Reviews (page 3 of 9)
Listened previously. Expectations: Mid - Verdict: Good - I listened to this once about ten years ago so this is effectively a new listen. I love Nico's voice, it's so unique. The Fairest Of The Seasons is a nice song and I can see why These Days is the biggest song here, it's really good. I also like Winter Song. I usually like weird psychedelic explorations but It Was A Pleasure Then doesn't do anything for me. Chelsea Girls is better. The rest is good as well. Solid album but nothing crazy.
Sådan et vill album. Alle sangene lyder som om de er skrevet til hende. These Days 10/10, en af mine yndlingssange nogensinde. Bedre end VU&N imho. Stor 4
Føles ret meget som Velvet Underground & Nicos mindre kendte kusine (meget positivt!)
Nice and noisy, experimental.
This is a bit of a weird one. Some sort of difficult songs, which is interesting, but didn't really hit with me either.
Started well, the music on the first 2 tracks was actually pretty decent, lo-fi guitars punctuated by pretty orchestration but I’m afraid Nico’s voice and delivery ground me down early. The rest of the album just grated even when the underlying tracks may have had some merit I can’t take her singing. 1.9
Two half decent songs (these days and I'll keep it with mine) doesn't save this. The rest is unlistenable.
Okay
6/10 Esta bueno, pero tiene un tema donde no desafina apropósito los instrumentos y el micrófono, me fundió eso. No me aburrio pero me condicionó muchísimo esa parte, por el resto bastante bien, no es una locura pero cumple
i really liked the first couple songs but it kind of trails off after that. disappointing i really wanted to love this
Als gäbe sie sich mühe beim Singen keine Miene zu verziehen
Despreciada como pocas (por Lou Reed especialmente, que además recibió el mismo o peor trarto por su parte). De sus romances y relaciones no procede hablar. Una artista incomprendida que con el paso de los años ha ido escalando prestigio. Referente para muchas, muchísimas cantantes y artistas (de Siouxsie a Scarlett Johansson). Deja la VU y publica este disco apenas unos meses después. Al año siguiente otra joya y así dos veces más, hasta que desaparece y tiene un trágico final. Este debut, más folkie (The Fairest of the Seasons) que sus experimentales discos posteriores, guarda algunos momentos exquisitos: Little Sister, es lógicamente sonido VU. Winter Song, también pero más caótico, sonido tabernario (Cale). Somewhere There's a Feather creo que es la más floja del lote, no es un mal tema pero el resto son mejores. Eulogy To Lenny Bruce es una canción triste, evoca el estado de ánimo de la portada. Producción de Tom Wilson, Lou Reed aporta guitarras eléctricas en «Little Sister», «It Was a Pleasure Then», «Chelsea Girls» y «Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams»; John Cale añade viola, órgano y guitarra en los temas más densos; Sterling Morrison contribuye con guitarras en «Chelsea Girls» y «Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams». Jackson Browne, por su parte, firma «The Fairest of the Seasons», «These Days» y «Somewhere There’s a Feather», y toca la guitarra en cinco temas. La presencia de Bob Dylan se siente en «I’ll Keep It With Mine», una canción que parece escrita para Nico, aunque nunca lo fue oficialmente. De lo mejor del disco, un tema excelente donde la grave voz de Nico queda perfectamente arropada por las cuerdas y ese fondo folk. (Tomado de https://tomajazz.com/web/nico-chelsea-girl-1967-reed-2023/) Una experiencia para un disco publicado en el año más importante de la música...
Lovely
it may be polarizing but i love her brand of singing and this serves as a bonus Velvet Underground album of sorts to me this is an essential work and great entry into the extended Warhol (Factory) universe 5/5
60s female folk singer
I thought that Chelsea Girl was an album that did it's job pretty well. I only really knew Nico from her collaboration with The Velvet Underground on the album named after both of them and i will say this album was better musically than that album was. Like i said, this album had some pretty good music with the main show stealer being the violins as they were really nice sounding. Nico also had a pretty nice voice and the lyrics on offer were also pretty good. I will say that there are some points where the songs were not very well composed and that wasn't fun to listen to but other than that, this album is pretty good. Best Song: I'll Keep It With Mine Worst Song: It Was A Pleasure Then
Really different sound.
Nein! Nein! Fraulein!
Interesting on a song by song basis, but a little samey. I felt like I was watching an artsy movie where the main character spends a lot of time gazing into puddles and shop windows.
The album is fine but I’m giving myself 3 stars for thinking I’ll keep it with mine sounds like a Bob Dylan song and then learning it was written by Bob Dylan
Nope Sounds like a coffee house vanity project mixed with Jethro Tull flute castoffs
m,mmm
< the Beatles I've really come to learn that a lot of "cool" music is really just artists who... Struggle with talent and is really slow and boring.
buen disco. a mi comadre se le mete la psicodelia de la nada y por alguna razón eso hace que te cautive más. en algo momento pensé que estabamos llamando al chamuco mientras escuchaba el album, pero no hay mano con ese machucao por acá. después la rusia ya volvió a cantar bonito, pero metiendo cositas exóticas que, por alguna razón, hacian más ricos los temitas. buen disco, pero piolin.
I've been curious to hear her with Velvet Underground, but this came first on the generator. I suppose the instrumental side of this project is easy to appreciate. Her vocals, less so, and they're definitely the reason one would be listening to this, a strong protagonist. We can appreciate that she's German, she sounds like it, but I've heard people sound German and also have a lovely voice so I'm a bit confused with the necessity of this listen. To think she was upset about the winds and strings, I think they make the effort listenable. I feel like with another vocalist this might be built for my folk tastes, not an easy genre for me, but this is really well produced. I find it highly listenable and slightly hard to tolerate at the same time. 2.5/5
It's relatively nice. Sucks that she's racist though (8/10, 4/5 on this scale) (Update: 3/5 on this scale, not too spectacular in hindsight besides two or three tunes)
Super bonito, me encantó para esos momentos que necesitas paz mental. Combina con el dia de lluvia q tuve hoy.
a special voice, and a great collection of songs. "These Days" is especially haunting
2 out of 5. While monotonous there's a possibility of a good album here in the first half.
Artsy and odd. The cover art is gorgeous. Eulogy to Lenny Bruce is slightly bonkers. I wanted to be wow’d but I think it would take drugs I’m not willing to mess with.
