10 Rock Music Albums That Were Way Ahead Of Their Time

3. The Velvet Underground & Nico - The Velvet Underground And Nico

Usually, one of the indicators that an album was ahead of its time is a lack of financial success during its initial run.

Take this album for example, which made absolutely no money at all.

The Velvet Underground & Nico was the debut album from... uh... The Velvet Underground and Nico. That checks out.

Lou Reed's underground minstrels and the German temptress combined forces to put out what is now considered one of the best albums of all time. In the moment though, it was a flop.

Its depictions of sex, drugs, and other naughty things got it banned from most record stores and radio stations, leading to it going unloved for many years.

Of course, nowadays this album is considered something of a holy relic amongst music fans. You can find elements of all sorts of future subgenres on here; art rock; indie rock; garage rock; punk. The list goes on.

Basically, everyone who originally said that this album was bad was an idiot and they should all feel really guilty for depriving the world of its content for such a long time.