Velvet Underground : The Velvet Underground & Nico

 

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The Velvet Underground & Nico

is the debut

 studio album 

by the 

American 

Rock band

 The Velvet Underground 

and the German singer

 Nico 

Released by 

Verve Records 

in March 1967,

 the album 

underperformed 

in sales 

and 

polarized critics 

upon release

 due to its abrasive, 

unconventional sound

 and

 controversial lyrical content.

 It later became 

regarded as one 

of the most

 influential albums

 in rock and

 pop music

 and one of the 

greatest albums 

of all time.

The Velvet Underground & Nico

 was recorded in 1966 

while the band 

were featured on 

Andy Warhol's 

Exploding

 Plastic Inevitable tour.

 Warhol, 

who designed the 

album's record sleeve,

 co-produced

 with 

Tom Wilson. 

The album 

features elements

 of 

avant-garde music 

incorporated

 into brash, 

minimal and 

groove-driven 

rock music. 

The singer, 

Lou Reed, 

delivers

 explicit lyrics

 spanning themes of

 drug abuse, 

prostitution,

 sadomasochism 

and urban life. 

Characterized as

 "the original art-rock record",

 it was a

 major influence 

on many subgenres

 of rock 

and 

alternative music,

 including

 punk, 

garage rock, 

krautrock,

 post-punk, 

post-rock,

noise rock,

 shoegaze,

 gothic rock, 

and

 indie rock. 

In 1982, 

the English musician 

Brian Eno 

said that while

 the album only 

sold approximately

 30,000 copies

 in its first five years,

 "everyone who bought one

 of those

 30,000 copies 

started a band".

The Velvet Underground & Nico 

has been included on

 several all-time lists,

 including that of 

Apple Music 

and 

Rolling Stone. 

In 2006,

 it was inducted into 

the National 

Recording Registry

 by the Library of 

Congress for being 

"culturally,

 historically, 

or

 aesthetically significant"

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