 | The Classic Years by Nico
Buy new: £19.99 / Used from: £11.02 We start here because it contains her 1965 Immediate single - a curiosity and not worth the cost on its own. Neverthless, a good overview of the 5 studio albums that Nico appeared on in the 60s & 70s.
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 | The Velvet Underground & Nico by The Velvet Underground
Buy new: £12.69 / Used from: £12.57 However, consider getting the albums, starting with this one. Nico is on 3 tracks, plus there are 5 from 'Chelsea Girl' in better remastered versions. Recorded 1966.
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 | Chelsea Girl by Nico
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £2.80 Nico's solo debut, folky production, only 1 song co-written by Nico. Not very well remastered. Recorded 1967. Tracks 1 & 2 were in the film 'The Royal Tenenbaums'.
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 | The Frozen Borderline: 1968-1970 by Nico
Buy new: £9.38 / Used from: £13.94 2 great albums, 'The Marble Index' (1968) & 'Desertshore' (1970) + extra tracks. Nico writes the songs & plays harmonium; John Cale arranges. The re-mastering sounds better than previous CD reissues.
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 | The Marble Index by Nico
Buy new: £10.29 / Used from: £4.74 Has 2 tracks not on 'The Frozen Borderline': an alternative mix of 'Roses in the Snow'; & an a capella version of 'Nibelungen', also on 'The Classic Years', above, & 'Dance Music' by John Cale, below.
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 | Peel Sessions by Nico
Buy used from: £14.99 Peel session from 1971. Just Nico and her harmonium.
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 | Le Bataclan '72 by Lou Reed
Buy used from: £15.64 A one-off live reunion of Lou Reed, John Cale and Nico from 1972. Nico appears on the last 6 tracks. The mix is a bit rough, but she is in fine form.
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 | The End by Nico
Buy new: £2.98 / Used from: £2.31 Similar to the previous two studio albums, but with Brian Eno and Phil Mazanera in addition to Cale, and not as good. Recorded 1973. This and 'Chelsea Girl' could do with remastered reissues.
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 | Didn't Feel Lonely Till I Thought of You: the Island Records Years - the Confessions of Dr. Dream and Other Stories/Sweet Deceiver/June 1 1974 by Kevin Ayers
Buy used from: £18.98 Includes 2 contributions from Nico, both from 1974. She sings on Ayers' 'Irreversible Neural Damage' and there is a live version of 'The End', sparser (and better) than the one on the studio album.
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 | Drama of Exile by Nico
Buy used from: £72.06 1980s Nico - don't buy this version unless you really like the cover, it has been reissued as 'Femme Fatale: The Aura Anthology', see below.
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 | Femme Fatale: The Aura Anthology/Drama of Exile...Plus/Live at Chelsea Town Hall 9.8.85 by Nico
Post-punk 80s Nico, not to all tastes & much rockier than her 70s output. Contains 'Drama of Exile', with alternative versions & the single 'Saeta/Vegas', all from 1981; + a live recording from 1985.
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 | Icon by Nico
The alternative versions from 'Drama of Exile', the 'Saeta/Vegas' single and a couple of live tracks from 'Heroine', below. Made redundant by 'Femme Fatale: The Aura Anthology', above.
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 | LüüL by Lutz Ulbrich
Buy used from: £31.78 Nico features on track 5 'Reich Der Traume'. You can listen to it here: http://www.luul.de/musik/reich.mp3. Recorded 1981.
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 | Do or Die by Nico
Buy new: £9.98 / Used from: £5.10 Live recordings from a 1982 European tour + a Picadilly Radio session. The backing band is the Blue Orchids, featuring ex-members of The Fall. Apparently one of the better live albums.
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 | (Live) Heroes by Nico
Buy new: £14.19 / Used from: £4.75 Contains the 1982 single 'Procession/All Tomorrow's Parties', produced by Martin Hannett; some more 1982 Blue Orchids live tracks; and 'My Funny Valentine' & 'The End' from 'Behind the Iron Curtain'.
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 | Femme Fatale by Nico
Buy new: £8.79 / Used from: £6.95 Also contains the 1982 'Procession/All Tomorrow's Parties' single along with 1982-83 live recordings with the Blue Orchids. The last 2 tracks are also on 'Do or Die', above.
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 | All Tomorrow's Parties by Nico
Buy new: £7.98 A reissue of a badly recorded live album 'Janitor of Lunacy' paired with another, even poorer quality, live recording. 1983, Blue Orchids backing.
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 | Camera Obscura by Nico
Buy new: £7.98 / Used from: £8.00 Nico's final studio album, from 1985, again featuring John Cale, as producer. Backing is by her late 80s touring band, The Faction.
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 | Heroine by Nico
Buy used from: £11.04 A 1985 live recording from the Library Theatre, Manchester, plus a 2000 remix of 'Reich Der Traume' (from the Ulbrich Lutz album, above) by German electronica act Trance Groove.
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 | Chelsea Girl Live by Nico
Buy used from: £13.95 Nico with The Faction, recorded live at Chelsea Town Hall, 1985. Also available on 'Femme Fatale: The Aura Anthology', see above. No tracks from 'Chelsea Girl' feature.
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| Behind the Iron Curtain (1986) by Nico
Buy used from: £45.00 Recorded live in Warsaw, Poland, late in 1985. Apparently one of the better Nico live recordings from this period.
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 | Live in Tokyo by Nico
Buy used from: £22.45 A live recording from 1986.
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 | Stars We Are by Marc Almond
Buy new: £6.98 / Used from: £3.93 The track 'Your Kisses Burn' is a duet with Nico. It was her last studio recording. 1988.
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 | Nico's Last Concert: Fata Morgana by Nico
Buy new: £7.79 / Used from: £7.23 Unlike the other 1980s live recordings, this has songs that aren't available elsewhere.
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![Nico: Dance Music [IMPORT]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/410WJE34ZHL._SL75_.jpg) | Nico: Dance Music [IMPORT]
Buy used from: £11.44 Music for a ballet about Nico, by John Cale. Performed by Ice Nine. Also includes the a capella version of 'Nibelungen' from 'The Marble Index'.
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