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==Reception and sales== ===Chart history and sales figures=== Upon release, ''The Velvet Underground & Nico'' was a commercial flop.{{sfn|Ross|2014}} The album's controversial content led to its almost instantaneous ban from various record stores, many radio stations refused to play it, and magazines refused to carry advertisements for it.{{sfn|Harvard|2004}} Its lack of success can also be attributed to [[Verve Records|Verve]], who failed to promote or distribute the album with anything but modest attention.{{sfn|Harvard|2004}}<ref name="Heylin"/> However, [[Richie Unterberger]] of [[AllMusic]] also notes that: {{Blockquote|...{{nbsp}}the music was simply too daring to fit onto commercial radio; "underground" rock radio was barely getting started at this point, and in any case may well have overlooked the record at a time when psychedelic music was approaching its peak.<ref>{{cite web|last=Unterberger|first=Richie|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-velvet-underground-mn0000840402/biography|title=The Velvet Underground|website=[[AllMusic]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170318031311/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-velvet-underground-mn0000840402/biography|archive-date=March 18, 2017}}</ref>}} The album first entered the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' album charts on May 13, 1967, at number 199 and left the charts on June 10, 1967, at number 195. When Verve recalled the album in June due to Eric Emerson's lawsuit, it disappeared from the charts for five months. It then re-entered the charts on November 18, 1967, at number 182, peaked at number 171 on December 16, 1967, and finally left the charts on January 6, 1968, at number 193.<ref name="Bockris-Malanga"/> The English musician [[Brian Eno]] said in 1982 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".<ref name="eno"/> Writers often use this quotation as a definitive figure for how many copies of ''The Velvet Underground & Nico'' were sold in the first several years. While it indeed sold less than Warhol and the band had hoped, according to a [[MGM Records|MGM]] royalty statement presented to Jeff Gold, a former [[Warner Bros. Records]] executive, 58,476 copies of the album sold through February 1969—a respectable figure for a late-1960s LP.{{sfn|Unterberger|2009|p=138}}<ref name="baker-2017">{{cite journal | last=Baker | first=R. C. | date=August 22, 2017 | url=https://www.villagevoice.com/2017/08/22/addicted-to-lou/ | title=Addicted to Lou | journal=The Village Voice | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170822225557/https://www.villagevoice.com/2017/08/22/addicted-to-lou/ | archive-date=August 22, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last=Lipez | first=Zachary | date=November 19, 2014 | url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/the-velvet-underground-reissue-doug-yule-lou-reed-photos-live-footage/ | title=Doug Yule Gives Rare Interview About the Velvet Underground's Third, Self-Titled Album, Shares Alternate Version of 'Foggy Notion' | website=Noisey | publisher=Vice Media | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108130703/https://www.vice.com/en/article/rq4d8m/the-velvet-underground-reissue-doug-yule-lou-reed-photos-live-footage | archive-date=November 8, 2020}}</ref> Grant McPhee, a filmmaker and music writer, later conducted a 2021 investigation into Eno's famous claim and concluded that it may have sold as many as 200,000 copies by 1971 alone.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Velvet Underground Myth? - Grant McPhee |url=https://intocreative.co.uk/the-velvet-underground-myth-grant-mcphee/ |access-date=2023-01-03 |website=Into Creative}}</ref> ===Contemporary reception=== A capsule review from ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' published ahead of the album's release praised the "haunting" vocals of Nico and the "powerful" lyrics of the band, calling it a collection of "sophisticated folk-rock" and a "left-fielder which could click in a big way."<ref name="billboard-review">{{cite magazine |title=Album reviews |magazine=Billboard |date=March 4, 1967 |volume=79 |issue=9 |pages=8, 40, 43 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CykEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA40 |access-date=August 17, 2021 |archive-date=August 17, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210817061811/https://books.google.com/books?id=CykEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA40 |url-status=live }}</ref> ''Vibrations'', a small rock music magazine, gave the album a mostly positive review in their second issue, describing the music as "a full-fledged attack on the ears and on the brain" while noting the dark lyrics.