European Son (track)
by The Velvet Underground & Nico
Year: 1967
From the album The Velvet Underground & Nico (track #11)
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European Son appears on the following album(s) by The Velvet Underground & Nico:
- The Velvet Underground & Nico (track #11) (this album) (1967)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 08/30/2026 07:46 | Siromynian | 20,416 | 71/100 |
| ! | 07/23/2026 01:21 | stryker700 | 1,893 | 84/100 |
| ! | 05/18/2026 20:56 | NickD89 | 7,124 | 72/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 19% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 77.5/100, a mean average of 76.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.6/100. The standard deviation for this track is 16.6.
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LAF2 10/23/2014 00:17 | #125039
When I think of this album, I see the human desire to escape chaos and disorder that plague modern society. Whether it be through drugs (Heroin), sex (Venus in Furs), or simply peer pressure (All Tomorrow's Parties), mankind always searches for an outlet, an escape from the overwhelming chaos of society. So, when I listen to this song as it slowly slips into the chaotic instrumental improv, I find myself getting lost in the chaos myself. I think this song beautifully closes off the album and reinforces its concept beautifully yet subtly. (Edited)
slurpdurp 02/05/2017 02:01 | #184921
I'm surprised that so many people seem to dislike this track because I think it's the perfect closer for TVU&N. It is probably the most experimental track on the album, and it paved the way for future experimental acts. You can't help but immediately hear how much this influenced artists like Sonic Youth, Smashing Pumpkins, Nirvana, and the likes. This song opened up so much more possibilities for rock music and how it could be performed. I love it. The first time I heard it, I played it again and again and again.
Like almost every song on the record, this song is perfect. When I see all the negative comments about this song I just don't understand, if you don't like this song, do you really like The Velvet Underground? I mean they're one of the most experimental and innovative bands of all time, this song only being 2nd to Sister Ray as their most experimental. If you dislike this song, you definitely aren't ready for WL/WH that's for sure. (Edited)
This is the track that stops this album from being perfect. A pointless and pretentious wall of noise that goes on far too long. The only good thing about this song(?) is that it's the last song so you can switch the album off after, the black angel's death song, although in truth I actually hate to do that. Still, this is awful, but considering the genius of the other tracks it doesn't ruin the album, just slightly tarnishes it. (Edited)
If you're 5 minutes into the album, it'd be hard to believe it ends like this. But it does and I love it. (Edited)
