John Cale discography
John Cale (born 9 March 1942) is a Welsh musician, composer, singer-songwriter and record producer who was a founding member of the experimental rock band The Velvet Underground in the 1960s. In the subsequent four decades, Cale has released varied solo albums, film soundtracks, and collaborations with Lou Reed, Brian Eno, Bob Neuwirth and others.
John Cale discography | |
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Studio albums | 15 |
Live albums | 4 |
Compilation albums | 5 |
EPs | 3 |
Albums
Studio
Year | Title | US Heatseekers | US |
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1970 | Vintage Violence
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1972 | The Academy in Peril
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1973 | Paris 1919
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1974 | Fear
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1975 | Slow Dazzle
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Helen of Troy
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1981 | Honi Soit
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1982 | Music for a New Society
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1984 | Caribbean Sunset
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1985 | Artificial Intelligence
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1989 | Words for the Dying
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1996 | Walking on Locusts
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2003 | HoboSapiens
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2005 | blackAcetate
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2012 | Shifty Adventures in Nookie Wood
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2016 | M:FANS
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Collaborations
- Church of Anthrax (with Terry Riley) (Columbia) April 1971
- Songs for Drella (with Lou Reed) (WEA) April 1990
- Wrong Way Up (with Brian Eno) (All Saints) October 1990
- Last Day on Earth (Bob Neuwirth) (MCA) May 1994
Soundtracks
- Paris s'eveille - suivi d'autres compositions (Crepuscule) November 1991
- 23 Solo Pieces for La Naissance de L'Amour (Crepuscule) November 1993
- Antártida (Crepuscule) 1995
- N'Oublie Pas Que Tu Vas Mourir (Crepuscule) 1995
- Eat/Kiss: Music for the Films by Andy Warhol (Hannibal) June 1997
- Somewhere in the City August 1998
- Nico: Dance Music (Detour) October 1998
- Le Vent De La Nuit (Crepuscule) March 1999
- The Unknown (Crepuscule) 1999
- Saint Cyr (Virgin France) May 2000
- Process (Syntax) July 2005
Live
- June 1, 1974 (with Kevin Ayers, Brian Eno, Nico) (Island) 1974
- Sabotage/Live (IRS) December 1979
- John Cale Comes Alive (Ze) September 1984
- Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (ROIR) 1991
- Fragments of a Rainy Season (Hannibal) 25 September 1992; remastered and reissued with bonus material on 16 December 2016
- Le Bataclan '72 (with Lou Reed and Nico) 2004
- Circus Live (EMI) February 2007
- John Cale & Band Live (Rockpalast 1983 & 1984) DVD and vinyl (MIG) 2010
Compilations
- Guts (Island) February 1977
- Seducing Down the Door: A Collection 1970–1990 (Rhino) 5 July 1994
- The Island Years (Island) 1996
- Close Watch: An Introduction to John Cale (Island) 20 April 1999
- Inside the Dream Syndicate, Vol. I: Day of Niagara (Table of the Elements) 2000
- New York in the 1960s: Sun Blindness Music (Table of the Elements) 2001
- Inside the Dream Syndicate, Vol. II: Dream Interpretation (Table of the Elements) 2001
- Inside the Dream Syndicate, Vol.III: Stainless Gamelan (Table of the Elements) 2001
- New York in the 1960s (Table of the Elements) 2005
- Gold (Universal) 2007 (re-release of The Island Years)
EPs
- Animal Justice (Illegal IL 003, UK) September 1977
- 5 Tracks (EMI) May 2003 (reached No. 13 Budget Album chart)
- Extra Playful (Double Six/Domino Records) September 2011
Singles
Chart positions are in bold font.
