John Cale
Fear Is A Man's Best Friend - John Cale

Solo albums

Fear

Fear

About this album

Released in 1974. Island ILPS 9301.

Tracks:

  1. Fear Is A Man's Best Friend
  2. Buffalo Ballet
  3. Barracuda
  4. Emily
  5. Ship Of Fools
  6. Gun
  7. The Man Who Couldn't Afford To Orgy
  8. You Know More Than I Know
  9. Momamma Scuba
Hear Fear
Promotional album for Fear released by Island Records containing an interview with Cale. He announces cover versions of Jerusalem, Girl From The North Country (Bob Dylan), Eight Miles High (The Byrds), and I Can See For Miles (The Who).

The Man Who Couldn't Afford To Orgy is released as a single, with the non-album track Sylvia Said as the B-side.

Musicians:
John Cale: keyboards, guitar, bass guitar
Michael Des Maris : drums on Momamma Scuba
Brian Eno: synthesizers
Irene & Doreen Chanter, Liza Strike: girls
Bryn Haworth: slide guitar on Momamma Scuba
Archie Leggat: bass guitar
Phil Manzanera: guitar, slide guitar on Momamma Scuba
Judy Nylon: vocal The Man Who Couldn't Afford To Orgy
Fred Smith: drums
Richard Thompson: slide guitar on Momamma Scuba

Fear photo shoot outtake

Other credits:
Producer: John Cale
Executive producers: Eno and Phil Manzanera
Cover photo: Ketih Morris
Engineering & final mixing: John Wood
Recorded at Sound Techniques & Olympic Studios, London, UK.

Fear reissue

CD reissue

American CD label Culture Factory reissues the album in 2013 on compact-disc which reproduces meticulously all the components of the original LP and are their exact replicas in compact-disc size (5.3 x 5.3 inches). The music is encoded using state of the art, high definition remastering in 96 kHz / 24 BIT audio.


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