John Cale
"Even if you're improvising, the fact that beforehand you know certain things will work helps you to make those improvisations successful most of the time."

John Cale

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Album reviews

Music critics loved and hated Cale's output on vinyl and shiny discs.

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BBC
Van Mond tot Oor (in Dutch)
Review by Ken Clark

blackAcetate
BBC
PopMatters
Van Mond tot Oor (in Dutch)

Circus Live
BBC

Close Watch: An Introduction To John Cale
NME

Dance Music
NME
Mojo Magazine
Rolling Stone

Eat/Kiss
Boston Phoenix
Mojo Magazine
Pitchfork Review
Salon
Wall of Sound

Extra Playful
Review by Ken Clark

Fear
BBC
Overlooked Gems of My Lifetime

Guts
Mojo Magazine

HoboSapiens
BBC
PopMatters
Van Mond tot Oor (in Dutch)

Island Years
Mojo Magazine

Music For A New Society
Humo (Dutch)

Shifty Adventures in Nookie Wood
Review by Ken Clark

Somewhere In The City
Pitchfork Review

Sun Blindness Music
Review by Ken Clark

Stainless Gamelan
Review by Ken Clark

Walking on Locusts
Het Nieuwsblad(dutch)
Mojo Magazine
Pitchfork Review
Sonic.net
Wall of Sound


» Fresh Cale

Paris 1919 Order the remastered and expanded Paris 1919 album (2LP, CD) via Domino Records
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