<ref name="Heylin">{{harvnb|Heylin|2009}}</ref> Wayne Harada of the ''[[The Honolulu Advertiser|Honolulu Advertiser]]'' and Dave Donelly of the ''[[Honolulu Star-Bulletin]]'' both praised the album's banana-sticker cover; the former terming it "the wildest" front cover of any album yet and the latter calling it a [[conversation piece]].<ref name="harada-1967">{{cite journal | last=Harada | first=Wayne | date=March 1, 1967 | url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/260367717/ | title=On the Record | journal=The Honolulu Advertiser | page=B5 | via=Newspapers.com | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211126225141/https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/260367717/ | archive-date=November 26, 2021 | url-status=bot: unknown | access-date=November 27, 2021 }}</ref><ref name="donelly-1967">{{cite journal | last=Donelly | first=Dave | date=March 4, 1967 | url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/270530558/ | title=The Teen Beat | journal=Honolulu Star-Bulletin | page=B14 | via=Newspapers.com | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211126225942/https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/270530558/ | archive-date=November 26, 2021 | url-status=bot: unknown | access-date=November 27, 2021 }}</ref> Harada wrote: "Inside, the eating's good, too: 'Sunday Morning' has a definite psychedelic hit sound. 'Run Run Run' still is another Underground gem gaining ground."<ref name="harada-1967" /> Donelly called the album "not Commercial with a capital 'C' but an experience in sound."<ref name="donelly-1967" /> An anonymous reviewer in the ''[[American Record Guide]]'' praised Reed's lyrics as "penetratingly contemporary", comparing them to the work of Dylan while calling Reed on the basis of the record "an important new (to me) talent". The reviewer also praised the variety in sounds presented by "Sunday Morning", "European Son", and "Heroin" alongside from the more Dylan-esque songs.<ref name="arg">{{cite journal | last=Staff writer | date=May 1967 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uo0rAQAAIAAJ&q=%22the+sound+is+electronic+and+you+are+going+to+have+to+learn+to+live%22 | title=The Velvet Underground & Nico | journal=American Record Guide | volume=33 | issue=2 | page=893 | via=Google Books | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230906152039/https://books.google.com/books?id=uo0rAQAAIAAJ&q=%22the+sound+is+electronic+and+you+are+going+to+have+to+learn+to+live%22 | archive-date=September 6, 2023 | url-status=bot: unknown | access-date=March 19, 2023 }}</ref> Meanwhile, [[Richard Goldstein (writer, born 1944)|Richard Goldstein]] of the ''[[The Village Voice|Village Voice]]'', published in Velvet Underground's hometown of New York City, was more reserved in his praise. Goldstein called "There She Goes Again" a "blatant" lift of the [[the Rolling Stones|Rolling Stones]] rendition of "[[Hitch Hike (song)|Hitch Hike]]" and called Reed's vocal performances on other songs "distressingly like early Dylan". However he ultimately wrote that "the Velvets are an important group and this album has some major work [within]", singling out "I'm Waiting for the Man", "Venus in Furs", "Femme Fatale", and "Heroin".<ref name="goldstein-1967" /> Of the latter song, Goldstein wrote: {{blockquote| [It] is more compressed, more restrained than live performances I have seen. But it's also more a realized work. The tempo fluctuates wildly and finally breaks into a series of utterly terrifying squeals, like the death rattle of a suffocating violin. "Heroin" is seven minutes of genuine 12-tone rock 'n' roll.<ref name="goldstein-1967">{{cite journal | last=Goldstein | first=Richard | date=October 28, 2013 | orig-date=April 13, 1967 | url=https://www.villagevoice.com/2013/10/28/the-voices-1967-review-of-velvet-undergrounds-debut-album/ | title=The Velvet Underground & Nico | journal=The Village Voice | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211127003740/https://www.villagevoice.com/2013/10/28/the-voices-1967-review-of-velvet-undergrounds-debut-album/ | archive-date=November 27, 2021 | url-status=bot: unknown | access-date=November 27, 2021 }}</ref> }} The ''[[The Tampa Tribune|Tampa Tribune]]'' writer Vance Johnston dismissed it as a collection of "several confusing sounds{{nbsp}}... most depressing and whatever the message I failed to get" but wrote that Warhol aficionados would declare it his best "at any rate".