Nico - Desertshore - Import CD

Credits:

Nico

Description:

The Velvet Underground's female member and model Nico's two solo albums are being reissued on vinyl and CD! Christa Paffgen, a.k.a. Nico, is a German singer-songwriter, actress, fashion model, and member of the legendary New York rock band, The Velvet Underground. Her second and third solo albums, 1968's "The Marble Index" and 1970's "Desertshore," have now been reissued and released by Domino! The two long out-of-print albums have been reissued on vinyl and CD, featuring mastered recordings from the original tapes. The Marble Index" and "Desertshore" were co-produced by Velvet Underground bandmate John Cale, who was a major influence on the goth rock movement.Iconic American rock journalist Lester Bangs wrote of "The Marble Index" that it is "an avant-garde classic and a masterpiece of serious music in the second half of the 20th century," and The New Yorker magazine recently hailed both albums as "a gritty miracle of will and a solemn miracle of invention. Both CDs and LPs also feature previously unreleased photographs of Nico taken by Guy Webster.

Tracklisting:

1.Janitor Of Lunacy
2.The Falconer
3.My Only Child
4.Le Petit Chevalier
5.Abschied
6.Afraid
7.Mutterlein
8.All That Is My Own