John Cale discography

John Cale discography

Releases
↙Studio albums	14
↙Live albums	4
↙Compilation albums	5

John Cale (March 9, 1942) is a Welsh musician, composer, singer-songwriter and record producer best known as a founding member of the experimental rock band The Velvet Underground.

Early recordings: New York in the 1960s (With the Theatre of Eternal Music)

• 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 [Archival], [Bonus Tracks], [Box Set] (Table of the Elements) 2005

With the Velvet Underground

• The Velvet Underground & Nico (Verve) March 1967
• White Light/White Heat (Verve) January 1968
• VU (Verve, outtakes compilation) February 1985
• Another View (Verve, outtakes compilation) September 1986
• Live MCMXCIII (Sire) November 1993
• Peel Slowly and See (Polydor, box set) September 1995
• Loaded (Fully Loaded Edition) (Rhino Records) 1997†
• The Very Best of the Velvet Underground (Polydor, compilation) April 2003

† Although Cale had left The Velvet Underground two years before they released their 1970 album Loaded, he was briefly involved in the demo stages of that record. The 1997 2CD reissue of that album contains a demo of "Ocean" that is believed to feature Cale playing the organ.

Solo

Studio albums

• Vintage Violence (Columbia) December 1970
• The Academy in Peril (Reprise) April 1972
• Paris 1919 (Reprise) March 1973
• Fear (Island) September 1974
• Slow Dazzle (Island) March 1975
• Helen of Troy (Island) November 1975
• Honi Soit (A&M) March 10, 1981
• Music For A New Society (Ze) August 1982
• Caribbean Sunset (Ze) June 1983
• Artificial Intelligence (Beggars Banquet) September 1985
• Words for the Dying (Opal/Warner Bros.) October 1989
• Walking on Locusts (Hannibal) September 1996
• Nico: Dance Music (Detour) October 1998
• HoboSapiens (EMI) October 2003
• blackAcetate (EMI) October 2005

Live albums

• 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) October 1992
• Circus Live (EMI) February 2007
• John Cale & Band Live (Rockpalast 1983 & 1984) DVD and vinyl (MIG) 2010

EPs

• Animal Justice (Illegal IL 003, UK) September 1977
• 5 Tracks (EMI) May 2003
• Extra Playful (Double Six/Domino Records) September 2011

Compilations

• Guts (Island) February 1977
• Seducing Down the Door (Rhino) 1994
• The Island Years (Island) 1996
• Close Watch: An Introduction to John Cale 1999
• Gold (Universal) 2007 (re-release of The Island Years)

Soundtracks

• Paris S'eveille, Suivi d'Autres Compositions (Crepuscule) November 1991
• 23 Solo Pieces pour 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 of Andy Warhol (Hannibal) June 1997
• Somewhere In The City August 1998
• Le Vent De La Nuit (Crepuscule) March 1999
• The Unknown (Crepuscule) 1999
• Saint Cyr (Virgin France) May 2000
• Process (John Cale album)|Process (Syntax) July 2005

Collaborations

• Great American Eagle Tragedy (with Earth Opera) (Elektra) 1969
• Bryter Layter (with Nick Drake) (Island) November 1970
• Chelsea (with Chelsea) (Decca) 1970
• Church of Anthrax (with Terry Riley) (Columbia) April 1971
• June 1, 1974 (with Kevin Ayers, Brian Eno, Nico) (Island) 1974
• Songs for Drella (with Lou Reed) (WEA) April 1990
• Wrong Way Up (with Brian Eno) (All Saints) October 1990
• Last Day on Earth ( with Bob Neuwirth) (MCA) May 1994
• "First Evening" by Hector Zazou featuring John Cale, from the Hector Zazou album Sahara Blue (La Grande Hall-La Villette/Crammed Discs) 1992
• Gone Again (with Patti Smith) (Arista) June 1996
• "I Wanna Be Around" (with Jools Holland's Small World Big Band) (Import) 2001
• Le Bataclan '72 (with Lou Reed and Nico) 2004

Productions

• The Stooges (by The Stooges) (Elektra) 1969
• The Marble Index Arranged by John Cale produced by Frazier Mohawk (by Nico) 1969
• Desertshore (by Nico) 1970
• Jennifer (by Jennifer Warnes) 1972
• The End... (by Nico) 1973
• Chunky, Novi & Ernie (by Chunky, Novi and Ernie) (co-produced with Ted Templeman) (Warners) 1973
• Horses (by Patti Smith) (Arista) 1975
• The Modern Lovers (by The Modern Lovers) (Beserkley) 1976
• I don't wanna EP (by Sham 69) (Step Forward) 1977
• Packet of three EP (by Squeeze) (Deptford Fun City) 1977
• i need nothing/Electrocutioner (by Menace) (Illegal)1977
• Squeeze (by Squeeze) 1978 (U.K. Squeeze in North America and Australia)
• Model Citizens EP (by Model Citizens) (Spy) 1978
• Some things never change (by David Kubinec) (A&M) 1978
• Shopping for clothes EP (by Snatch) (Fetish) 1980
• Une nouvelle vie (by Modern Guy) (Dorian) 1980
• Camera Obscura (by Nico) 1985
• Try To Be Mensch (by Element Of Crime) 1987
• Squirrel and G-Man Twenty Four Hour Party People Plastic Face Carnt Smile (White Out)(by Happy Mondays) 1987
• Crawl with me (by Art Bergmann) (Duke Street) 1988
• Lullabies for lager louts (by Big Vern) 1989
• Louise Féron (by Louise Féron) (Virgin) 1991
• Rooms (by Goya Dress) (Nude)1996
• The Rapture (by Siouxsie and the Banshees) (Wonderland) 1994
• The Boxing Mirror (by Alejandro Escovedo) 2006

Soundtrack for films Basquiat, American Psycho, Smokin' Aces.'I shot Andy Warhol, 'Maginobi 'Sid & Nancy, 'Caged Heat, 'Something Wild, 'Love Me, 'Paris, 'Rhinocerous Eyes, 'Who am i this time, 'Abschied and 'Wisconsin Death Trip

See also

• The Velvet Underground
• Theatre of Eternal Music

External links

• Official website
• John Cale at the Internet Movie Database
• 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 at the Internet Movie Database
• John Cale discography at MusicBrainz
• John Cale discography at Discogs
• Cormac vs John Cale Album by album interview

Listening

• John Cale on Studio 360 radio program