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{{quote| "And with [[Velvet Underground|The Velvets]] come the blonde, bland, beautiful Nico, another cooler [[Marlene Dietrich|Dietrich]] for another cooler generation. Art [...] will never be the same again."<br />
'''John Wilcock''' of ''The East Village Other'''s review of the Exploding Plastic Inevitable show, quoted in the liner notes of ''The Velvet Underground & Nico'' CD. }}
 
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* [[Epic Rocking]] - "It Was a Pleasure Then", the cover of "The End", "Fearfully in Danger".
* [[Executive Meddling]] – Nico had little say in how ''Chelsea Girl'' was produced. This lead to her to disliking the album.
{{quote| Nico: ''"I still cannot listen to it, because everything I wanted for that record, they took it away. I asked for drums, they said no. I asked for more guitars, they said no. And I asked for simplicity, and they covered it in flutes! [...] They added strings and – I didn't like them, but I could live with them. But the flute! The first time I heard the album, I cried and it was all because of the flute."''}}
* [[Harmony]] - From ''The Marble Index'' onwards, Nico wrote and recorded her songs on an Indian harmonium, which is tuned to an entirely different scale than the Western instruments that make up the rest of the music. The effect can be...
* [[Kids Rock]] - "Le Petit Chevalier" from ''Desertshore'' is a 1 minute tune of Nico playing the harpsichord and her son Ari singing a few lines.
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