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Eat/Kiss: Music for the Films of Andy Warhol
Released: Jun 10, 1997
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Released: Jun 10, 1997
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John Cale's soundtracks for two of Andy Warhol's experimental films of the early 1960s, premiered in 1994 and recorded live at a concert at Lille, France in 1995, are multi-part free-form works on...
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Walking on Locusts
Released: Sep 24, 1996
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Released: Sep 24, 1996
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John Cale's first album of new songs in over a decade and his most accessible (nearly commercial!) album since Paris 1919, 1996's Walking On Locusts might take a couple of listens to sink in for...
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Seducing Down the Door
Released: Jul 5, 1994
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Released: Jul 5, 1994
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The range of John Cale's work can be shocking: it's hard to believe that the piano duets with minimalist composer Terry Riley on Church of Anthrax, the lush orchestral pop of Paris 1919, and the...
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Fragments of a Rainy Season
Released: Sep 25, 1992
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Released: Sep 25, 1992
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It's hard to imagine John Cale on MTV, but if he appeared on Unplugged, the result probably would sound like this. Alone, Cale accompanies himself on acoustic piano and guitar, playing a...
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Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
Released: Sep 10, 1991
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Released: Sep 10, 1991
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A companion to the superlative Sabotage/Live album, immortalizing the best-known phase of Cale's end-of-the-'70s residency at CBGB, Even Cowgirls Get the Blues captures performer and performance on...
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Artificial Intelligence
Released: Sep 6, 1985
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Released: Sep 6, 1985
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Though this is still nowhere near prime John Cale, 1985's Artificial Intelligence is a big step up from its predecessor, 1984's weak and sloppy Caribbean Sunset. For the first time in his career,...
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Honi Soit
Released: Mar 10, 1981
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Released: Mar 10, 1981
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The rise of the punk/new wave scene finally provided John Cale with a context in which he didn't seem that much more eccentric than the other musicians surrounding him, and after...
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Helen of Troy
Released: Nov 14, 1975
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Released: Nov 14, 1975
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The supporting crew on Cale's final Island album makes for a lineup that could never have happened again -- at least, in terms of future results, imagining, among others, Cale, Chris Spedding,...
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Slow Dazzle
Released: Mar 25, 1975
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Released: Mar 25, 1975
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Recording again with Phil Manzanera, along with noted journeyman guitarist Chris Spedding, Cale kept up the focus and amazing music on Slow Dazzle, easily the equal of Fear in terms of overall...
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