The Marble Index, Nico, Music CD

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The Marble Index


1	Prelude 0:50
2	Lawns Of Dawns 3:12
3	No One Is There 3:36
4	Ari's Song 3:20
5	Facing The Wind 4:52
6	Julius Caesar (Memento Hodie) 4:57
7	Frozen Warnings 4:00
8	Evening Of Light 5:33
9	Roses In The Snow previously unreleased 4:06
10	Nibelungen previously unreleased 2:44

Biography

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The quirky, orchestrated folk-rock of Nico's 1968 debut album, Chelsea Girl, in no way prepared listeners for the stark, almost avant-garde flavor of her 1969 follow-up, The Marble Index. The chanteuse presented an uncompromisingly bleak, gothic soundscape on her second album. Dominated by spare harmonium and Nico's deep, brooding vocals, this album unveiled her singularly morose songwriting (her first record featured none of her compositions). Owing more to European classical and folk music than rock, it found little favor with 1969 audiences. But like the work of the Velvet Underground, it proved to be quite influential in the long run on a future generation of black-clad goth rockers. Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide

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June 08, 2001: Although it didn't find much of a following when it was released in 1968,Nico's second album is now considered a gothic masterpiece.Much because it was practically the first. With her haunting voice, chilling arrangements,and morose poetry, she made an album that few females had the gull to make in the late 60's and in the long run influcenced a whole new genre of music

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The Marble Index


1	Prelude 0:50
2	Lawns Of Dawns 3:12
3	No One Is There 3:36
4	Ari's Song 3:20
5	Facing The Wind 4:52
6	Julius Caesar (Memento Hodie) 4:57
7	Frozen Warnings 4:00
8	Evening Of Light 5:33
9	Roses In The Snow previously unreleased 4:06
10	Nibelungen previously unreleased 2:44

All Music Guide

The quirky, orchestrated folk-rock of Nico's 1968 debut album, Chelsea Girl, in no way prepared listeners for the stark, almost avant-garde flavor of her 1969 follow-up, The Marble Index. The chanteuse presented an uncompromisingly bleak, gothic soundscape on her second album. Dominated by spare harmonium and Nico's deep, brooding vocals, this album unveiled her singularly morose songwriting (her first record featured none of her compositions). Owing more to European classical and folk music than rock, it found little favor with 1969 audiences. But like the work of the Velvet Underground, it proved to be quite influential in the long run on a future generation of black-clad goth rockers. Richie Unterberger

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Product Details

Format: CD
Original Release: 1969
Release Date: 03/19/1991
Label: ELEKTRA / ADA
Catalog No.: 61098
UPC: 075596109826
Sales Rank: 61,760

Album Credits
Performance Credits
Nico		Primary Artist, Marimbas, Vocals
John Cale		Bass, Guitar, Keyboards

Technical Credits
John Cale		Arranger
John Haeny		Engineer
Frazier Mohawk		Producer
William S. Harvey		Art Direction
Gerard Malanga		Creative Consultant