Oh, sweet Nico. Although I prefer her darker more experimental work (Marble Index and Desertshore, specifically), I will always have a soft spot for this one in there. Somewhat of an interesting but predictable pivot after her work with the Velvets, nestling her in this sweet spot between esoterica and darkness.
garbage
Art world darling
videogame tavern music. listenable
Прекрасно под чай
Wtf was dit
Beautiful, haunting. Perfect in it's way, but drags at points. The 2-3 best songs are some of the best ever written
I really don't know what to say about this one... There were many good things about this album, but then a lot fell flat for me, too. The vocals, throughout, were lovely to listen to. Nico's voice has a really soothing quality to it, further supported by the calming tones of the instruments throughout the entire album. However, I feel you can always have too much of something. After the first 4 songs, it started to become... boring, I suppose. I really enjoyed the first half of the album, but then, when realising that the rest of the songs sounded pretty much the same, I started to get a bit fed up with it. Listening to these songs separately, maybe mixed in a playlist, I feel I would enjoy them a lot more. But one after the other, it becomes tedious. As much as 'Chelsea Girls' is one of my favourite tracks on the album, I feel it went on for a bit too long. I love a lengthy song, but only when it utilises the time to experiment a bit and try different things throughout. A repetitive song that lasts 7 minutes, however, kind of leaves you waiting for it to end... It was the same feeling I had when I was listening to 'Elvis Presley Blues' by Gillian Welch. Granted, this song by Welch was only 5 minutes, but it was incredibly repetitive from start to finish. Favourites: The Fairest Of The Seasons These Days Chelsea Girls
Es muy suave para mi estilo
Great tunes, enjoying the Dylan one.
peaceful fav song: Somewhere There's A Feather
It was passable, but not something I'll ever listen to again.
Maybe the first instance of the life-long phenomenon where I really liked an artist and then everyone was like "she's tone deaf" I have an abiding love of These Days, but maybe a full album was too much time with Nico. That said I've been driving around singing The Fairest of Seasons in my best deep-toned, german-accented naturally off-key singing voice.
I remember trying to like "These Days" for some reason as a teenager (probably other, cooler people I looked up to liked it) and struggled. It hit pretty good today. I think I've also grown a little more open to "odd" vocals, which Nico has for sure. 3.5
Meh, dit vind ik niks hoor
While strong vocal technique isn’t essential, her vocals often feel like an unpolished karaoke performance. The only real highlight is the impressive list of songwriters involved.
YO how can you guys hate music from The Royal Tenenbaums 😭😭😭
Her voice is terrible and the music is poor.
There are a lot of great songs here. As an album experience, though, Nico’s lack of vocal range makes the songs start to feel boring/monotonous by the end.
I've never listened to this full album, I just knew a couple songs. I was always very taken by the contrast of her voice and the very sparse instruments behind it, and very lofi production. The Fairest of the Seasons is a beautiful song and still my favourite, along with These Days, I think they really captured the best of her potential. It gets a little weird and experimental on It Was A Pleasure Then with the feedback, random guitar and noise, and scatty vocals. I appreciate it though and see how this is deeply influential to many who came after. Incredibly ahead of its time.
I like how original the album is but I don't like the singing very much. Made me think of Phoebe from Friends all the time...
Droney voice, not a pleasant listen. I got through the whole thing, but one listen is enough. Just about gets a 2 for a couple of songs.
No thank you! Hated this, the whole album is one long complaint
When the artist themselves can’t listen to the album because they hate the arrangements, it feels like maybe it shouldn’t be on the list. Maybe influential, but not that enjoyable.
Man, I basically only ever heard These Days and was looking forward to this album. Really bland experience. It's like it's hunting for depth and meaning but in a glass of water. The strongest parts of this album are all of the instrumental choices trying to offset her lack of skill as a singer. Interesting album to have heard but it's not great. These Days is a captivating song in a strange way.
When this started I thought maybe her voice is interesting in it's oddness. When These Days hit I thought okay this works, maybe I would like to hear it with just vocals and guitar. The guitar really got me on that track. From there though over all this is a mess.
Not only quite boring, but also badly sung in an annoying German accent
I was never a fan of Nico. She has an interesting voice, but her songs seemed to have been more spoken than actually sung. She seemed off-key, and if not for her association with Andy Warhol, I doubt she would have received any recognition for her musicianship.
Wasn't really taken by this one, it's moody and the lyrics are interesting in parts but the vocals just really didn't appeal to me throughout most of the album.
есть нордические вайбы. местами скучновато, но оч приятно
I like Nico's flat slightly emotionless voice - and in particular the two openers (fairest of Seasons/ These Days) - which already knew very well thanks to Wes Anderson. Less keen when it goes a bit avant garde as think Nico's lack of emotion works best when signing love songs.
Chelsea Girl 6 music jizz themselves stupid about her version of These Days, but it is excellent, as is the rest of this album, a great collection of blues-baroque-avant garde sometimes discordant experimental folkiness bound up around her superbly idiosyncratic and evocative voice. The juxtaposition of supporting artists is great, Jackson Browne’s superb country folk songs alongside a stripped back and pared down Velvet Underground, especially on the 1st side with The Fairest of the Seasons and and These Days alongside the odd chamber pop of Little Sister and Winter Song and the superbly off kilter It Was a Pleasure Then, which reminds me a little of Can, and the VU of course. The second side is perhaps not quite as strong, but the string laden version of I’ll Keep it With Mine is superb, and the excellent baroque treatment of Somewhere There’s a Feather is rather moving, as is the austere version of Eulogy to Lenny Bruce. I found myself getting more and more absorbed by it on each listen, its strange and stark atmosphere working its charms, and it feels well ahead of its time for 1967. It leans on some of the baroque and chamber pop that was popular in 66 and 67, but takes it into some odd corners. So for all that I think it just nudges a 5. 👭👭👭👭👭👭 Playlist submission: It Was a Pleasure Then
Not much says sadness like an emotionless Tueton exploring the very nature of existence over ten tracks. I've always had a soft spot for the naive delivery of Nico; it has a very unabashed direct quality, but can't exactly be said to be tuneful. Yet set to these melancholic tunes it becomes effectively doleful. There is an obvious comparison with Marianne Faithful, although I feel that 'Chelsea Girl' has an understated beauty that 'Broken English' doesn't. Overall this is a journey through the velvet underground, stripped down to its bare bones, delivered in sinister fashion under the cover of baroque pop. Quite the idiosyncratic album.
This one was tough. Because this album has all the ingredients for me to fall in love. But there's a line in Men in Black 3 where Bill Hader as Andy Warhol says "...I'm filming this man eating a hamburger. It's.... transcendent." I think this album would be the soundtrack to that film. If you want to lose me throw me an album full of string and woodwind arrangements. "I didn't like [the strings], but I could live with them. But the flute! The first time I heard the album, I cried and it was all because of the flute." Straight up quote from Nico herself (I got it off the Wikipedia page) I feel vindicated.
No. 154 The songs were mostly melancholy and the melodies, such as they were, fell flat.
