Biography

From his participation in minimalist godfather LaMonte Young's groundbreaking '60s work to his key role in creating the darkly hypnotic Velvet Underground, John Cale was a trailblazer before he ever even embarked on a solo career. On his own, he melded proto-punk, folk-rock, and the avant-garde, and has created one of the most fascinating, literate, and uncompromisingly varied bodies of music in rock. As a producer, he's been equally influential, working with everyone from the Modern Lovers and Patti Smith to Squeeze.

Top Tracks

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• (i Keep A) Close Watch

• 3 Orchestral Pieces: Faust/the Balance/capt. Morgans Lament

• A Child's Christmas In Wales

• A Dream

• Antarctica Starts Here

• Archimedes

• Bamboo Floor

• Bicycle

• Big White Cloud

• Black Rose

• Brahms

• Buffalo Ballet

• Cable Hogue

• Captain Hook

• Charlemagne

• Child's Christmas In Wales

• Chinese Envoy

• Church Of Anthrax

• Dancing Undercover

• Dead Or Alive

• Dirty-ass Rock 'n' Roll

• Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night

• Dr. Mudd

• Dying On The Vine

• España

• Fear Is A Man's Best Friend

• Femme Fatale/rosegarden Funeral Of Sores

• Foraride

• Ghost Story

• Gun

• Guts

• Heartbreak Hotel

• Hedda Gabler

• Helen Of Troy

• Hello There

• I Keep A Close Watch

• I'm Not The Loving Kind

• Images

• Indistinct Notion Of Cool

• Kiss~movement

• Leaving It Up To You

• Look Horizon

• Macbeth

• Magic And Lies

• Mr. Wilson

• My Maria

• Nibelungen

• Outta The Bag

• Pablo Picasso

• Paris 1919

• Sabotage

• Ship Of Fools

• Smalltown

• Sold-motel

• Style It Takes

• Sudden Death

• Taking Your Life In Your Hands

• The Philosopher

• The Protege

• The Soul Of Patrick Lee

• Wasteland

• You Know Me More Than I Know

• Zen

Discography

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• Live at Rockpalast

  Mig / SPV

  2010

• Black Acetate

  Astralwerks / Astralwerks/EMI

  2005

• HoboSapiens

  EMI Music Distribution

  2003

• Inside the Dream Syndicate, Vol. 2: Dream Interpretation

  Table Of The Elements

  2002

• Inside the Dream Syndicate, Vol. 1: Day of Niagara [1965]

  Table Of The Elements

  2000

• Nico

  Detour Records / Elektra

  1998

• Dance Music

  Detour Records

  1998

• Walking on Locusts

  Hannibal / Hannibal

  1996

• Fragments of a Rainy Season

  Hannibal

  1992

• Even Cowgirls Get the Blues

  ROIR

  1991

• John Cale: Words for the Dying

  All Saints

  1989

• Artificial Intelligence

  Beggars Banquet

  1985

• Comes Alive

  1984

• Caribbean Sunset

  Mango

  1984

• Music for a New Society

  Rhino

  1982

• Honi Soit

  A&M

  1981

• Sabotage: Live

  Spy Records

  1979

• Helen of Troy

  Universal/Polygram

  1975

• Slow Dazzle

  UME Imports / Island

  1975

• Fear

  UME Imports / Polygram

  1974

• June 1, 1974

  Polygram / PolyGram / Universal Pte. Ltd.

  1974

• Paris 1919

  Reprise

  1973

• The Academy in Peril

  Reprise

  1972

• Church of Anthrax

  Wounded Bird Records

  1971