Desertshore

Side 1:

  1. Janitor of Lunacy (4:01)
  2. The Falconer (5:39)
  3. My Only Child (3:27)
  4. Le Petit Chevalier (1:12)
    Translation

Side 2:

  1. Abschied (3:02)
    Translation
  2. Afraid (3:27)
  3. Mütterlein (4:38)
    Translation
  4. All that Is My Own (3:54)
Abschied

Abschied
Farewell

To his spirit I confess
A longing consumes his beautiful face
It wearies, shaded from goodness, being almighty

His body lies still
Dreaming, he finally forgets his compulsion

I don't recognize the scream of jubilation
That destroys the holy peace for me
His silent mouth, his sleeping chest
Awaiting delicately for sweet desire

His body lies still
Dreaming, he finaly forgets his compulsion

Desertshore LP US Reprise RS 6424
LP US Reprise RS 6424
1970-12-00
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Recorded at Sound Techniques Ltd., 46A Old Church Street, London, 1970-00-00
Producer: John Cale
Arrangements by John Cale
Co-Producer: Joe Boyd for Witchseason Productions
Engineer: John Wood

Nico: vocal, harmonium
John Cale: all other instruments except trumpet
John Cale, Adam Miller & Annagh Wood harmony voices

Except: Le Petit Chevalier
Recorded at Studios Davout, 73 Boulevard Davout, Paris, 1970-00-00
Producer: John Cale
Arrangements by John Cale

Ari: vocal
Nico: harpsichord, prompter

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