Nope I not hearing anything good here Left wondering wtf is this on the 1001 Best Album list The music is not good, and there are thousands of female singers that I would listen to before enduring this
Was Warhol being provocative...getting a perverse joy out of seeing people fawn over pretentious garbage?
albums starts with straight bangers, but as it goes on, it sounds the same. beautiful lady still love these timeless songs
I think I've heard of this album but never actually listened to it. I'm not sure in what context I would have seen this but it is sort of familiar. Maybe from the Velvet Underground connection? And I do love a good woman-fronted pretentious art rock album so hopefully this fits the bill. I'm a little less optimistic after reading a few of the reviews. I should never read the reviews before listening to the album I suppose. Halfway through and I'm a bit torn. I like the idea, I like the vibe, I like the music. But the voice is just not doing it for me. Its sort of a monotone drone that just forms words. I get the hate but I can also see how this could have been an amazing album. I feel like the voice doesn't fit with anything else - like they recorded all the music and then she just sang over it but with completely different recording equipment and no attempt at making the sound fit together. Kind of hard to rate because I really wanted to like this one but the flat droning voice just took me out of it. Had the vocals been better and the production more even this would have been an easy 4. As it is, I find it hard to give it more than a couple of stars because I wouldn't ever listen to this again. 2.5/5
I always thought Nico was a male vocalist from Amsterdam as my only familiarity was their association with The Velvet Underground. So it was a pleasant surprise to see she’s a female singer from Germany. But Chelsea Girls is a little too artsy for me. She surrounded herself with some very well known musicians, the best song is Jackson Browne’s Somewhere There’s A Feather. (1.35*s) It seems to me that Nico was in to right place at the right time and hanging out with the right crowd to make it in the music industry. I’ll watch the movie Chelsea Girls if anyone is interested.
Don't like Velvet Underground or Nico as a collab so went in thinking I was doomed to more artsy BS. But solo Neeks is better. She got a not so appealing voice but somehow works with the musical backing. Basically no rhythm section so her singing comes on like monotone percussion. Good thing Tom Wilson added flute and strings to tracks against her wishes. Makes Chelsea Girl much better. It would be a bore without his influence. Can't say I hated this as much as I thought I would but still don't like it much. I'll "Wrap My Troubles in Dreams" tonight and give her 1.6 stars.
Andy Warhol must have really seen something in Nico to produce her solo stuff, put her in his movies and get her involved in The Velvet Underground. From my angle I'm not sure what he was so infatuated with. Maybe there's something interesting about her character in person, but her vocals and musical presence are rather lackluster from my point of view. Chelsea Girls has a minimalist approach that gets played out and boring pretty quickly. I haven't enjoyed much of the prior Nico exposure and this only further cements it. Warhol continues to prove the mediocrity of nearly everything he associated with. 1.08 stars
Jesus, was ein Album. Dann noch der Wikipedia Artikel das die Sängerin wohl Nazi und Rassistin war....
Möchtegern Jethro Tull. Langweilig und gleichzeitig schmerzhaft für die Ohren.
Irgendwie geil
I thought I liked Nico’s singing. Maybe I don’t. ⭐️⭐️
This album is definitely worth a listen, but apart from 2 or 3 songs, I doubt I'll come back to it. I feel like it's getting some unnecessary hate in the reviews though. Do the same people complaining about Nico's voice feel the same about Lou Reed's out of tune singing?
I really liked the first two songs. The rest of the album was good but not my type of music.
Props to Nico for not giving up on the entertainment business altogether after having... THIS kind of botched production job on her work. This is a very good lesson on how vital it is to find the right producer!
Pleasure then is worth a skip. The rest of the album almost scratches that Moody Blues itch.
fine
Oh my, is this a joke?
I really enjoy Nico's voice. It was made for movies. First two songs both used by Wes Anderson in perfect moments. As a whole album it misses the mark, but I like hearing her voice.
I quite like some of the songs in this album, and i suppose im biased because a few of them have been in my playlists before. I've never listened to the full album and it was good fun to listen to.
There was something about this that I really didn't like. Not passive dislike either, I couldn't concentrate on anything whilst this was playing like it's actually irking. I'd only heard of this woman through the Velvet Underground but didn't realise quite how dreadful she was whilst they were accompanying her.
Baroque pop?? Seriously?? Was there a single moment when she was on key in this entire album?
More great music to file taxes to!
These days är ju lite poppis, förstår varför
Pretty good! I love Nico's voice and am surprised I haven't heard this before given how much I love her tunes with the VU. The arrangements are great, not surprised Nico didn't like them but glad they exist despite her - reminds me of Nick Drake and Van Morrison in some bits. Definite relisten.
Like a bad karaoke singer but not quite bad enough to be funny
You can hear the sadness in her voice, yet she still sounds so German. The feedback on It Was a Pleasure Then was painful. Most of her music was very poetic. I enjoyed the flute and harp. Overall, not for me.
Just really not interesting to me - Nico plus string instruments was not a recipe for success.
Um, no thanks.
NIco was goed met de Velvet Underground... deze plaat is gewoon niet goed
I'm a huge Velvet Underground fan, and also like Andy Warhol quite a bit, but their fascination with Nico baffles me. Her pronunciations of English are so bizarre, and while she has a reasonably nice voice, it ends up sounding stilted.
Not bad but not the vibe for me
Pleasantly weird album today. Little bit of flute, little bit of distorted instruments, bit of a folk vibe. It was a pleasure Nico. Likely would not re-listen to this one but did enjoy it. Favourite song is ‘These Days’ for me though ‘It was a pleasure then’ was close just a bit long
Decent
whimsical and fun, but somber in a way
Not totally down with singing that’s almost in tune. Nonetheless, the album started strong but was a slog by the end
I did not like her voice.
After those first three songs I was preparing myself to give the rare five star for a folk album…but nothing else came close after that. Which is a shame. Obligatory: I like her work in the Velvet Underground.
I listen to these albums first thing in the morning and write the review about 24 hours later. In that short amount of time I’ve basically forgotten this album existed.
2,5 trop repetitif
today i cooked a great steak and it was truly scrumptious. tis a good day, tis a great album
I didn’t care for this at all - no ma’am! The songs were mostly melancholy and the melodies, such as they were, fell flat. Boring and joyless and not for me.
Tough listen
Bon, honnêtement album très moyen avec très peu de surprise passé la tonalité du premier son. Pour ma part je n'ai vraiment retenu que "Chelsea Girl" que je trouve plutôt bien et plus travaillé dans l'atmosphère, et "It was a pleasure then" que je trouve absolument terrifiant dans ses sonorités qui mélange une voix quelque peu angélique opposée à un vacarme absolument abominable. Cela marche néanmoins plutôt bien puis que ça évite de perdre l'auditeur en lui offrant un élément qui dénote entièrement de tout le projet. Toujours est il que je trouve l'album assez générique avec peu de surprises. Moyen par rapport à ce qu'à fait Nico plus tard
неплохо.
