John Cale discography

John Cale discography
Studio albums	15
Live albums	4
Compilation albums	5
EPs	3

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.

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^[A]
• The Very Best of the Velvet Underground (Polydor, compilation) April 2003

• A^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

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 (reached No. 13 Budget Album chart)
• Extra Playful (Double Six/Domino Records) September 2011

Compilations

• Guts (Island) February 1977
• Seducing Down the Door: A Collection 1970–1990 (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 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

Collaborations

• 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 (Bob Neuwirth) (MCA) May 1994
• Le Bataclan '72 (with Lou Reed and Nico) 2004

Productions and contributions

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)

See also

• The Velvet Underground
• Theatre of Eternal Music
• John Cale filmography

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 discography at MusicBrainz
• John Cale discography at Discogs
• Cormac vs John Cale Album by album interview

Listening

• John Cale on Studio 360 radio program