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| '''Nico''', born Christa Päffgen on [[16 October]] [[1938]], probably in [[Cologne]], died [[Ibiza]], [[18 July]] [[1988]], was a [[German]] [[singer-songwriter]], [[film actress]] and [[fashion model]]. She appeared on the first album by the [[Velvet Underground]], billed separately as 'and Nico', and recorded ''Chelsea Girls'', her first album, with members of the band. | | '''Nico''', born Christa Päffgen, 16 October 1938, probably in [[Cologne]], died [[Ibiza]], 18 July 1988, was a [[German]] [[singer-songwriter]], [[film actress]] and [[fashion model]]. She sang three songs on the [[The Velvet Underground and Nico|first album]] by the [[Velvet Underground]], billed separately as 'and Nico', and recorded ''Chelsea Girls'', her own first album, with members of the band. |
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| ==Discography==
| | Her most acclaimed albums, ''[[The Marble Index]]'' and ''[[Desertshore]]'', feature her voice and [[harmonium]] on her own compositions, with extra instrumentation and production by [[John Cale]]. |
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| |1963
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| |'Strip-Tease' (title-track of film, released in 2001 on ''Le Cinéma de [[Serge Gainsbourg]]'')
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| |1965
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| |'I'm Not Sayin' '/'The Last Mile' (single)
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| |1967
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| |''[[The Velvet Underground and Nico]]'' (she sings lead on 'Femme Fatale', 'All Tomorrow's Parties' and 'I'll Be Your Mirror')
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| |1967
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| |''[[Chelsea Girls (album)|Chelsea Girls]]''
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| |1969
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| |''[[The Marble Index (album)|The Marble Index]]''
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| |1970
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| |''[[Desertshore]]''
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| |1973
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| |''[[The End (Nico album)|The End]]''
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| |1974
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| |''June 1, 1974'' (various artists live: Nico sings [['The End (rock song)'|'The End']])
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| |1981
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| |''[[Drama of Exile]]'' (released in two versions)
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| | 1982
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| |''[[Do or Die: Nico in Europe]]'' (tour diary)
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| |1985
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| |''Nico Live in Pécs''
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| |1985
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| |''[[Camera Obscura (album)|Camera Obscura]]''
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| |1986
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| |''[[Live Heroes]]''
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| |1986
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| |''[[Behind the Iron Curtain]]''
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| |1987
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| |''Nico in Tokyo''
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| |1988
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| |''[[Fata Morgana (Nico's Last Concert)]]''
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| |1989
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| |''Hanging Gardens''
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| |1994
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| |''Heroine''
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| |1998
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| |''Nico: The Classic Years''
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| |2002
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| |''Innocent & Vain - An Introduction to Nico''
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| |2003
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| |''Femme Fatale: The Aura Anthology'' (''Drama of Exile'' expanded, plus live disc)
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| |2007
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| |''All Tomorrow's Parties'' (live double album)
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| |2007
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| |''[[Nico: The Frozen Borderline - 1968-1970]]'' (''The Marble Index'' with four extra songs, ''Desertshore'', and various alternative versions from the two albums)
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Nico, born Christa Päffgen, 16 October 1938, probably in Cologne, died Ibiza, 18 July 1988, was a German singer-songwriter, film actress and fashion model. She sang three songs on the first album by the Velvet Underground, billed separately as 'and Nico', and recorded Chelsea Girls, her own first album, with members of the band.
Her most acclaimed albums, The Marble Index and Desertshore, feature her voice and harmonium on her own compositions, with extra instrumentation and production by John Cale.
