Dance Music : Music for Nico, the ballet

John Cale (Artist)

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 27, 1998)
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Elektra / Wea
• ASIN: B00000DD2S
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #346,524 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Customer Reviews

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9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Evokes fascinating pictures, May 31, 2000

By	dmaxl pillette "dmaxl" (york, pa USA) - See all my reviews

This extended piece by Cale evokes fascinating pictures of Nico. Since Cale knew Nico very well, it is interesting for those of us who know something about her to listen here. The music actually delivers less information about the ballet itself. It works well on its own. I would love to see the ballet, but have concern that it would work against the images of Nico herself that the music brings up. The more you know about Nico, and for her greatest fans, this music is "must listening".

3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars On knowing Nico, February 28, 2001

By	Martyn Richard Jones "Martyn Richard Jones" (Cordoba, Spain) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I knew Nico, well at least it seemed to me that way at the time, and this CD evokes Nico in ways that may not be perceived by everyone - hence its accuracy and artistry may be hidden sometime.

John Cale is a very welsh international composer, and this is reflected in about almost everythinh he does. There is a homeliness, care and love about his work that seems to escape the more commercially popular Lou Reed (whom I also admire).

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0 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Typical John Cale music, November 12, 2007

By	A Customer - See all my reviews

John Cale has never interested me very much. Somehow most of his music seems disoriented and often very dull. Some of his piano arrangements are quite accomplished (when he's playing other people's music), but this CD usually just bores me to tears.