#302/1001. Aaaahhhhh. Nico. We love you, although I know it didn't make you feel any bettah, so you went and did what you did. But before you went totally dark and gloomy with the organ you gave us some gems, and this along the Velvets' first is one of them. Songs for Sundays.
It feels a bit desperate in an almost endearing way.
Hmmm Another of those probably historically vaguely important albums then. Maybe this needs to be on this list. But… I’ve come to realise that I generally dislike over orchestrated songs, and this is rather unfortunately full of them. And I’m not overly a fan of her voice on this either. These Days I’d obviously a great song, but this version with the elongated vocal and string quartet turn me off it. Jackson Browne’s versions are better; the one on Solo Acoustic 1 even talks about this version. Well worth a listen. There are some vaguely pleasant folky moments in places, but the production really ruins this. It seems Nico also disliked it. It’s not a 1, but it’s not much better.
This was pretty good, but I certainly have a couple complaints. Firstly, the elephant in the room is that outside of that Velvet Underground record, I dont listen to a lot of Nico, and frankly a lot of it is because she was *extremely* racist, especially since I have no shortage of artists who can fill the weird chilly singer-songwriter shaped hole in my heart in her stead. Anyways, with that out of the way, the music is pretty solid here. This is a singer songwriter record with a sparse palette and kind of an artschool beatnik vibe. The Velvet Underground's debut is honestly not a bad point of comparison, especially in it's less rock centered moments. I also generally like Nico's performances here. She has a cold, droning voice that reads as eerie and confrontational, which tracks, given everything I know about the woman. The quiet acoustic guitars and flutes and cellos here give the album a slight neo-classical slant as well. I will say that while the aesthetic is cool and probably Chelsea Girl's defining attribute. It's also not an anesthetic that carries it; going sparse and drone-y and weirdly in a context like this only flies if the songs are good, and many are. These Days is pretty and wistful, as is Winter Song. It Was A Pleasure Then has some really cool noise stuff going on. And Eulogy To Lenny Bruce is one of the starkest, most vulnerable moments here. What remains is largely decent, but some of it loses a little definition in it's sparseness. And I'll also say that there are a couple of moments here that would have benefited from a slightly more tuneful style of singing. But overall, this is a neat album with some real stand outs. As I alluded to, I dont really see myself coming back here much, but I suppose Im probably glad to have heard it.
The combination of her voice and the instrumentals was really something. I’ve given a lot of 4s lately which always feels boring but also surely these albums are on the list for a reason! Also love anytime this process adds another name i can look for in the record collection 🙏
This is the kind of album I never would’ve found on my own and am glad to have heard it. I’m sure there are many comparisons others could make but for me, this album was really quite unique. I loved the moments where her accent really poked through and Eulogy to Lenny Bruce was really something (for me, in particular, a graduate of AMST2606: Stand Up USA)
I thought this was lovely, and enjoyed it more than expected. This is probably offensive to say but I thought some of it sounded like bridgerton music, and other bits were really interesting and kinda experimental
She’s not a great vocalist but I don’t think that precludes her from being a great singer. She’s emotive and expressive and there’s something about her harsh German accent that blends so well with this beautiful folk backdrop. Also the Royal Tenenbaum’s is a great movie.
Beautiful music (guitar, violin & other strings) but her voice is droning & causes every song to become a durge.
Melancholy garbage. I appreciate the song These Days (St. Vincent's version is top notch), but Nico was right, the strings and flutes make this album almost unlistenable.
I don't get her. Doesn't have a good voice and I'm not keen on the songs.
This album was definitely not as bad as a bunch of these 1 rating reviews are making it out to be. Sure, there are a couple songs that get a little meandering and experimental. However, there's a number of songs here that have a nice airy, folky quality to them. This album certainly isn't incredible, but it's not bad either.
We all have to sit through 7 Bob Dylan albums with screeching harmonica on this list. Stop pretending this is torture because it's not conventional vocals. This is a solid album for the 1960s. The arrangements of guitar, strings and flute make for a generally pleasant album. The album drones on a bit, but that's the main flaw. 5/5 for an opium den, but 3/5 for me.
Really liked this album. Quite slow but managed to stay interesting. I know this version of These Days was the first one recorded, but I'm more familiar with Jackson Browne's own recording of it which is on the playlist my dad made for my mum for her birthday one year. Really liked this version though. I loved the strings throughout despite Nico not wanting them on the album - tbh I quite liked the flute too (even if it was a little much at times) but it does seem crazy to add flute against someone's wishes. Fav song: These Days - also liked The Fairest Of The Seasons and I'll Keep It With Mine Least Fav: It Was A Pleasure Then
These days I really like, also the cover art, but the rest don’t really do it for me. Chelsea girls is fine but just goes on too long. Specific rating - 3.9 Fav song - these days Least fav- it was a pleasure then
I like her better without the velvet underground, but there's still a lot of velvet underground on this album. I, like Nico, think the flutes are a bit unnecessary. Favourite song: These Days Least: It Was A Pleasure Then
really enjoyed
Nowhere near as bad as people here are saying it is, especially the first few tracks which are great. It does fall of a little into the B sides, but overall I liked it.
2.0 Extremely poor. Boring beyond reproach. Firstly, I can't get the vocals at all. I know many artists I like can't technically sing, but they all sound tonnes better than this. Music so dull. Not sure why, but I now understand people who say they don't like Nick Drake, I think this is what it must sound like to their ears. Titular track the only album highlight, but even then at seven and a half minutes it's not even worth adding to any playlist, I'll just get bored eventually.
Pretty but forgettable
I disliked this one as I was listening. Mostly Nico’s disconnected voice in too large a dosage. Then once it ended I thought “I’m going to listen to that again. It was good.” Brains are stupid.
Thought I was going to hate this, but enough big songwriting names and Cale madness to get it across the line
Absolutely awful. Terrible voice, boring songs, horrific random flute throughout. Worst album on this list so far
Vocals alone drop this down to a 1-2 star album. Add the pretentious new renaissance style and it drops it even more. Not for me. What a stupid list - shit like this is grounds to leave. This made my wife nauseous and she’s not preg
I’m sorry but she can’t sing. 1 star just for the vocals. Don’t even get me started on the flute and terrible feedback sounds on that one song.
Reminds me a bit of Amanda Palmer. I wouldn't be surprised if Palmer's main influence was Nico. The flute wasn't nearly as awful as Nico made it out to be.
Nico is cool idc what Briggs says
Not as bad as I had expected, still not super great.