- "Cleo" / "Fairweather Friend" (1970)
- "Big White Cloud" / "Gideon's Bible" (1970)
- "Days of Steam" / "Legs Larry at the Television Centre" (1972)
- "The Man Who Couldn't Afford To Orgy" / "Sylvia Said" (1974)
- "Mercenaries"* / "Rosegarden Funeral of Sores"* (1980)
- "Dead or Alive" / "Honi Soit" (1981)
- "Close Watch" / "Close Watch" (1983)
- "Close Watch" / "Changes Made" (1983)
- "Hungry for Love" / "Caribbean Sunset" (1984)
- "Ooh La La" / "Magazines" (1984)
- "Villa Albani" remixes / "Hungry For Love" (1984)
- "Dying on the Vine" / "Everytime The Dogs Bark" (1985)
- "Satellite Walk" / "Crash Course in Harmonics"* (1985)
- "Nobody But You" US ALT: 13 / "Style It Takes" / "A Dream" (1990) – with Lou Reed
- "One Word" / "Grandfather's House"* / "Palanquin"* (1990) − with Brian Eno
- "Spinning Away (Edit)" / Grandfather's House" / "Palaquin" (1990) − with Brian Eno
- "Hallelujah" (1991)
- "Paris S'eveille" (1991)
- "The Long Voyage" (1995) – with Suzanne Vega
- "Cale vs The Bees vs Doctor Rockit" (2003)
- "Things" (2003) UK: 144
- "Turn the Lights On" (2005)
- "Outta the Bag" (2006)
- "Jumbo in tha Modernworld" (2007)
- "Big White Cloud" (2007)
- "All My Friends" (2007)
- "Whaddya Mean By That" (2011)
- "I Wanna Talk 2 U" (2012)
- "Face to the Sky" b/w "Living With You" (Organic Mix) (2012)
- "All Summer Long"* / "Sandman (Flying Dutchman)" (2013)
*non-album song
Other appearances
Studio
Year | Title | Release | Notes |
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1991 | "Hallelujah" | I'm Your Fan | Leonard Cohen cover |
"The Queen and Me" | "More Fans" |
Soundtrack
Year | Title | Soundtrack |
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1996 | "I Shot Andy Warhol Suite" | I Shot Andy Warhol[1] |
Productions and contributions
Year | Artist | Album title and details | Cale's contribution |
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1967 | Nico | Chelsea Girl
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viola, organ, guitar |
1968 | Morning Glory | Two Suns Worth
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sound engineer |
1968 | Larry and Tommy | Yo-Yo (single)
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production |
1969 | Nico | The Marble Index
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viola, piano, bass guitar, guitar, bells, arrangements |
1969 | The Stooges | The Stooges
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production, viola |
1969 | Earth Opera | The Great American Eagle Tragedy
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guitar, vocals |
1970 | Glass Harp | Glass Harp
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viola |
1970 | Chelsea | Chelsea
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viola |
1970 | Nick Drake | Bryter Layter
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viola, piano, cembalo, celeste, organ |
1970 | Nico | Desertshore
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vocals, bass guitar, guitar, keyboards, production |
1971 | Mike Heron | Smiling Men with Bad Reputations
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guitar, bass guitar, vocals |
1971 | Tax Free | Tax Free
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viola |
1972 | Jennifer Warnes | Jennifer
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production |
1973 | Chunky, Novi and Ernie | Chunky, Novi and Ernie
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production |
1974 | Nico | The End...
