Nico’s debut album Chelsea Girl showcases her as a pioneering figure in goth music, embodying a haunting, lunar sorceress singing of lost dreams. After leaving The Velvet Underground after their incredible album 1967 album The Velvet Underground & Nico, an experience that she described feeling “like a mannequin,” she partnered up with Jackson Browne and other creative partners to birth this album. Along the way her defiant and flat contralto vocal resonates over beautiful orchestral melodies, blends pop and avant-garde influences, and achieves an accessible yet unsettling (dare I say hard to listen to?) sound. Ultimately Chelsea Girl captures a mix of dignity and drama, reflecting a deflated flower power in a world filled with tension, and ultimately served as the beginning seeds that eventually sprouted goth music.
Standout Songs: “These Days”, “It Was A Pleasure Than”
