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Nico
Femme Fatale: The Aura Anthology
Genres: Pop, Rock

Track Listings (17) - Disc #1
1. Genghis Khan
2. Purple Lips
3. One More Chance
4. Henry Hudson
5. I'm Waiting for the Man - Nico, Reed, Lou
6. Sixty Forty
7. The Sphinx
8. Orly Flight
9. Heroes - Nico, Bowie, David
10. One More Chance [Outtake]
11. The Sphinx [Outtake]
12. Orly Flight [Outtake]
13. Henry Hudson [Outtake]
14. Sixty Forty [Outtake]
15. Genghis Khan [Outtake]
16. Saeta [Single]
17. Vegas [Single]
Track Listings (14) - Disc #2
1. Tananore [Live]
2. One More Chance [Live]
3. Procession [Live]
4. My Heart Is Empty [Live]
5. Janitor of Lunacy [Live]
6. The Sphinx [Live]
7. You Forget to Answer [Live]
8. Fearfully in Danger [Live]
9. Sixty Forty [Live]
10. All Tomorrow's Parties [Live] - Nico, Reed, Lou
11. Purple Lips [Live]
12. Femme Fatale [Live] - Nico, Reed, Lou
13. Saeta [Live]
14. The End [Live] - Nico, Densmore, John

CD Details

All Artists: Nico
Title: Femme Fatale: The Aura Anthology
Members Wishing: 2
Total Copies: 0
Label: Castle Music UK
Original Release Date: 5/27/2003
Re-Release Date: 6/2/2003
Album Type: Import
Genres: Pop, Rock
Styles: Progressive, Progressive Rock
Number of Discs: 2
SwapaCD Credits: 2

Synopsis

Album Description

2003 compilation highlights the late chanteuse's early 80s comeback. Includes the 1981 album, 'Drama In Exile', & the 1994 live album, 'Chelsea Girl Live' (recorded at Chelsea Town Hall 8-19-85), both are unavailable domestically. The collection is rounded out with six outtakes from the Drama Of Exile album, 'One More Chance', 'The Sphinx', 'Orly Flight', 'Henry Hudson', 'Sixty Forty' & 'Genghis Khan', & both sides of one non-LP single, 'Saeta' & 'Vegas'. 31 tracks. Castle Music.

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CD Reviews

Missing a few tracks

A Customer | 11/12/2007

(3 out of 5 stars)

"This "Aura Anthology" would get five stars if it only had all the re-recorded tracks. I am one of the few people that loved "Drama of Exile," and this "Aura Anthology" has the best sounding presentation of the legendary "re-recorded" or oftentimes called "Invisible" tracks that Phillipe Quilichini made after he lost the rights to the Demos (the stories often conflict: he stole the demos, I think it was because Nico only got paid $14,000 for the album, and tried to make off with them; so the "Drama of Exile" that was widely distributed was actually the demos. Then Quilichini went to France with Nico and tried to re-record the album, and Aura stopped distribution once they found out. If anyone can shed more light on this story, please do!)

The flaw with this album, as with most albums that release the "Invisible" tracks (Cleopatra's "Nico - Icon") is that it doesn't contain the re-recorded versions of "I'm Waiting for My Man" and "Heroes," nor the album versions of "Saeta" and "Vegas," which are slightly different. The only CD I know of that does is the "Drama of Exile" released by Buda Musique. However, the quality of the sound on the CD varies from track to track: "Saeta" and "Vegas" are almost impossible to listen to due to cracking and static. Since Aura restored the other tracks so well, I'm disappointed that they ignored these often neglected tracks.

Five stars for the tracks included and Nico's usually dismal concert, but three stars for being incomplete.

In 1984, Nico would again record "Saeta" (as "The Line"), "Vegas," and "I'm Waiting for My Man," but they were released posthumously."