The Island Years
Released: July 1996
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Released: July 1996
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This double CD combines all three of John Cale's mid-'70s Island albums (Fear, Slow Dazzle, and Helen of Troy) into one package, with the addition of some interesting bonus tracks: outtakes from...
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Songs for Drella
Released: 1990
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Released: 1990
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Lou Reed and John Cale's tribute to Andy Warhol brings out the best in both of them. It's a spare collection, the only instruments being Reed's guitar and Cale's keyboards and viola. The songs...
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Guts
Released: 1977
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Released: 1977
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Released in spring 1977, with John Cale back on the road and reveling in the controversy created by the chicken-beheading incident, Guts was a solid reminder of the three albums he cut for Island...
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Animal Justice
Released: September 1977
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Released: September 1977
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Marking John Cale's comeback to recording after two years in the label-less wilderness, the Animal Justice EP arrived in the immediate aftermath of the former Velvet Underground-er's most...
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Caribbean Sunset
Released: January 1984
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Released: January 1984
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With a rock band backing him up and Brian Eno on A.M.S. pitch changer, Cale makes another straightforward pop-rock collection. Talk about first takes -- on "Experimental Number I," Cale calls out...
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Paris 1919
Released: March 1973
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Released: March 1973
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One of John Cale's very finest solo efforts, Paris 1919 is also among his most accessible records, one which grows in depth and resonance with each successive listen. A consciously literary work --...
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Music for a New Society
Released: August 1982
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Released: August 1982
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The aural chaos and intense paranoia of John Cale's "comeback" albums Sabotage/Live and Honi Soit seemingly left him with very few places left to go, short of setting back issues of Soldier of...
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