Chelsea Girls went on so long that I thought I had died and been put in a hell where I had to listen to Chelsea Girls on loop forever
my god this sucks. guess being a nazi will do that to you. p.s. why does chelsea girls go on for 10 years. it's like a circle of hell. ft: these days lft: eulogy to lenny brucem chelsea girls, it was a pleasure then
singer songwriter, 1967 -> 2
I haven’t heard this before, but I’ve heard almost all of the songs on this album before. At least half of these are on a reissue of the first velvet underground album i own and several others were on some mixtapes I’ve had over the years, and at least one other one was on a soundtrack album. So listening to this feels kind of like listening to a greatest hits album with a few bonus tracks. And it also feels like listening to a velvet underground album since they were playing in the backing band. Needless to say, I really like this.
Not for me
I found her voice dreary and the songs unremarkable. I tried twice through and didnt find merit. Its not bad, it just doesnt stand up
Ok
I don’t get the Nico fascination. I guess you needed to be there. With Andy Warhol and The Velvet Underground and that whole scene to get it.
I could see how the aesthetic here, especially the string arrangements, came to influence the sound of Wed Andersonian indie rock. The first two tracks are amazing. I just didn't find the overall thrust of the album very engaging.
This is fabulous - I know everyone involved hated the production but I love it. I love her voice, I love the guitar work, I love that it's all slightly shonky. Fairest Of The Seasons, These Days, I'll Keep It With Mine are particular highlights.
There's a definite charm to this. It's obviously nowhere near touching her album with The Velvet Underground, but there's obviously a lot of the same DNA flowing through it.
interesting listening to this now that im older, experimental and bold at the time, that would later lead it to become infamous. Not to mention Nico's personal life that drove her to more fame. In terms of what it means contextually in music history its an album filled with a lot of artistic choices.
This is a great album for everyone who listens to The Velvet Underground & Nico and thinks there is too much Velvet Underground.
This lady sucks. She is not singing just saying the words off key. Ick.
# ALBUM RATING GLOBAL 589 CURRENT Signing Off UB40 Reviews Wikipedia 588 Mar 04 2026 A Love Supreme (opens in new tab) John Coltrane 5 3.63 Reviews Wikipedia A top ten album for me, the blend of attractive chamber-folk and uncompromisingly Teutonic interpretation from Nico, and subtle subversiveness, is extraordinary. As much today as it was in 1966, this record has the power to polarize….always a good sign. 587 Mar 03 2026 Chelsea Girl (opens in new tab) Nico Rate
So, hang on, Nico said even she couldn't listen to this album? Yet we are expected to? How on earth is it on this list? It's terrible.
Some of this was beautiful, and some of it was horrible. So, 3?
Just a real downer
6.5 me gustó pero sé me hizo denso escucharlo
I can imagine that Nico is polarizing. You’re either into her voice or it’s like nails on a chalkboard. Personally I love it. Chelsea Girl is a stone cold classic.
I’m pissed. I loved this album so much and then I googled her
Liked this more than I thought, but it does drone on. Her voice isn’t great but works.
Only really familiar with Nico from the Velvet Underground before but I really enjoyed this. These Days especially very good
i’ve known nico but only by her vocals on the velvet underground and nico album. i loved that album and her voice on it especially on femme fatale. but on this album i get more of her vocals and i love it. it’s hauntingly beautiful, this album is great. i just saw that bob dylan wrote i’ll keep it mine and for some reason this reminds me of some of bob dylan’s work. it sukcs that some of the strings arrangement wasn’t part of nico’s plan and her team just ignored nico’s ideas. she was dissatisfied with th flutes and strings but they still went ahead and kept it on some of the songs which sucks . but i would say that the songs are still good, it’s a very folksy vibe that i like to hear. i have a special interest in these type of music and im glad i got the opportunity to listen to this album.
Longest 45 minutes of my life I've heard farts that held a better tune than her singing. Even the guitar was out of tune 1 ⭐️
1.5
So fucking good. Though more so the first half which is near pitch perfect. Nico is the closest thing there is to a female Dylan, unusual-vocals wise (though Cohen might be a more apt comparison). Some might see that as an insult but it's the highest possuble praise coming from me.
the wes anderson tune is good and some of the instrumentation is nice but the whole things too fuckin twee for hipster sake…
Her voice is just so dreadfully grating I found it awful to listen to
Jovars, rätt häftigt
Nej alltså, kändes som att någonting liknande hade kunnat vara bra, men det här var inte min grej.
Lagom trevligt, inte superstort fan av hennes röst tyvärr.
Nico har intressant röst, skönt att lyssna på
Kändes bara väldigt behagligt. Svag 4a.
Svårt att gå från Joni Mitchell till det här som mångt och mycket är typ samma fast sämre. Musikaliskt är det mer spännande, men inte mycket. Men dåligt är det ju verkligen inte.
Fucking maudlin over-fluted droning.
This is a difficult one for me, there are some really good bits and some really naff bits. Good vocals and naff ones. It really is one or the other. On the whole, its just not my bag. I sort of want it to be, but it just isn't. Can only give it a 2. Sorry.
Whatever might have been enjoyable about this was completely ruined by that terrible vocal performance. Her voice was far too abrupt and didn’t suit the potentially interesting / quirky music. Please re-record this with somebody who can sing.
I agree with Nico, what was with the flute? It would have been so much better without it. The guitar playing by her ex band mates was sensational which complemented her distinct tectonic vocal style. Even with the flute it was a good listen.
Un peu de douceur féminine après 41526 albums rocks/métal, ça fait du bien.
Elements of this album are great. I like some of the haunting, ethereal tracks and Nico’s deep vocal style. But there are other elements that become really jarring, notably the artsy, over the top instrumentals that almost seems like they're trying too hard to be clever and different. It's not a terrible album by any stretch but for me it doesn't quite work.
These Days is a stupendous song and they're are a handful of other gems here. Having said that there's some middling stuff too and some interesting experimental stuff that's not really for me
I have These Days favorited but can't remember when or why. The album reminds me of the drunk girl at the RenFaire trying to sing along with the minstrels.
Fairly dull 60s acoustic album. Not exactly bad, just rather forgettable and didn't do much for me.
Reminded me of Marianne Faithful. Nice voice.
meh
This was kind of a weird album. It was pretty repetitive at times, and there were some annoying screeching sounds, but there were a few nice songs. I actually kind of liked the chill mood, so this wasn’t a hard listen (apart from the screeching). Definitely not a good album by any means, but decent nonetheless.