<ref name="johnston-1967">{{cite journal | last=Johnston | first=Vance | date=March 5, 1967 | url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/331583939/ | title=Connie Francis Swings at Vegas | journal=The Tampa Tribune | page=33 | via=Newspapers.com | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211126231235/https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/331583939/ | archive-date=November 26, 2021 | url-status=bot: unknown | access-date=November 27, 2021 }}</ref> Don Lass of New Jersey's ''Asbury Park Evening Press'' was similarly dismissive, finding the music "as lifeless and inanimate as the discarded banana peel, touching every cliche in the rock 'n' roll spectrum while missing the genuine fun that good big-beat renderings can offer."<ref name="lass-1967">{{cite journal | last=Lass | first=Don | date=March 18, 1967 | url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/143755833/ | title=Singing the Blues | journal=Asbury Park Evening Press | page=B14 | via=Newspapers.com | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211126232114/https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/143755833/ | archive-date=November 26, 2021 | url-status=bot: unknown | access-date=November 27, 2021 }}</ref> A staff writer for the ''[[Pensacola News Journal]]'' defined the album overall as "one big savage sound", with its lyrics "equally frenzied": "The result sounds like the merger of [[Dracula]] and some of the long-haired wailers of today".<ref name="pensacola-news-journal-1967">{{cite journal | last=Staff writer | date=March 19, 1967 | url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/264111258/ | title=Music Calendar | journal=Pensacola News Journal | page=4D | via=Newspapers.com | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211126233557/https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/264111258/ | archive-date=November 26, 2021 | url-status=bot: unknown | access-date=November 27, 2021 }}</ref> [[John Szwed|John F. Szwed]] of ''[[Jazz & Pop]]'' called the band's performance on the record "tedious despite their ventures into electric viola ''et al''", acknowledging the strength of their "loud whine" but ultimately writing that "something is lost in the translation" in the absence of the visual accompaniments of ''Exploding Plastic Inevitable''.<ref name="szwed-1967">{{cite journal | last=Szwed | first=John F. | date=June 1967 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vnQJAQAAMAAJ&q=%22velvet+underground%22+%22something+is+lost+in+the+translation%22 | title=The Velvet Underground and Nico | journal=Jazz & Pop | page=23 | publisher=Jazz Press | via=Google Books | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230906152039/https://books.google.com/books?id=vnQJAQAAMAAJ&q=%22velvet+underground%22+%22something+is+lost+in+the+translation%22 | archive-date=September 6, 2023 | url-status=bot: unknown | access-date=March 19, 2023 }}</ref> ===Reappraisal=== {{Music ratings | title = Retrospective professional ratings | rev1 = [[AllMusic]] | rev1score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref>{{cite web |last=Deming |first=Mark |url={{AllMusic |class=album |id=the-velvet-underground-nico-mw0001955423 |pure_url=yes}} |title=''The Velvet Underground & Nico'' – The Velvet Underground |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=October 31, 2004}}</ref> | rev2 = ''[[Blender (magazine)|Blender]]'' | rev2score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Black |first=Johnny |url=http://www.blender.com/reviews/review_689.html |title=The Velvet Underground: ''The Velvet Underground & Nico'' |magazine=[[Blender (magazine)|Blender]] |location=New York |access-date=March 4, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040813173101/http://www.blender.com/reviews/review_689.html |archive-date=August 13, 2004 |url-status=dead}}</ref> | rev3 = ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' | rev3score = {{Rating|4|4}}<ref name="Kot">{{cite news |last=Kot |first=Greg |author-link=Greg Kot |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1992-01-12-9201040209-story.html |title=Lou Reed's Recordings: 25 Years Of Path-Breaking Music |newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]] |date=January 12, 1992 |access-date=November 11, 2020 |archive-date=February 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224105116/https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1992-01-12-9201040209-story.html |url-status=live}}</ref> | rev4 = ''[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]'' | rev4score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref>{{cite book |last=Larkin |first=Colin |author-link=Colin Larkin |chapter=Velvet Underground |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |title-link=Encyclopedia of Popular Music |publisher=[[Omnibus Press]] |edition=5th concise |year=2011 |isbn=978-0-85712-595-8}}</ref> | rev5 = ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'' | rev5score = 10/10<ref>{{cite web |last=Raymer |first=Miles |url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/17129-the-velvet-underground-nico/ |title=The Velvet Underground: ''The Velvet Underground & Nico'' |website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |date=November 20, 2012 |access-date=June 5, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150602164223/http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/17129-the-velvet-underground-nico/ |archive-date=June 2, 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref> | rev6 = ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]'' | rev6score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine |title=The Velvet Underground: ''The Velvet Underground & Nico'' |magazine=[[Q (magazine)|Q]] |location=London |issue=118 |date=July 1996 |page=150}}</ref> | rev7 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' | rev7score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Fricke |first=David |author-link=David Fricke |url=http://rollingstone.com/recordings/review.asp?aid=42058&cf=402 |title=The Velvet Underground: ''The Velvet Underground & Nico'' / ''White Light/White Heat'' / ''The Velvet Underground'' / ''V.U.'' |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |location=New York |date=March 14, 1985 |access-date=March 4, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010907004042/http://rollingstone.com/recordings/review.asp?aid=42058&cf=402 |archive-date=September 7, 2001 |url-status=dead}}</ref> | rev8 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]'' | rev8score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref name=RS2004>{{cite book |last=Sheffield |first=Rob |author-link=Rob Sheffield |editor1-last=Brackett |editor1-first=Nathan |editor1-link=Nathan Brackett |editor2-last=Hoard |editor2-first=Christian |editor2-link=Christian Hoard |chapter=The Velvet Underground |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t9eocwUfoSoC&pg=PA847 |access-date=November 22, 2011 |title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide |title-link=The Rolling Stone Album Guide |publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]] |edition=4th |year=2004 |isbn=0-7432-0169-8 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/847 847–848] |archive-date=June 10, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210610004547/https://books.google.com/books?id=t9eocwUfoSoC&pg=PA847 |url-status=live}}</ref> | rev9 = ''[[Spin Alternative Record Guide]]'' | rev9score = 10/10<ref>{{cite book |last=Weisbard |first=Eric |author-link=Eric Weisbard |editor1-last=Weisbard |editor1-first=Eric |editor2-last=Marks |editor2-first=Craig |chapter=Velvet Underground |title=Spin Alternative Record Guide |title-link=Spin Alternative Record Guide |publisher=[[Vintage Books]] |year=1995 |isbn=0-679-75574-8 |pages=425–427}}</ref> | rev10 = ''[[The Village Voice]]'' | rev10score = A<ref name="Christgau">{{cite news |last=Christgau |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Christgau |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=6N9LAAAAIBAJ&pg=6134,4535773 |title=Christgau's Consumer Guide to 1967 |newspaper=[[The Village Voice]] |location=New York |date=December 20, 1976 |access-date=June 22, 2013 |page=69 |archive-date=February 22, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170222001558/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=6N9LAAAAIBAJ&sjid=RYsDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6134,4535773 |url-status=live}}</ref> }} A decade after its release, ''The Velvet Underground & Nico'' began to attract wide praise from rock critics. Christgau wrote in his 1977 retrospective review for the ''Village Voice'' that the record had been difficult to understand in 1967, "which is probably why people are still learning from it. It sounds intermittently crude, thin, and pretentious at first, but it never stops getting better."<ref name=Christgau/> He later included it in his "Basic Record Library" of 1950s and 1960s recordings, published in ''[[Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies]]'' (1981).<ref>{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|year=1981|title=Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies|publisher=[[Ticknor & Fields]]|isbn=0899190251|chapter=A Basic Record Library: The Fifties and Sixties|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/bk-cg70/basics.php|access-date=March 16, 2019|via=robertchristgau.com|title-link=Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies|archive-date=March 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190312052515/http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/bk-cg70/basics.php|url-status=live}}</ref> In ''[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]'' (1998), [[Colin Larkin (writer)|Colin Larkin]] called it a "powerful collection" that "introduced Reed's decidedly urban infatuations, a fascination for [[street culture]] and amorality bordering on voyeurism."