HoboSapiens
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| Studio album by John Cale | |||||
| Released | 6 October 2003 (UK) | ||||
| Length | 60:15 (excl. hidden track) 64:49 (incl. hidden track) |
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| Label | EMI | ||||
| Producer | John Cale Nick Franglen |
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HoboSapiens is a 2003 album by John Cale, his first for EMI. Cale co-produced the album with Nick Franglen of Lemon Jelly. The cover photography is by Jon Shard.
[edit] Track listing
All tracks composed by John Cale
- "Set Me Free" (hidden track) – 4:35
- "Zen" – 6:03
- "Reading My Mind" – 4:11
- "Things" – 3:36
- "Look Horizon" – 5:40
- "Magritte" – 4:58
- "Archimedes" – 4:40
- "Caravan" – 6:43
- "Bicycle" – 5:05
- "Twilight Zone" – 3:49
- "Letter From Abroad" – 5:10
- "Things X" – 4:50
- "Over Her Head" – 5:22
Personnel:
- John Cale: keyboards, guitars, electric viola, viola, vocals, backing vocals, samples, bass, harmonium
- Andy Green: guitar, samples, additional production
- Erik Sanko: bass, slack dulmicer
- Joe Gore: guitar
- Emil Miland: cello
- Ryan Coseboom: samples
- Michael "Count" Eldridge: drum loops, samples
- Marco Giovino: drums, percussion
- Roberto, Daniele, Alba Clemente, Giovani: Italian voices
- Lance Doss: guitars, backing vocals
- John Kurzweig: guitars
- Joel Mark: guitars, bass
- Jeff Eyrich: bass
- Bill Swartz: drums
- Eden Cale: spoken words
- Dimitri Tokovoi: samples
- Brian Foreman: bass
- Shelley Harland: samples
- Lisa Bielawa, Elizabeth Farnum, Alexandra Montana, Gayla Morgan: a tonal voices
- Drum loop on "Bicycle" courtesy of Brian Eno
Executive producer: Nita Scott
The album contains a hidden track, "Set Me Free", in the pregap. It is not mentioned in the tracklisting, but it is inside the CD booklet. It can be played by rewinding track 1 to the -4:30 mark