Ngl, this album wasn't good. It somehow felt like it dragged on forever despite only being 45 minutes, and each song sounded exactly the same. The singing was technically competent but boring, and the arrangements felt like they didn't do anything interesting. Some of the songwriting seemed decent, but it was hard to appreciate due to everything else, and the songs weren't even by Nico anyway. Favorite Track: I'll Keep It With Mine
Bah
Dosadno za umrijeti. 1/5, 1/10
I'm pretty not for this one Will I listen to again: 0%
i'm not crazy about her vocals which tend to drone, but i like the music on a lot of tracks (not the ones that sound like old english folk music)
This is just literally the type of music I don't care for or about, it's not bad but just not for me
Mediocre at best. The vocals are pretty annoying in my opinion and it's really just a snoozefest. Favorites: The Fairest Of The Seasons, Winter Song Least favorites: It Was A Pleasure Then, Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams Rating (out of 10): 5.5/10
2/10 - damn this is boring, a temu Joni Mitchell
A little boring. She seems uninterested in making the album, which is a stylistic choice. Some of the music was okay. 2.5/5 Probably won’t listen again
it was slow and sometimes repetitive
Had dit 's avonds aan, was wel chill
Perfect album om om 7:45 naar werk te gaan en weer terug te komen!!! Aan het eind een beetje langdradig
Been listening to this between rounds at EUIC to refocus, and really enjoyed it. A little bit overly cursive sometimes, but otherwise great!
leuk album maar het doet me vooral denken aan dat haar werk met the velvet underground beter was
Another great find. Like the soothing wind + strings + voice combo. folk rock at its best. Fun note: The song "i'll keep it with mine" sounds like it inspired raaja's germaniyin senthan. Favorite track: Chelsea Girls other picks: these days, the fairest of the seasons, i'll keep it with mine
Richie Unterberger wrote the About section on Nico. He described her singing as "deadpan vocals" when she briefly joined Velvet Underground. Deadpan is accurate. I know she has a lot of fans but I don't get it. This is a no for me.
So far, this isn't my vibe. Music is ok; however, Nico's vocals are sparking joy within me.
It kinda feels like a joke right? Like this is so fucking dull and her voice isn’t good enough to carry a full 45 minutes, I’m sorry but she sounds mentally challenged and I hate it, this sucks and it’s boring. Winter Song was actually ok and maybe I’ll play it the next time I host a fucking medieval dinner party, I don’t know. What a rough patch I’ve had with this generator lately. 2 stars
i liked this a lot!
it's a good little album. "these days" is probably the best known song (penned by jackson browne). other songs written by/contributed to by big name artists - dylan, reed, cale, hardin. she can't really sing, but it's kind of charming?
At some point in this woman's youth, someone needed to tell her, "no". Unfortunately for all of us, this pivotal moment did not take place, and this horrifying tragedy is the result. I need someone to explain to me who the audience is for this.
uhh... dafuq is dis? i wanted to like it, but i just... i just can't. the droning, forced and stiff vocals were incredibly off-putting. "Is this album over yet?" I ask myself on track 3.
I liked when it started and ended. Didn’t like the middle or her voice
obsessed w this album cover but so far songs are a little slow for me favorite song: these days
All those one star reviews and this is her most approachable record, haha. I think this is a strange beautiful and intriguing if apparently unhappy experiment. You can feel Nico, the musicians and Tom Wilson all pulling in different directions. I like those big heavy Germanic vowels in her voice. I suppose she is a bit flat in places. I forget how much that can upset people. I think you can make a case that without Nico's heavy clang of a voice the likes of Ian Curtis, Siouxsie, Robert Smith, Marc Almond, Morrissey, (all fans) don't have the confidence to sing in their own instantly recognisable and unique ways. Anyway it is a bit daft and dismissive to include this and not at least one of either The Marble Index or Desertshore, both of which are much fuller expressions of Nico as an artist and I would argue far more influential. The Industrial scene and all of post punk are thoroughly indebted to those two records.
This should be no more than a footnote.
Not my thing.
Surprisingly good. It’s anachronistic in a pleasant way, and I’m not sure in which direction. Some parts of instrumentation feel at home in the easy listening listening of the 40s and 50s. But some of the chord choices and mixing feels remarkably modern.
Ugh.
a solo album which was written, produced, performed by everyone except Nico. She just turned up to sing like a fuckin french horn Actually such a shame cos some of the music is really nice but it's wasted on an unpleasant racist who can't sing. Why is this in the list?? 4 / 10 Best track: Little Sister because of the Velvet Underground documentary
I knew "These Days" because a part of it was quite popular on tiktok a few years back but I really like it ! It's quite slow but I love the mix of instrument especially on "Little Sister", I feel like this album could be a part of a Frederic Wiseman documentary.
Boring album, boring voice, horrible production - I can barely hear the instruments over a monotone voice. I would have given it one star higher, were it not for the fact that the artist was a literal nazi, or at the very least a racist. 2 / 10
An artist who is infinitely more interesting than her music, but this album has some Lou Reed magic. 1. The Fairest Of The Seasons 2. Chelsea Girls 3. Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams
The flute is the only good thing.
Shrieky horrific off key music for several songs - terrible. Her voice is awful. It was painful to listen to.
"Chelsea Girl" is the debut solo album by German singer Nico. Folk rock, baroque pop, avant-pop, art rock and experimental rock are the Wiki-listed genres. The album was recorded following the debut album from the Velvet Underground in which Nico participated and features instrumental and songwriting credits from members of the Velvet Underground, Jackson Browne and Bob Dylan. Nico sang the vocals. Other musicians included Jackson Browne (guitars), Lou Reed (electric guitar), John Cale (viola, organ, guitar) and Sterling Morrison (electric guitar). The album had mostly decent critical reviews but was a commercial flop. "The Fairest of the Seasons" written by Jackson Browne begins with an acoustic guitar and strings. A gentle song. Nico with airy vocals sings about fading love and a failing relationship. "These Days" has layered, melodic guitars and more strings. Reflective and longing vocals in another song about mistakes and a bad relationship. There's no doubt about the songs where members of the Velvet Underground were involved. "It Was a Pleasure Then" has a droning sound, feedback from an electric guitar and strings. A chaotic ending with an experimental and screeching viola. This is automatically put in the "play loud to piss off neighbors" category. "Chelsea Girls" begins with strings. A down-tuned guitar and a flute. Subtle layered guitars in the most melodic song on the album. Nico sings tales of the bohemian residents, artists and addicts in the New York Hotel Chelsea. The Bob Dylan cover "I'll Keep It with Mine" has an acoustic guitar and lovely and uplifting strings. Emotional vocals in a really good song. The music on the album is baroque with the strings, folksy with the tales and acoustic guitar and avant-garde experimental with the distortion and screeching instruments. This all depends on the songwriters with the songs from the Velvet Underground being experimental and having flutes, viola, lots of strings and distortion and songs from Browne and Dylan being the folksy ones. Nico's vocals have lower a tone, a darker and haunting edge but can be emotional. There are ups and downs with some cringe-worthy moments but, overall, I quite like this album. I would say if you're a Velvet Underground or a baroque pop fan there will be parts of this album you'll like.
