I know, another obvious one, but its got the peel-off banana sticker cover, "Venus in Furs", and really is the true intersection of the art and music world in the 20th century. For those of you that don't know, Andy Warhol is credited as producer, though he's been said to be more of a catalyst and facilitator. Whatever, the fact that Lou Reed, John Cale, and Andy Warhol all happened to appear in the universe at the same time, and in New York City, no less, is nothing short of a miracle, and this is the untarnished record of that cosmic alignment. It goes from dark songs like "Venus in Furs" to the tenderness of "I'll be your mirror" to the lament of "Femme Fatale" in under 50 minutes. Few have made a bolder statement since. A moment of silence, please :)
BEST RECORD ARTWORK EVER!!! Yeah yeah, I know it's so cliche to still be hung up on this one. but what record this good has artwork as good as the music?
ReplyDeleteSo... Warhol also designed the Stones 'Sticky Fingers' right? And we now know that the "package" under the zipper is not Jagger's. So maybe Andy just used the same banana!!!
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