Desertshore

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Desertshore
Desertshore cover
Studio album by Nico
Released 1970
Recorded Sound Techniques Ltd., London; Studios Davout, Paris; 1970
Genre Rock
Length 28:51
Label Reprise Records
Producer(s) John Cale / Joe Boyd
Professional reviews
Nico chronology
The Marble Index
(1969)
Desertshore
(1970)
The End
(1973)


Desertshore is the name of a neoclassical, avant-garde album recorded and released by Nico in 1970. It is one of three albums from the period produced by John Cale.

[edit] Track listing

All tracks written by Nico

  1. Janitor of Lunacy - 4:01
  2. The Falconer - 5:39
  3. My Only Child - 3:27
  4. Le Petit Chevalier - 1:12
  5. Abschied - 3:02
  6. Afraid - 3:27
  7. Mütterlein - 4:38
  8. All that Is My Own - 3:54

[edit] Personnel

  • Nico: vocal, harmonium, harpsichord, prompter
  • John Cale: all other instruments except trumpet
  • John Cale, Adam Miller & Annagh Wood: harmony voices
  • Ari Boulogne: vocal ("Le Petit Chevalier")

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Albums by Nico

Studio albums: The Velvet Underground and Nico | Chelsea Girl | The Marble Index | Desertshore | The End | Drama of Exile | Camera Obscura

Live albums: June 1, 1974 | Do or Die: Nico in Europe | Live Heroes | Behind the Iron Curtain | Fata Morgana (Nico's Last Concert) | Hanging Gardens

Compilation albums: Reich der Träume | Innocent and Vain: an Introduction to Nico | Walpurgis-Nacht