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Originally Posted by marleypumpkin
I know how great Chelsea Girl is, so I'm most certainly interested in hearing this. Care to give a review?
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Chelsea Girl is a great album, but by comparison it comes off as completely pop. Marble Index is one of the most haunting things ever put to wax and the stark minimalism just makes it more powerful. I think it's Cale's very best work as a producer. What we think of today as "gothic" music, minus the cheesey side started with this record.
Pretty good explanation on Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Marble_Index_(album)