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bass guitar, xylophone, guitar, synthesizer, piano, organ, marimba, triangle, glockenspiel, percussion, production |
1975 | Geoff Muldaur | Is Having a Wonderful Time
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viola |
1975 | Brian Eno | Another Green World
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viola |
1975 | Patti Smith | Horses
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production |
1976 | The Modern Lovers | The Modern Lovers
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production |
1977 | Kate & Anna McGarrigle | Dancer with Bruised Knees
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organ, marimba |
1977 | Menace | I Need Nothing/Electrocutioner (single)
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production |
1977 | Sham 69 | I Don't Wanna (SP)
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production |
1977 | Squeeze | Packet of Three (EP)
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production |
1978 | Squeeze | Squeeze (U.K. Squeeze)
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production |
1978 | Cristina | Disco Clone
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production |
1978 | Marie et les Garçons | Attitudes/Re-Bop (single)
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production, marimba |
1978 | Brian Eno | Music for Films
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viola |
1978 | Julie Covington | Julie Covington
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piano, clavinet |
1978 | David Kubinec | Some Things Never Change
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keyboards, production |
1978 | Harry Toledo & The Rockets | Busted Chevrolet (EP)
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production |
1979 | Ian Hunter | You're Never Alone with a Schizophrenic
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piano, keyboards, harp |
1979 | Model Citizens | Shift the Blame (EP)
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production |
1979 | The Necessaries | You Can Borrow My Car / Runaway Child (single)
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production |
1980 | Snatch | Shopping for Clothes (EP)
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production |
1980 | Modern Guy | Une nouvelle vie
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production, cembalo, organ, percussion |
1983 | Made for TV | So Afraid of the Russians/Unknown Soldier
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production, baritone guitar, synthesizer |
1985 | Nico | Camera Obscura
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production, vocals |
1986 | Lio | Pop model
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production |
1987 | Element of Crime | Try to Be Mensch
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production, keyboards |
1987 | Happy Mondays | Squirrel and G-Man Twenty Four Hour Party People Plastic Face Carnt Smile
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production |
1988 | Art Bergmann | Crawl with Me
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production |
1989 | Big Vern | Lullabies for Lager Louts
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production, keyboards |
1990 | The Replacements | All Shook Down
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viola |
1991 | Maureen Tucker | I Spent a Week There the Other Night
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viola, synthesizer |
1991 | Sister Double Happiness | Heart and Mind
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"Radar Blips" |
1991 | Louise Féron | Louise Féron
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production, piano |
1991 | Les Nouvelles Polyphonies Corses | Les Nouvelles Polyphonies Corses
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piano |
1992 | Los Ronaldos | Sabor Salado
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production |
1992 | Hector Zazou | Sahara Blue
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vocals |
1994 | Vince Bell | Phoenix
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piano |
1994 | Yohji Yamamoto | Your Pain Shall Be a Music
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vocals |
1994 | Hector Zazou | Chansons des mers froides
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vocals |
1995 | Siouxsie and the Banshees | The Rapture
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production |
1995 | Ivan Kral | Nostalgia
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piano |
1996 | Marc Almond | Fantastic Star
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piano |
1996 | Goya Dress | Rooms
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production, piano, mixing |
1996 | Patti Smith | Gone Again
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organ |
1996 | Les Nouvelles Polyphonies Corses | In Paradisu
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production |
1996 | The Maids of Gravity | The First Second
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production |
1997 | Garageland | Feel Alright
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production, piano |
1998 | The Jesus Lizard | The Jesus Lizard
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production |
1998 | Alan Stivell | 1 Douar
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bass guitar, mixing |
1998 | Jack Smith | Les Evening Gowns Damnées (recorded 1962–1964)
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sarinda |
1999 | Jack Smith | Silent Shadows on Cinemaroc Island (recorded in the 60s)
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1999 | Ventilator | Desert Station Frequency
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production |
2000 | Mediæval Bæbes | Undrentide
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production |
2001 | Super Furry Animals | Rings Around the World
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piano |
2001 | Jools Holland | Small World Big Band
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vocals |
2002 | Gordon Gano | Hitting the Ground
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piano, vocals |
2002 | Trash Palace | Positions
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vocals |
2003 | Angus MacLise | The Cloud Doctrine (recorded in the 60s)
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viola, guitar, keyboards |
2006 | Alejandro Escovedo | The Boxing Mirror
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production |
2008 | The Shortwave Set | Replica Sun Machine
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viola |
2010 | Manic Street Preachers | Postcards from a Young Man
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keyboards, noise |
2020 | Kelly Lee Owens | Corner of my sky (featuring John Cale
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vocals written and performed |
References
- "Various - I Shot Andy Warhol - Music From And Inspired By The Motion Picture". Discogs. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
External links
- Official website
- John Cale at IMDb
- Fear Is A Man's Best Friend extensive fan site
- UbuWeb: John Cale featuring music from Aspen No. 5+6
- John Cale Interview John Cale Interview
- Essay on Cale in Examinations Archive
- Fragments of Cale, track-by-track review of Cale's work
- John Cale discography at MusicBrainz
- John Cale discography at Discogs
- Cormac vs John Cale Album by album interview
Listening
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