The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico (Top 500 Countdown Update)

This album represents the dawning of the age of experimental. The nifty thing is that it does it with some great pop songs like "There She Goes Again" and "Femme Fatale." In fact this album is full of good hooks while musically it is all over the map. If you've never heard the album it is worth a listen at some point just to get a feel for where so much came from to follow, but remember it is very experimental and so even the good hooks are surrounded by odd music and in some cases out there lyrics or subjects. This then leads to an album where you have a wonderfully simple rock love song like "I'll Be Your Mirror" and the noise experiment "Heroine" which is about what you would guess.