The Marble Index
by Nico
- Type: Album
- Released: November 1968
- Label: Elektra
- Country: Germany
- Length: 37:30
- Community rating: 4.13/5 from 15 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
On 'The Marble Index', Nico abandoned the folk-pop of her debut for a stark and unprecedented avant-garde sound, combining her somber vocals and droning harmonium with John Cale鈥檚 classically-inspired arrangements. This shift to original, deeply personal songwriting created a tenebrous and artistically uncompromising work that defied the pop sensibilities of its era. Largely unheralded upon release, the album's sound and aesthetic became a significant prototype for the gothic rock movement.
Genres
Descriptors: folk, acoustic, avant-garde, minimal, droning, experimental, vocal, funereal
Tracklist
- Prelude (00:59)
- Lawns Of Dawn (03:10)
- No One Is There (03:35)
- Ari's Song (03:20)
- Facing The Wind (04:54)
- Julius Caesar (Memento Hodie) (05:00)
- Frozen Warnings (04:01)
- Evening Of Light (05:37)
- Roses In The Snow (Previously Unreleased - 1991) (04:09)
- Nibelungen (Previously Unreleased - 1991) (02:45)
Credits
- Nico - vocals, harmonium, words, music
- John Cale - arrangements
- Frazier Mohawk - producer
- Jac Holzman - production supervisor
- John Haeny - engineer
- Guy Webster - photography
- Robert L. Heimall - design
- William S. Harvey - art direction