The Velvet Underground & Nico album was released by The Velvet Underground, an American rock band formed in New York City in 1964.
The iconic front cover of the album showcases a yellow banana with Andy Warhol's signature and is set in Robert Middleton's Coronet Bold font in the bottom right corner. The back cover features the album title in a rounded, blocky typeface that resembles Morris Fuller Benton's Othello font.