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Nico - The Marble Index Audio CD

A fair review of the Nico "The Marble Index" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Nico reviews here, or go back to the Nico tabs.

Nico Band: Nico
Title: The Marble Index
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Release Date: 1991-03-19
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Prelude 2: Lawns of Dawns 3: No One Is There 4: Ari's Song 5: Facing the Wind 6: Julius Caesar (Memento Hodie) 7: Frozen Warnings 8: Evening of Light 9: Roses in the Snow [#] 10: Nibelungen [#]

Attack of the Tuneless Chanteuse
As an artist, she's simply a beautiful amateur trying to disguise her lack of musical talent underneath a chic veneer of avant-garde cliches and cool but hopelessly inept New York anti-intellectualism. As a human being, Nico was a beautiful enigma--much like Oscar Wilde, she reserved her art for the living of her life. The Marble Index does, however, contain Nico's best song, the stark, forbidding "Frozen Warnings. " Too bad the rest of Nico's work was never up to this standard.


durchaus
listen to krautrock, from michael rother's feuerland to frank duval's give me your love. nico was the haunted soul of germany. or amon düül II's face. thank god there where brian and andy. it's one of the best when rarely is not the best of the 60's. it's very reflective, not hippie at all. greatfull dead is a christmas cake against it. very meaningfull anti-trend. like just announcement for further things to come. .


not quite perfect


The conscious effort to make this release sound different than Nico's first release, Chelsea Girls, succeeds with one misstep: Facing The Wind, which is drowned with a sort of "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" vocal effect that is totally distracting. What can you compare this to? Nico's melodic vocals, with a slight vibrato, set to discordant arrangements, courtesy of her harmonium and John Cale's arrangements are very different, very unique, but not quite perfect.

Regardless, this is a satisfying listen. The best in this vein was still to come with Nico's next release, Desert Shore.
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intense
The Marble Index provides a very nice mix of emotionally powerful songs. Nico is one of the very few people whose music stays with me.

If you are someone who hates ambiguity and songs that might force you to think/focus on them, I'm guessing you'll hate this album. It's not melodic in the classical sense, though it is a harmonious blend of seemingly discordant elements.

I don't think that the songs on this album will ever come to be appreciated by a majority of people, as the ideology they represent is frightening because it is so free.

Nico touched the abyss and found that it wasn't so bad being there.


So horrible
Too bad I couldn't give this 0 stars. . .

I've never heard a more horrible, depressing album in my life. If you enjoy listening to a woman with a awful voice speak in confusing codes and metaphors without any type of beat structure or musical talent, this album is for you.

100% nausea; I can't believe I suffered through this review.


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