Icon (Rare & Unreleased)
This 1996 Cleopatra Records compilation gathers rare and unreleased material from Nico's later years, functioning as a fascinating archive of fragments and alternate takes. Tracks like "Vegas" and "Orly Flight" reveal her moving further into experimental electronic territory, while "One More Chance" carries raw emotional weight. The deliberately lo-fi production captures studio moments and demos with unvarnished immediacy, showing an artist still pushing boundaries and rejecting conventional song structures. The music drifts between new wave, avant-garde experimentalism, and stark introspection. For collectors and serious Nico enthusiasts, this represents genuinely hard-to-find material that deepens understanding of her unrelenting commitment to artistic vision, even in her most obscure recordings.
Item Details+
| Genre | Rock |
| Style | New Wave Avantgarde |
| Notes | Good Plus (VG+) Mint (NM or M-) |
| Media | Very Good Plus (VG+) |
| Sleeve | Near Mint (NM or M-) |
| Label | Cleopatra |
| Year | 1996 |
| Country | US |
| Format | CD |
Tracklist+
1. Vegas 3:43
2. We've Got The Gold 3:59
3. One More Chance 4:09
4. The Sphinx 4:05
5. Orly Flight 2:50
6. Henry Hudson 3:46
7. Sixty Forty 4:39
8. Genghis Khan 3:32
9. Mütterlein 4:08
10. Saeta 3:56
11. Bonus - Nico Interviews 1977-1986 37:05
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