Partly as a vehicle for native New Yorker Lou Reeds songwriting, and part pet art project for artist Andy Warhol (who designed the groundbreaking >peel slowly and see< banana album cover), the band also featured Welsh emigre John Cale, percussionist Mo Tucker, guitarist Sterling Morrison and teutonic, iconic chanteuse Nico. Recorded in 1966 and issued a year later, it is widely regarded as a precursor to punk and alternative music a decade later. Now rightly hailed as an undisputed classic, the dark subject matter and progressive sounds explored on I m Waiting For The Man, Venus In Furs, Heroin and The Black Angels Death Song did little to help propel this experimental group into the mainstream. Q regarded it as >a flickering, unforgettable band performance<, whilst it rated at #6 of the NMEs Greatest Albums Of All Time.
45th anniversary edition, newly re-mastered from original tapes and pressed on 180 gram heavyweight vinyl. Comes in gatefold sleeve with original artwork, including code for free MP3 download of the full album.[info sheet from distr.]