Aki Special - Prince Nico Mbarga

Advantages: Unique, cool and cheap
Disadvantages: Ever so slightly pretentious

...for the tune Cale plays his part playing a Celeste – don’t know what it is but its sounds superb. I'm Waiting For The Man 7/10 A slightly faster tune as way of introduction to what is to come this song isn’t one of my favourites. Lou has a fair stab with some raspy vocals and the playings nice and tight but there is nothing special here. Filler anyone? Maybe but it fits in nicely with what’s to come Femme Fatale 8/10 The first song where Nico really comes into to play its really all about her bittersweet and decidedly strange Germanic voice. The song is very much about her and Reed tries to portray her as the kind of heartbreaker that the title suggests. Again not one of the greatest tracks on the album but a good way of introducing Nico’s influence Venus in Furs 10/10 Probably the best song on the album... Read review

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...Nominally produced by Andy Warhol, The Velvet Underground and Nico is one of the most important and influential albums of all time. The only record the group recorded with Nico, the disc includes the seminal "Heroin," "I'm Waiting for the Man," and "Venus in Furs." As with the finest films and books, each song provides a window into a world that most will otherwise not have experienced. "Heroin" is probably the finest example of this, with the rush and subsequent down of the drug masterfully conveyed via Tucker's unorthodox drum style (simply involving padded beaters on a bass drum turned on its side), continuous changes in tempo, different musicians playing in different tempos at the same time, and Cale's shrieking viola-induced feedback at the end. In terms of sound the whole album is wide ranging, moving from the melodic beauty... Read review

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Advantages: Best Of What Would Have Been A Brilliant Band
Disadvantages: None

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