{{sfn|Larkin|1998}} In April 2003, ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]'' led their "Top Fifteen Most Influential Albums of All Time" list with the album.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Klosterman |first=Chuck |author-link1=Chuck Klosterman |author2=Milner, Greg |author3=Pappademas, Alex |date=April 2003 |volume=19 |issue=4 |page=84 |title=Top Fifteen Most Influential Albums of All Time (...{{nbsp}}not recorded by the Beatles, Bob Dylan, Elvis and the Rolling Stones) |magazine=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]] |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nCou4cnn-ZkC&pg=PA84 |access-date=November 27, 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140627180015/http://books.google.com/books?id=nCou4cnn-ZkC&lpg=PP1&pg=PA84 |archive-date=June 27, 2014}}</ref> On November 12, 2000, [[National Public Radio|NPR]] included it in their "NPR 100" series of "the most important American musical works of the 20th century".<ref>{{cite web |title=NPR 100 |publisher=[[National Public Radio]] |url=https://www.npr.org/programs/specials/vote/list100.html |access-date=February 1, 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091224063104/http://www.npr.org/programs/specials/vote/list100.html |archive-date=December 24, 2009}}</ref> In 2003, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' placed it at number 13 on their list of the 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time, maintaining the rating in a 2012 revised list,<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-156826/the-velvet-underground-and-nico-the-velvet-underground-52023/ |year=2012 |title=500 Greatest Albums of All Time Rolling Stone's definitive list of the 500 greatest albums of all time |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |access-date=September 23, 2019 |archive-date=October 29, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029231530/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-156826/the-velvet-underground-and-nico-the-velvet-underground-52023/ |url-status=live}}</ref> calling it the "most prophetic rock album ever made".<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/6597640/13_the_velvet_underground|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081218001425/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/6597640/13_the_velvet_underground|url-status=dead|archive-date=2008-12-18|title=13) The Velvet Underground|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=2008-12-18 |access-date=2018-07-13}}</ref> It re-ranked at number 23 in a 2020 reboot of the list.<ref>{{Cite magazine|date=2020-09-22|title=The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-albums-of-all-time-1062063/|access-date=2021-10-09 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref> The album was selected as one of the 24 significant US albums of the 1960s in the book "The Perfect Collection" by Tom Hibbert (1982). In 1997, ''The Velvet Underground & Nico'' was named the 22nd greatest album of all time in a "Music of the Millennium" poll conducted in the [[United Kingdom]] by [[HMV]], [[Channel 4]], ''[[The Guardian]]'' and [[Classic FM (UK)|Classic FM]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/50266.stm|title=The music of the millennium|date=January 24, 1998|access-date=November 21, 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120617212743/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/50266.stm|archive-date=June 17, 2012}}</ref> In 2006, ''[[Q magazine]]'' readers voted it into 42nd place in the "2006 Q Magazine Readers' 100 Greatest Albums Ever" poll, while ''[[The Observer]]'' placed it at number 1 in a list of "50 Albums That Changed Music" in July of that year.<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=[[The Observer]] |date=July 15, 2006 |url=http://arts.guardian.co.uk/features/story/0,,1821231,00.html |title=The 50 albums that changed music |access-date=July 18, 2006 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060926193720/http://arts.guardian.co.uk/features/story/0,,1821231,00.html |archive-date=September 26, 2006}}</ref> Also in 2006, the album was chosen by ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine as one of the 100 best albums of all time.<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |date=November 2, 2006 |first=Josh |last=Tyrangiel |title=''The Velvet Underground and Nico'' – The ALL-TIME 100 Albums |url=https://entertainment.time.com/2006/11/02/the-all-time-100-albums/#the-velvet-underground-and-nico |access-date=May 16, 2007 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140301183543/http://entertainment.time.com/2006/11/02/the-all-time-100-albums/#the-velvet-underground-and-nico |archive-date=March 1, 2014}}</ref> In 2017, ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'' placed the album at number 1 on its list of "The 200 Best Albums of the 1960s".