* BrokenBase: Some fans of her darker material dislike ''Chelsea Girl'' for its BaroquePop sound, while others love it.
* NightmareFuel: Hoo boy! Lots of it! Especially on ''The Marble Index'', ''Desertshore'', and ''The End...''. Influential rock critic Lester Bangs admitted in a 1978 review that ''The Marble Index'' scared the shit out of him. (He also called it "the greatest piece of 'avant-garde classical' 'serious' music of the last half of the 20th century so far").
* OlderThanTheyThink:
** Nico predated Music/KateBush in the "first quirky female keyboard-playing singer-songwriter" department by ''12 years''.
** And around the same time appeared Music/LauraNyro. That's not the point, for these three are very different from one another. Although such department wasn't really thought out about until Kate Bush and, much later, Music/ToriAmos came along.
* OneSceneWonder: Her work on ''The Velvet Underground & Nico'': vocals on "Femme Fatale", "All Tomorrow's Parties" and "I'll Be Your Mirror". She was supposed to sing "Sunday Morning" as well but Music/LouReed decided to take over at the last minute; you can still hear her backing vocals in the last minute of the track if you turn up the volume and pay attention.
* OvershadowedByControversy: Most people who bring up Nico will mention her alleged racism and even sympathy to Nazism, even though some have disputed these allegations (not helped by the fact that said allegations came out ''after'' she died).
* TearJerker: A good chunk of ''Chelsea Girl'', as well as "You Forget To Answer" and "Afraid".
* VindicatedByHistory: Her albums sold few copies upon release, but are now considered classics.
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