thought i would enjoy this more but i didn't really get into it
The Fairest of the Seasons 3.8 These Days 4 Little Sister 3 Winter Song 3.4 It Was a Pleasure Then 3.2 Chelsea Girls 3.5 I'll Keep It with Mine 3.6 Somewhere There's a Feather 3 Wrap Your Trouble's in Dreams 3.2 Eulogy to Lenny Bruce 3 Score: 3.37
I really don’t like this. It’s not necessarily bad, but I can’t stand the singing and that’s about all there is on this album. The instrumentals are barebones—which is fine, but the vocals need something to help them and the music isn’t cutting it. Halfway through this, I just wanted to stop. 1.5/5
Nico l’originale gotica culona
If your feeling really great, this album is the perfect downer! I've never done heroin, but I think I know what it's like now. It's the perfect blend of nihilism, depression and renaissance fair. It's not that I didn't enjoy it, or find it to have some fairly well-written songs. It's just a real downer. Off to the bummer tent.
This is a pretty odd album. You can kind of tell that the producer added in a bunch of additional tracks after the fact, but even those aside, I don't think I really like Nico's voice or singing style much. You can really hear Lou Reed's influence on It Was a Pleasure Then, but overall this isn't one I'll revisit. 2/5
I'm a sucker for Nico, whatever that means. I just dig her sound. Was already familiar with this album, but it's really good. 4/5
I always appreciate very early attempts at distortion and noise, even when they don't quite hit the mark
I wasn't super keen on the collab album with the Velvet Underground, but it was at least interesting due to its artiness. This was just...not that I guess. First off, can't really stand Nico's vocals. Flat and dull like most of the rest of the album. The personnel involved should've lifted the album, but the production and musical direction they went with just did NOT achieve that. I might be a tad jaded after 2+ years of listening to albums of varying degrees of quality everyday, but I couldn't finish this. Brutal.
A bit samey for me, but I get why this was influential and important for music as a whole back in the day.
Kinda not going to listen to a Nazi sympathiser.
Nope, no thank you.
Pretentious nonsense but Nico & John Cale had already earned that right by 67.
Terrible singer
This will always just remind me of The Royal Tenenbaums. ‘These Days’ is such an amazing song. ‘The Fairest Season’ is a great track one as well. I wonder if Nico is the key to me liking The Velvet Underground songs I do or if it’s the other way around. There’s some Dylan and Jackson Browne on here too? Makes sense that Browne does a great version of ‘These Days’. Not a perfect album by any means but there are a few standouts. Her voice is so distinctive and works in places and not in others. Some songs drag, I had to really force myself to stay in it. The guitar forward songs are much better I think. A lot of it could have worked better without the strings and flute, maybe?
It probably deserves 4 stars, but I just don't love her voice.
This is everything that I hate about female vocals from the 60s. Warbling with no point.
Yeah, this really isn't very good - I think her voice grated me less in the Velvet Underground context, but a whole album's worth is too much. 1 star added for decent string arrangements in parts, but not much else going on here. Also apparently she's not a very good person.
I quit after the flute from hell on track 4. F off with this.
Indulgent and one note but somehow listenable.
Yo, this is aight. A lot of the reviews here sound personal. It's like Nico did something to these people or they just live to hate lol. Is it great? Nah. Is it perfect? Nah. It's rough around the edges but its 100% a must listen. I enjoyed it and liked how it sounded. A bit arty-farty but pretty unique shit. 3 solid star.
3/5
Struggling with rating this one because it has two of my absolute favorite songs (The Fairest of the Season, These Days) and I love her voice and singing style, but as a whole I don’t think it’s such a great album. Was surprised by some other songs I didn’t know but liked a lot (Chelsea Girls, I’ll Keep it With Mine). Just wish the production was overall stronger and cut down in places. Might revisit as a whole. Top Songs: The Fairest of the Season, These Days, Chelsea Girls, I’ll Keep it With Mine
Another new album or me. The first few tracks had me nodding appreciatively. It Was a Pleasure Then felt like a turning point into something all-together different that I couldn't really get behind. Felt like another album of someone speaking which if you squint real hard almost sounds like singing but I would hesitate to call it good. I didn't really feel a connection between the vocals and the instrumentation, kinda like beat poetry with a music bed.
She's a better singer than Lou Reed, though to be fair that's a pretty low bar, and she doesn't clear it by a lot. Very nice baroque-folk instrumental arrangements (Jackson Browne on guitar will do that for you), accompanying vocals and lyrics that are...fine? The slow and portentous lyrics tend to bring out Nico's German accent at inopportune moments, and sometimes her voice goes just a little TOO low and gets pitchy. Overall, it's not particularly my cuppa, but certainly not terrible. (Well, to be fair, "It Was a Pleasure Then" IS absolutely terrible, but the rest is okay.)
Some kind of medieval ballads
I don't mind chamber folk, but found most of this album somewhat tedious. I'm mildly curious how it came to be made (what were those involved thinking, phenomenon of producer changing tracks without involvement from nominal artiste) and why/how did it get more famous over time. Track 3 would be more interesting if no strings/flutes, just guitar organ vox. Track 5 is already more interesting than others - sparse, folk with noise, much better dynamic range. In some other tracks I was somewhat engaged by Larry Fallon's string/flute arrangements - while feeling bit repelled at betrayal of artiste whose album it supposedly was. Overall 3/10.
2.5/5. I think this album actually starts out pretty strong. the opener “the faintest of the seasons” and “these days” are both great songs, and I also enjoyed the title track. But much of the rest of the album is just pretty forgettable. Also bogged down at points by some unnecessary orchestration. I love Nico’s contributions to the first velvet underground record but I was left underwhelmed by this solo album.
These Days saved it from a 1.
Not bad. Iconic album.
A beautiful eerie album I've loved for years. I like the flutes even if Nico didn't
Aburrido as fuck
This bitch again? I like These Days, but it's probably more nostalgia from The Royal Tenenbaums. She's just a walking cautionary tale for heroin use.
Terrible singer
She's got an interesting voice. I definitely picked up the velvet underground feels
Well, so I really wanted to like this, but I just didn't. Nico's voice was just really weird sounding, and besides that, she was so flat most of the time and just sounded like someone who was sure they were a good singer, but just had zero training, zero talent, and way too much confidence. The music was alright, but it couldn't distract me from the abomination that was Nico's voice. The weirdest thing was that I'm pretty sure I've listened to another Nico album on here before and I loved it, so I'm not sure wtf happened here. I also adore Jackson Browne, and I know he wrote (and possibly played on -- I didn't look it up) at least one of these songs, and I think I've heard positive things he's said about her in the past, but it just didn't click for me. I was in agony about halfway through this album and couldn't wait for it to be over. One star.
