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| ARTIST: | Nico |
| CATEGORY: | Music |
| MANUFACTURER: | Polydor / Pgd |
| MEDIA: | Audio CD |
| TRACKS: | The Fairest Of The Seasons, These Days, Little Sister, Winter Song, It Was A Pleasure Then, Chelsea Girls, I'll Keep It With Mine, Somewhere There's A Feather, Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams, Eulogy To Lenny Bruce |
| UPC: | 042283520929 |
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Customer Reviews of Chelsea Girl
BEAUTIFUL MUSIC I am not surprised to see some negative reviews On Nico's cd. i know alot of people don't really dig Nico. I at first was not into Nico. When i heard her sing in The Velvet Underground, I was like "God she can't sing! " but when I heard her solo albums, I decided to buy them myself. Nico may not have a marvelous voice(but neighter do I!LOL) But her lyrics are powerful. She did not write any of the songs in this album(mostly written by Lou Reed, and one by Bob Dylan) But check out "The End", "The Desert Shore", and "The marble index", and she WROTE all those lyrics herself. She was a poet herself. I LOVE her music, and I think Nico is great, and It's sad that people leave so many negative reviews on her. i really recommend this album!
Some People Are Very Kind.
Nico's Chelsea Girl is something unlike anything I've ever heard before. Released in 1966, after Nico, an ex-model, divorced herself from the company of The Velvet Underground and Andy Warhol, Chelsea Girl is by far the best work of her three-album career. Accompanied by music that sounds as if it were fast-forwarded through time from a chamber in a medieval stone castle, Nico's heavily accented German voice makes her sound like an old toddler singing melancholy songs. Written mainly by Jackson Browne and Lou Reed [but with a little help from Bob Dylan], the lyrics are compassionate and simple--childish but world-wearied: "Everybody will help you--some people are very kind. But if I can save you any time--come on, give it to me. I'll keep it with mine." Do you remember the line from "Stairway to Heaven"--the one that says, "In my thoughts I have seen rings of smoke through the trees and the voices of those who stand looking...and a new day will dawn for those who stand long and the forests will echo with laughter." Well, these, more than any I've heard, remind me of Nico and describe she and her music very nicely. There are many, as I say, nice songs on this album, and there are none that are not fabulous and fantastic [I don't mean "awesome"]. If you are looking for songs like "Heroin" and "Black Angel's Death Song," there is only one like this on Chelsea Girls, called "It Was a Pleasure, Then." Don't worry, though, there are many songs like "I'll Be Your Mirror." Now that I've mentioned "Black Angel's Death Song," the lyrics of it are very much reminding of Nico. In order to understand what I'm saying, you must think of these lyrics and consider what sort of scene in your mind they conjure. If you like it, you will also like Nico's Chelsea Girl.
Excellent stuff, but not for everybody
Chelsea Girl (1967.) Nico's first solo album.
In 1966, The Velvet Underground recorded their first studio album, Velvet Underground And Nico. Although most of the tracks on that album featured Lou Reed singing, a few of them featured Nico. When the band enlisted Andy Warhol's management, Nico (who Warhol obviously quite liked) joined the band. However, after releasing the first album in 1967, the band dropped Warhol's management, and along with him Nico left the band. Fortunately, this wasn't going to be the end of Nico's musical career. Following her departure from the Velvets, she recorded her first solo album, Chelsea Girl. It was released in 1967, less than a year after the Velvet Underground album she sang a few tracks on. Read on for my review of Nico's first solo effort.
If you liked the Nico tracks that appeared on the Velvet Underground album, chances are you'll like this album. Her voice can be a little tough to get used to at first, but chances are you'll grow to love it deeply. I should warn you, though - this album, while good, does quite differ from the Velvet Underground album that she sang on. While the Velvets were an artsy rock group that heavily emphasized the typical instruments you'd expect from a pop-rock band (guitars, drums, etc.), this Nico album is a bit more heavy on orchestral arrangements. While this transition can be a little tricky to make, once you make it, you should agree that this is an excellent album. Interestingly, most of the songs on here are NOT Nico originals - they were mostly co-written by other famous rockers of the day (Jackson Brown and Bob Dylan to name a few), and Nico's former Velvet Underground cohorts (including Lou Reed.) On every song on the album, Nico sings excellently. Even though there aren't a whole lot of her originals on here (she only wrote one of the songs, and even then, she only CO-wrote it), you probably won't care.
Sadly, it seems that (as of July 9, 2004) this album is out of print in America, or only available in limited distribution (I had to hunt long and hard to find me a copy.) This means that you're either going to have to hunt long and hard for one yourself, or order one from an internet retailer. It's a shame the album isn't more readily available, because it IS quite good.
In the end, Nico's solo debut is an excellent album. However, like my review title states, this stuff is NOT for everybody. This is ONLY for the open-minded. But if you can get used to Nico's sound, you'll agree that it's an excellent one indeed. It's sad that Nico is so underrated, because very few female musicans have a voice this good.