The Velvet Underground & Nico

~ Release by The Velvet Underground & Nico (see all versions of this release, 38 available)

Tracklist

SHM-CD 1: The Velvet Underground & Nico (stereo version)
SHM-CD 2: The Velvet Underground & Nico (mono version)
SHM-CD 3: Nico: Chelsea Girl
SHM-CD 4: Scepter Studios Sessions / The Factory Rehearsals
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1European Son (alternate version)
recording of:
European Son
lyricist and composer:
John Cale (Velvet Underground founder), Sterling Morrison, Lou Reed and Moe Tucker
The Velvet Underground9:03
2The Black Angel’s Death Song (alternate mix)
recording of:
The Black Angel’s Death Song
lyricist and composer:
John Cale (Velvet Underground founder) and Lou Reed
The Velvet Underground3:16
3All Tomorrow’s Parties (alternate version)
recording of:
All Tomorrow’s Parties
lyricist and composer:
Lou Reed
publisher:
Oakfield Avenue Music
The Velvet Underground5:54
4I’ll Be Your Mirror (alternate version)
recording of:
I’ll Be Your Mirror
lyricist and composer:
Lou Reed
The Velvet Underground2:11
5Heroin (alternate version)
recording of:
Heroin
lyricist and composer:
Lou Reed
publisher:
Oakfield Avenue Music
The Velvet Underground6:17
6Femme Fatale (alternate mix)
recording of:
Femme Fatale
lyricist and composer:
Lou Reed
publisher:
Sunbury Music Ltd.
The Velvet Underground2:36
7Venus in Furs (alternate version)
recording of:
Venus in Furs
lyricist and composer:
Lou Reed
The Velvet Underground4:29
8Waiting for the Man (alternate version)
recording of:
I’m Waiting for the Man
lyricist and composer:
Lou Reed
publisher:
Screen Gems and Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. (USA, affiliated with BMI)
The Velvet Underground4:10
9Run Run Run (alternate mix)
recording of:
Run Run Run
lyricist and composer:
Lou Reed
The Velvet Underground4:24
10Walk Alone
The Velvet Underground3:28
11Crackin’ Up / Venus in Furs
The Velvet Underground3:53
12Miss Joanie Lee
The Velvet Underground11:50
13Heroin
live recording of:
Heroin
lyricist and composer:
Lou Reed
publisher:
Oakfield Avenue Music
The Velvet Underground6:15
14There She Goes Again
recording of:
There She Goes Again
lyricist and composer:
Lou Reed
The Velvet Underground with Nico2:09
15There She Goes Again
recording of:
There She Goes Again
lyricist and composer:
Lou Reed
The Velvet Underground2:56
SHM-CD 5: Live at Valleydale Ballroom, Columbus, Ohio, November 4, 1966
SHM-CD 6: Live at Valleydale Ballroom, Columbus, Ohio, November 4, 1966

Credits

Release Group

associated singles/EPs:All Tomorrow’s Parties / I’ll Be Your Mirror by The Velvet Underground (Lou Reed’s seminal rock band) and Nico (Christa Päffgen, German singer, fashion model, actress)
Sunday Morning / Femme Fatale
covers:I’ll Be Your Mirror: A Tribute to the Velvet Underground & Nico by Various Artists (add compilations to this artist)
The Kettering Vampires Perform Nico & The Velvet Underground by Alan Jenkins (surf rock, founder of Cordelia Records)
The String Quartet Tribute to the Velvet Underground & Nico by Vitamin String Quartet
The Velvet Underground & Nico by Record Club (2009 Beck collaborative project)
included in:Peel Slowly and See by The Velvet Underground (Lou Reed’s seminal rock band)
The Verve/MGM Albums by The Velvet Underground (Lou Reed’s seminal rock band)
White Light/White Heat + The Velvet Underground & Nico by The Velvet Underground (Lou Reed’s seminal rock band)
part of:15 Most Influential Albums... (... Not Recorded by the Beatles, Bob Dylan, Elvis or the Rolling Stones) (SPIN magazine, 2003-04) (number: 1) (order: 1)
Absolute Radio's The 100 Collection (number: 1) (order: 1)
Uncut: The 100 Greatest Debut Albums (2006) (number: 1) (order: 1)
Rolling Stone: 100 Best Debut Albums of All Time: pub_2022-07-01 (number: 3) (order: 3)
My Life in Music: Michael Stipe (SPIN magazine, 2004-03) (number: D) (order: 4)
The Guardian 100 Best Albums Ever (number: 8) (order: 8)
33⅓ (number: 11) (order: 11)
David Keenan: The Best Albums Ever (number: 11) (order: 11)
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 2003 edition (number: 13) (order: 13)
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 2012 edition (number: 13) (order: 13)
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 2020 edition (number: 23) (order: 23)
Discothèque Idéale Qobuz / Qobuz Ideal Discography (order: 47)
1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (2005 edition) (number: 91) (order: 152)
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Allmusic:https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0001955423 [info]
Wikidata:Q259667 [info]