Very unique. Not a bad album. Just not my thing but glad I gave it a listen.
There's one song I love so much (days like these) but the rest is just okay
Some great songs but also some questionable ones. Very similar to The Velvet Underground album, which she was also apart of, and I felt the same way about that.
Chamber Folk Rock notable only for Nico's connection to Velvet Underground. I don't like her droning voice, it sounds like she's depressed and is in desperate need of cheering up.
Got through it… pretty painful…
alright
Unique voice
Fairly forgettable folk/baroque pop. Flute is a nice touch and singing is somewhat pleasant/soothing but overall not super into it.
My knowledge of Nico doesn't go much further than her time with the Velvet Underground and some stories from books. This is the only album of hers I know by name, and I didn't realize she had a lengthy discography. This doesn't do much for me, even with all the talented people who helped make it happen. While she isn't a great vocalist, a) she was partially deaf, which affected her singing, and b) my record collection is full of people who aren't good vocalists. Maybe something else in her discography will grab me, but in the meantime, I'll stick with "All Tomorrow's Parties."
Some people had a Bob Marley Phase; I had a Velvet Underground and Lou Reed phase. Which provides some sentimentality for Nico, but not enough to make this entertaining. Was surprised at the Jackson Browne connection. According to Wikipedia: "Nico was dissatisfied with the album. In 1981, she said she could not listen to it. According to Nico, her requests for drums and more guitar were refused, and she disliked the orchestrations: "I didn't like [the strings], but I could live with them. But the flute! The first time I heard the album, I cried and it was all because of the flute."[8]" Nico was right.
These Days may be a top 10 song of all time.
yesssss. Music doesn't get better than this
Very pretentious, with a flute in the background so jarring that I had to Google if it was a parody album. Not as bad as others have made it out, but definitely a skip. Another one of the albums that makes me think 1001 is too many
An album where you hope you discover the rest of the genius who sang with the Velvet Underground. What you discover is the singer who was very lucky to be on that album as there is no other reason for this to exist.
That one theater kid from high school when you ask how their day is going:
Didn’t care for this.
2, like a some of it but hate her voice
Obviously iconic. However, a full album of the same thing got a little boring after a bit. Deserves to be held up as a classic, important album but I’m just not sure I want to listen to the whole album in one go.
Vite fait hein
This the epitome of pixie girl who thinks she’s got something really deep to say and somehow it’s made it to the list.
Místico. A instrumentalização parece medieval, com suas flautas e cordas dramáticas. A voz de Nico é notoriamente monótona e rasa de alcance, mas eu vejo charme nisso. A forma com que ele canta algumas dessas canções é infinitamente charmoso, a meu ver. Algumas das composições são simplórias, mas com a ajuda de alguns membros do Velvet Underground, as canções conseguem atiçar a atenção do ouvinte. E acredito que isso seja o aspecto mais importante desse disco. Ele realmente chama sua atenção, com seus arranjos discretos e o emprego vocal de Nico inusual. Não é um álbum perfeito, e como a pletora de avaliações aqui do site vão dizer, ele acaba sendo dissonante para um grande número de pessoas, às vezes até mesmo pelos relatos controversos à respeito da cantora, mas eu particularmente vejo o valor desse álbum na lista e no escopo da música popular. Inegavelmente, Nico foi uma artista influente. Ouvindo as canções desse disco, que não é nem perto de ser considerado o melhor de sua carreira solo, é fácil perceber como ele teve um efeito em artistas como Siouxsie Sioux, Robert Smith, Kate Bush… A estilização Folk, os arranjos minimalistas, e o estilo não-ortodoxo da cantora. Enfim, gostei do álbum, mas não o considerei perfeito. Achei a produção estagnada e unidimensional, pobre. A sonoridade perde bastante com isso. Mas de resto, as composições são legais e eu curto esse estilo vocal dela. 4/5
Ok. But her voice is still annoying.
This one is totally lost on me. Nico definitely succeeds at being challenging and avant-garde. She does not, however, succeed at making something enjoyable.
Soft and sultry 2 - a good album but not my thing
Terrible
Did not care for at all in a Joni Mitchell dislike kind of way.
Ah this is not only bad, but the artist is a racist antisemitic self-loathing woman hater. Welp.
It's the sound of Wes Anderson's wet dreams: the lady with the dark brown voice and a hell of a backing band. She sounds bored by the songs she's singing but that's kind of the selling point. The songs are pretty great, as is this album. Nico apparently hated the production and that is the thing that is fairly offputting and makes it seem a tad cheesy. I'd love to hear the album without all the Mantovani strings and with just guitar and drums as she wanted it. Anyway... Best Tracks: The Fairest of the Seasons; These Days; I'll Keep It With Mine
Thank goodness many other artists have covered These Days. Her version might be the worst I’ve heard.
Sounds like a ghoul
I think lyrically she’s good, but I really have a hard time with Nico’s voice
Meh. Didn't really care for this. Wasn't bad. Just wasn't my taste. I really love the album she did with The Velvet Underground. So I was definitely interested in this, but yeah. Just wasn't really that great.
2.74 rounded up.
Wow that was painful! Don’t get why this woman was allowed to record so much music. At least with Velvet Underground there was some decent tunes but this is awful.
not terrible but didn't do much for me
That one was rough to get through
Hmm. Not exactly a great singer is she?? But some of the music is surprisingly pretty. Was not expecting a string quartet! Kind of get why it’s on the list due to all those involved, but if you take that away I doubt it’d be considered at all. Got as far as track 3 and gave up. 1
This is a great little folk rock album out of the 60s that could've just as easily nestled right into the folk revival of the 2010s. Something about her German accent really makes my ears happy. Steeped in the cultural zitgiest of the 60s, this is a keeper for sure.
I loved the flute so much, but reading about how the producers didn't listen to her at all and how much Nico hated it broke my heart!
It's not bad, but it's also not good
Some really nice songs but sort of one notey and not that interesting.
I enjoyed the instrumentation but this really felt like it was included because of who she knew and how she got there. Not because the music was any advancement or achievement. Unless most depressing was a criteria for this list. The most enjoyable moment was when wrap your troubles in dreams started and I discovered danger doom sampled that for their song korn dogz.
Had no idea this was so controversial. I honestly love this album. I adore her voice and I could listen to her sing a shopping list. I do wish I hadn’t read her wiki page though.
Folky, like her voice, gets a bit chaotic at the end. Find this to be an ‘of the times’ album in the way it’s presented and vfeels grounded in its era. 3.0