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As a counterpoint to the hippy trippy Summer of Love, The Velvet Underground's debut album explores the darker side of life, interspersed with more gentle vocals from Nico. In defiance of its historical importance this seminal album struggled on the US album chart. (US:171)
"The year was 1967 - the Summer of Love. While other acts were singing about peace and love, Lou Reed and The Velvet Underground were telling us about the dark side of sex, drugs, and rock and roll. This album and their other recordings are much too avant-garde to ever be fully embraced by the record buying public, but this is art on a much higher level than we ever get from most musicians."
"There is no denying that this is one of the quintessential albums in the history of rock with its influence lingering on well until today."
"Music wouldn't be what it is today without The Velvet Underground, and more specifically this album. Even when I listen to it today, it sounds so new, so fresh, so innovative. I can't even begin to imagine what it sounded like in 1967. It's absolutely mind blowing. This album was years ahead of its time."
"Scary and beautiful at the same time. No one sounded like this in 1967. There's probably three or four different moods to the album, but there's an underlying current of fear and discomfort throughout, regardless of which song you listen to."
"Beautiful, haunting, and sometimes a little scary. All these things describe the first album by The Velvet Underground. It was shunned when it first came out, but now it has taken on an almost mythical quality because of how many artists it inspired."
"This is probably the most beautiful and the most gritty record I have ever listened to. Here you will hear some of the sweetest, heart-warming tunes and some of the most twisted, and nightmare inducing. But overall, this is a really dark record. Even the more gentle songs have a strong tinge of darkness. I have not heard an album like this that combines these two characteristics in a way that's so unique."
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