I will blissfully admit(ignorance ultimately?)but honest all the while that Chelsea Girl is my favorite Nico album. I have heard Marble Index and Desertshore enough to know that they are good but neither of those do it for me quite like Chelsea Girl does.
There is a quiet sophistication and innocence all the same in these recordings. Repeated crescendos with violins and Nico's beautiful wispy call. The production always reminds me of the serenely nice brownstone laden area's of a wealthier Washington D.C. Both Nico's tone and lyricism here evoke strong feelings of someone who is a bit past prime. Although nico proved the bittersweetness of this lp as a hoax by following with more ambitious works throughout the rest of the 60's and 70's
This is the first studio release from the lauded queen of the Velevet Underground and was recorded by Tom Wilson in new york in 66. Features John Cale, Leonard Cohen and a slew of other performers and cohorts.
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