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/the-200-best-albums-of-the-1960s/?page=10 |title=The 200 Best Albums of the 1960s |date=August 22, 2017 |website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |access-date=September 3, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170903033612/https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/the-200-best-albums-of-the-1960s/?page=10 |archive-date=September 3, 2017}}</ref> It was voted number 13 in [[Colin Larkin (writer)|Colin Larkin]]'s ''[[All Time Top 1000 Albums]]'' 3rd Edition (2000).<ref>{{cite book|title=All Time Top 1000 Albums|editor-first=Colin|editor-last=Larkin|editor-link=Colin Larkin (writer)|publisher=[[Virgin Books]]|date=2000|edition=3rd|isbn=0-7535-0493-6|page=40|title-link=All Time Top 1000 Albums}}</ref> ===Cover versions=== In April 1967, one month after the album's release, a band called the Electrical Banana may have recorded the first cover version of "There She Goes Again". According to bandmember [[Dean Kohler]], they recorded it in a tent in Vietnam in April 1967 and sent the master tape to a company in California to have 45 RPM records pressed.<ref>{{cite book |title=Rock 'n' Roll Soldier: A Memoir |last1=Kohler |first1=Dean Ellis |last2=VanHecke |first2=Susan |year=2009 |publisher=HarperCollins |location=New York |isbn=978-0-06-124255-7 |url=https://archive.org/details/rocknrollsoldier0000kohl }}</ref> Also in 1967 the Dutch band The Riats from The Hague released a single with "Run, Run, Run" as the A-side and "Sunday Morning" as B-side. The exact release date is unknown, so it remains open for debate whether Electric Banana or The Riats were the first to put a Velvet Underground cover on record.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.muziekencyclopedie.nl/action/entry/The+Riats|title=The Riats|website=www.muziekencyclopedie.nl|access-date=December 27, 2020|archive-date=June 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210610004503/https://www.muziekencyclopedie.nl/action/entry/The+Riats|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.45cat.com/record/35796|title=45Cat|website=www.45cat.com|access-date=December 27, 2020|archive-date=June 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210610004315/http://www.45cat.com/record/35796|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://dangerousminds.net/comments/check_out_these_rare_1967_velvet_underground_covers_from_dutch_kids_and|title=check_out_these_rare_1967_velvet_underground_covers|website=dangerousminds.net|date=June 12, 2014|access-date=December 27, 2020|archive-date=November 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112025924/https://dangerousminds.net/comments/check_out_these_rare_1967_velvet_underground_covers_from_dutch_kids_and|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2009, the American musician [[Beck]] recorded a track-for-track cover of ''The Velvet Underground & Nico'' and released it online in video form on his website, as part of a project called [[Record Club]]. Musicians involved in the recording include Beck plus [[Nigel Godrich]], [[Joey Waronker]], [[Brian LeBarton]], Bram Inscore, Yo, [[Giovanni Ribisi]], Chris Holmes, and [[Thorunn Magnúsdóttir (musician)|Þórunn Magnúsdóttir]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052970204884404574362732252778264 |title=Beck Remakes the Classics |first= John |last=Jurgensen |date=August 20, 2009 |website=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090824100606/http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204884404574362732252778264.html |archive-date=August 24, 2009 |access-date=April 5, 2016 }}</ref> Also in 2009, various artists from [[Argentina]] collaborated to produce a track-for-track cover of the record. They played a number of concerts in [[Buenos Aires]] to celebrate the release of the album, which was made available online for free.<ref>[http://www.soundsandcolours.com/news/argentine-artists-cover-velvet-underground-and-nico/ Argentina Artists Cover Velvet Underground & Nico] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100815051417/http://www.soundsandcolours.com/news/argentine-artists-cover-velvet-underground-and-nico/ |date=August 15, 2010 }} at Sounds and Colours</ref> In 2021, [[Verve Records]] released the tribute album ''[[I'll Be Your Mirror: A Tribute to The Velvet Underground & Nico]]'', a track-by-track cover of the album with performances by [[St. Vincent (musician)|St. Vincent]], [[Sharon Van Etten]], [[Bobby Gillespie]], and [[Iggy Pop]] among others.
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