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Nico is the German-born model/actress who became part of the Warhol Crowd and a vocalist on the Velvets' first album. She soon left the band and ventured out on her own as an avant-garde soloist. DESERTSHORE, produced by John Cale, is highly atmospheric music making, with crashing percussion and droning harmonium. Nico's decisive vocals wail and wind through an ambient adventure of obscure self-penned songs. "Afraid," gracefully backed by acoustic piano is by far the most accessible.
There's a dry timbre to her vocals which is reminiscent of Marianne Faithfull, but DESERTSHORE is more performance-oriented, set in a more textured setting. Nico's influence might be more wide-ranging than one might think; it sounds like many contemporary female rockers have some of her solo records next to well-worn copies of THE VELVET UNDERGROUND & NICO in their collections. And while the sound of this 1970 album is an acquired taste, it is a sound that has become increasingly popular in contemporary recordings by new-folk, Celtic, and New Age artists.
Don't be put off by the title of the first track, "Janitor Of Lunacy." It is not a horrorcore metal track, but rather a dense, Celtic-sounding dirge. Is this really the Nico you remember from the Velvet Underground?
Live Recording
Personnel includes: Nico (vocals, harmonium); Adam Miller (background vocals).
Rolling Stone (2/4/71, p.58) - "...a work of genius....Its dominant mood is Gothic: guttering candles sputtering black wax on cold stone floors as the sound of Nico's harmonium drifts in from another room..."
The Wire (6/00, pp.35-6) - "...[A] glacial classic....[with] arrangements that play like arthouse mini-movies....her voice glowers like a black fog suspended inside a tower of harmonium wails..." Desertshore Music Review Average Rating: (4.5 out of 5 stars)   outstanding!
this is an outstanding album! it is a dark, cold journey into disperation and anguish. The entire album give a strong sensation of emptiness.
Submitted by antonio.landa (udine, italy) 
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nico nico nico....
5 stars with a qualifier-you have to be a nico fan! barebones nico, her voice and her harmonium, along with some minimal accompaniment, produced by john cale-so, sort of a "partial velvet underground" album! i love it, but again, you have to be a nico fan-this is the kind of stuff that someone who is NOT a nico fan would comment-"what the HELL is that stuff?" but for a nico/cale/velvets fan, its the next best thing to dying and going to heaven. talk about ATMOSPHERE! whoaaaa!
Submitted by a reviewer (rock city, IL, usa)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No  Odd but interesting album
Excellent CD: only one thing wrong: both of the CDs I ordered from CD Universe arrived with broken cases (really flimpsy mailing envelope).
Submitted by barryma (Minneapolis, MN)
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Days gone by..
First touch with Nico was, whwen I heard Sopor Aeternus' version of "Abschied". I thought it was Sopors own track. I was wrong. The song itself fits very well with Sopor, but the feelings of "Desertshore" is somehow more intense. Nico is not faking and the record is far away from all the hippie-stuff of that time! It is dark, that's for sure, but I think the sun shines somewhere in her mind, maybe behind the clouds, but anyway it does. Who does this kind of albums today. No one.....
Submitted by muussinuija (Finland)
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