Last Updated on 25 January 2026 by Massimo M.

Nico discography

The discography of Nico, stage name of Christa Päffgen, lists the records produced by the German artist during her solo career.

For the collaboration with the Velvet underground you can read the page dedicated to their discography.
Works officially published posthumously are also listed.

Studio album

1967 – Chelsea Girl (Verve Records)
1969 – The Marble Index (Elektra Records)
1970 – Desertshore (Reprise Records)
1974 – The End… (Island Records)
1981 – Drama of Exile (Aura Records)
1985 – Camera Obscura (Beggars Banquet Records)

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Live album

1974 – June 1, 1974 (Island Records)
1982 – Do or Die: Diary 1982 (ROIR)
1985 – Behind the Iron Curtain (Dojo Records)
1986 – Live Heroes (Performance Records)
1990 – Hanging Gardens (Restless Records)
1994 – Chelsea Girl/Live (Cleopatra Records)
1995 – Heroine (Cherry Red Records)
2000 – Nico’s Last Concert: Fata Morgana (SPV)
2003 – All Tomorrow’s Parties (Cleopatra Records)
2021 – Live in London 85 (PopArt)

Collection

1998 – Nico: The Classic Years (Island Records)
2002 – Reich Der Träume – Raritaten Teil I (Faust Records)
2002 – Walpurgis-Nacht – Raritaten Teil II (Faust Records)
2002 – Innocent and Vain: an Introduction to Nico (Polydor Records)
2003 – Femme Fatale: The Aura Anthology (Castle Music Ltd.)
2007 – The Frozen Borderline – 1968-1970 (Rhino Records)