blackAcetate

blackAcetate
Studio album by John Cale
Released	3 October 2005 (2005-10-03) (UK)
Genre	Experimental rock
Length	53:13
Label	EMI
Producer	John Cale Herb Graham Jr. Mickey Petralia
John Cale chronology
HoboSapiens (2003) blackAcetate (2005) Circus Live (2007)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	link
The Independent	30 September 2005
Mojo	p.102, November 2005
NME	(8/10) p.45, 8 October 2005
Pitchfork Media	(4.4/10) 23 January 2006
PopMatters	(5/10) 23 November 2005
Prefix	8 December 2005
Q	p.123, November 2005
Stylus	(C) 5 December 2005
Uncut	p.104, October 2005

blackAcetate is a 2005 album by John Cale, his second album for EMI.

"Perfect" was released as a single in the UK two weeks after the album, and was subsequently included in The Sunday Times' list of the top 20 pop songs of the year.

Track listing

All tracks composed by John Cale

1. "Outta the Bag" – 3:54
2. "For a Ride" – 3:55
3. "Brotherman" – 3:32
4. "Satisfied" – 3:54
5. "In a Flood" – 4:53
6. "Hush" – 3:26
7. "Gravel Drive" – 4:23
8. "Perfect" – 3:21
9. "Sold-Motel" – 4:53
10. "Woman" – 5:07
11. "Wasteland" – 4:11
12. "Turn the Lights On" – 3:46
13. "Mailman (The Lying Song)" – 4:04

Personnel

• John Cale: vocals, guitars, keyboards
• Herb Graham Jr.: drums, programming, percussion
• Dave Levitta: guitars
• Natalie Porter: background vocals
• Musiic Galloway: background vocals
• Jaspr Baj: background vocals
• Mark Deffenbaugh: guitars, banjo
• John Crozova: cello
• Dustin Boyer: guitar, backing vocals
• Joe Karnes: bass
• Micheal Jerome: drums, backing vocals

Executive producer: Nita Scott

External links

• blackAcetate at MusicBrainz
• Perfect at MusicBrainz