User Pick of the Day (#55): Chelsea Girl (sssvnnn)

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BrandonMiaow
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  • Posted: 05/13/2014 17:53
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Chelsea Girl by Nico
Chart: Strange Girls by sssvnnn
Rank on User's Chart: 2
Year: 1967
Rank on BEA Overall: 633
Average Rating: 77/100
meccalecca Voice of Reason Profile
Location The Land of Enchantment United States
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  • Posted: 05/13/2014 17:58
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Really lovely album and definitely her most listener friendly. I think she'd carve out an even more unique voice with her next few records though
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  • Posted: 05/13/2014 17:59
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This is a very pretty album. I love the hell out of These Days and the title track. The rest was really nice and pleasant to listen to. I should really give more time to this album.
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alelsupreme Awful. Profile United Kingdom
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  • Posted: 05/13/2014 18:01
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A lovely album, some of the songs are a bit awkward (Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams, for example) but the likes of These Days and the title track more than make up for it.
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  • Posted: 05/13/2014 19:00
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Sure, what was to follow is much more original, daring and totally bleakly out there. However, I still hold this one as a favourite, the sheer beauty of the songwriting, arrangements and clumsy-sounding singing makes this one of the most beautiful records I've ever heard.
Jimmy Dread Old skool like Happy Shopper Moderator Profile
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  • Posted: 05/13/2014 19:38
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Norman Bates wrote:
Sure, what was to follow is much more original, daring and totally bleakly out there. However, I still hold this one as a favourite, the sheer beauty of the songwriting, arrangements and clumsy-sounding singing makes this one of the most beautiful records I've ever heard.


Couldn't agree more. Interesting that she hated the strings and flute that got overdubbed - in some respects it makes tracks like "Somewhere There's A Feather" and "Winter Song".

I'd be very curious to hear what a stripped-back version of Chelsea Girl would sound like... kinda like the Bohemian equivalent of Let It Be...Naked perhaps?
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Jimmy Dread Old skool like Happy Shopper Moderator Profile
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  • Posted: 05/13/2014 19:40
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Oh, and whilst we're on the subject of Nico - LOVE this version of ATP...


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sp4cetiger
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  • Posted: 05/13/2014 19:42
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Gorgeous, just gorgeous. It's a toss-up between this and Marble Index for my favorite of hers, but I'll take her solo career over both Reed and Cale.
Saoirse
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  • Posted: 05/14/2014 09:45
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Yeah this is wonderful, just a great bit of serenity (albeit somewhat melancholic serenity) before the very bleak, very draining albums that followed it
RepoMan
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  • Posted: 05/14/2014 12:02
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Beautifully hypnotic. I used to think her vocals were the weak link on the banana album when I first discovered the VU. I'm an idiot.
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