#23 The Velvet Underground, 'The Velvet Underground and Nico' (1967)

The original art rock record, ‘The Velvet Underground and Nico’ burst onto the scene to no acclaim. Funded by Andy Warhol, the album was experimental and controversial… and one of the most influential of all time. The record only sold 30,000 copies within its first 5 years but “everyone who bought one of those 30,000 copies started a band!,” said Brian Eno in 1982. Amongst those 30,000 was a young musician named David Jones, later to be known as David Bowie.