The Marble Index Nico For Sale

Of nico s masterful trilogy the marble index is nico s most dream like and avante garde though it is perhaps not accessible to a casual music listener though for them i might suggest desertshore which is nico s most acessible album with regards to the albums she had full control over.

The marble index nico for sale.

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15 off sitewide excluding sale items exclusives and select items id. Dominated by spare harmonium and nico s deep brooding vocals this album unveiled her singularly morose songwriting. Nico the marble index. The chanteuse presented an uncompromisingly bleak gothic soundscape on her second album.

The marble index is the second solo album and third studio album by german musician nico which was released in november 1968 on elektra records the avant garde sound introduced in the album a stark contrast with her folk pop debut chelsea girl was the result of the combination of nico s droning harmonium and somber vocals and producer john cale s musical arrangements which were. Nico s harmonium playing on the marble index was the reason i bought my own harmonium three months later for 30 paid over six months in instalments of 5 writing grave elegies like the teardrop explodes the great dominions the culture bunker you disappear from view window shopping for a new crown of thorns. It s also a work of tremendous power and artistic achievement absolutely on a par with her velvet underground work. The marble index sundazed music inc availability.

The marble index is a scary deeply unsettling record with nico s low affect voice and those twisted john cale semi classical arrangements. Not a cheerful listen but beyond essential. Referencing the marble index lp album re lp 5131 i must say that i agree with most reviewers here. I wouldn t say that this is a poor pressing but there is indeed too much annoying noise.

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 1968 follow up the marble index. 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.