John Cale discography

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.

John Cale discography
Studio albums19
Live albums4
Compilation albums5
EPs3

Albums

Studio albums
Title Album details Peak chart positions
BEL
Fl.
[1]		 BEL
Wa.
[2]		 DEN
[3]		 NLD
[4]		 US
[5]
Vintage Violence — — — — —
Church of Anthrax (with Terry Riley)
  • Released: April 1971
  • Label: Columbia
The Academy in Peril — — — — —
Paris 1919
  • Released: 25 February 1973
  • Label: Reprise
 — — — — —
Fear
  • Released: 1 October 1974
  • Label: Island
 — — — — —
Slow Dazzle
  • Released: 25 March 1975
  • Label: Island
 — — — — —
Helen of Troy
  • Released: November 1975
  • Label: Island
 — — — — —
Honi Soit
  • Released: 10 March 1981
  • Label: A&M
 — — — — 154
Music for a New Society
  • Released: September 1982
  • Label: ZE
 — — — — —
Caribbean Sunset
  • Released: February 1984
  • Label: ZE
 — — — 28 —
Artificial Intelligence — — — — —
Words for the Dying — — — — —
Songs for Drella (with Lou Reed)
  • Released: April 1990
  • Sire
Wrong Way Up (with Brian Eno)
  • Released: October 1990
  • Opal Music/Warner Bros.
Last Day on Earth (with Bob Neuwirth)
  • Released: May 1994
  • MCA
Walking on Locusts
  • Released: 24 September 1996
  • Label: Hannibal
 — — — — —
HoboSapiens
  • Released: 6 October 2003
  • Label: EMI
 — — 36 — —
blackAcetate
  • Released: 17 October 2005
  • Label: EMI
 87 — — — —
Shifty Adventures in Nookie Wood 58 169 — — —[lower-alpha 1]
M:FANS
  • Released: 22 January 2016
  • Label: Double Six
 52 185 — — —
Mercy
  • Released: 20 January 2023
  • Label: Double Six
 14 145 — — —
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Soundtracks

Live

Compilations

EPs

Short soundtrack

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)
  • "Lazy Day" (2020) non-album song
  • "Night Crawling" (2022)

Other appearances

Studio
Year Title Release Notes
1991 "Hallelujah" I'm Your Fan Leonard Cohen cover
"The Queen and Me" "More Fans"
1993 "Helmut Newton Told Me"/"Wish You Were Here"/"Oh! To Be Invited to the Venice Biennale" Caged/Uncaged: A Rock/Experimental Homage to John Cage[7] soundtrack to an exhibition, with Ann Magnuson
2004 "She Doesn't Live Here Anymore" Por Vida[8] Alejandro Escovedo cover
2022 "Mr. Sparrow" For the Birds: The Birdson Project, Vol. III[9] original

Live
Year Title Notes
1974 June 1, 1974 with Kevin Ayers, Brian Eno, Nico

Productions and contributions
Year Artist Release information Cale's contribution
1967 Nico Chelsea Girl viola, organ, guitar: various
1968 Morning Glory Two Suns Worth sound engineer: album
1969 Nico The Marble Index viola, piano, bass guitar, guitar, bells, arrangements: album
1969 The Stooges The Stooges production, viola: album
1969 Earth Opera The Great American Eagle Tragedy
  • Released: 1969
  • Label: Elektra Records
 guitar, vocals: various
1970 Glass Harp Glass Harp viola: various
1970 Chelsea Chelsea
  • Released: 1970
  • Label: Decca Records
 viola: various
1970 Nick Drake Bryter Layter
  • Released: November 1970
  • Label: Island Records
 viola, piano, cembalo, celeste, organ: various
1970 Nico Desertshore vocals, bass guitar, guitar, keyboards, production: album
1971 Mike Heron Smiling Men with Bad Reputations
  • Released: 1971
  • Label: Elektra Records
 guitar, bass guitar, vocals: various
1971 Tax Free Tax Free
  • Released: 1971
  • Label: Polydor Records
 viola: album
1972 Jennifer Warnes Jennifer
  • Released: 1972
  • Label: Reprise Records
 production: album
1973 Chunky, Novi and Ernie Chunky, Novi and Ernie production: album
1974 Nico The End... bass guitar, xylophone, guitar, synthesizer, piano, organ, marimba, triangle, glockenspiel, percussion, production: album
1975 Geoff Muldaur Is Having a Wonderful Time
  • Released: 1975
  • Label: Reprise Records
 viola: "Wondering Why"
1975 Brian Eno Another Green World
  • Released: September 1975
  • Label: Island Records
 viola: various
1975 Patti Smith Horses production: album
1976 The Modern Lovers The Modern Lovers production: primary sessions
1977 Kate & Anna McGarrigle Dancer with Bruised Knees organ, marimba: various
1977 Squeeze Packet of Three production: EP
1977 Sham 69 Sham 69 production: EP
1978 Squeeze Squeeze
  • Released: March 1978
  • Label: A&M Records
 production: album
1978 Cristina "Disco Clone"
  • Released: 1978
  • Label: ZE Records
 production
1978 Marie et les Garçons "Attitudes"/"Re-Bop"
  • Released: 1978
  • Label: Spy Records
 production, marimba: both sides
1978 Brian Eno Music for Films viola: "Patrolling Wire Borders"
1978 Julie Covington Julie Covington
  • Released: 1978
  • Label: Virgin Records
 piano, clavinet: various
1978 David Kubinec Some Things Never Change keyboards, production: album
1978 Harry Toledo & The Rockets Busted Chevrolet
  • Released: 1978
  • Label: Spy Records
 production: EP
1978 Menace "I Need Nothing"/"Electrocutioner" production: both sides
1979 Ian Hunter You're Never Alone with a Schizophrenic piano, keyboards, harp: "Bastard"
1979 Model Citizens Model Citizens
  • Released: 1979
  • Label: Spy Records
 production: EP
1979 The Necessaries "You Can Borrow My Car"/"Runaway Child"
  • Released: 1979
  • Label: Spy Records
 production: both sides
1980 Snatch Shopping for Clothes
  • Released: April 1980
  • Label: Fetish
 production: EP
1980 Modern Guy Une nouvelle vie
  • Released: 1980
  • Label: Dorian
 production, cembalo, organ, percussion: album
1983 Made for TV "So Afraid of the Russians"/"Unknown Soldier"
  • Released: 1983
  • Label: Conflict Records
 production, baritone guitar, synthesizer: both sides
1985 Nico Camera Obscura production, vocals: album
1986 Lio Pop Model
  • Released: 1986
  • Label: Polydor Records
 production: various
1987 Element of Crime Try to Be Mensch
  • Released: March 1987
  • Label: Polydor Records
 production, keyboards: album
1987 Happy Mondays Squirrel and G-Man Twenty Four Hour Party People Plastic Face Carnt Smile production: album
1988 Art Bergmann Crawl with Me production: album
1989 Big Vern Lullabies for Lager Louts
  • Released: December 1989
  • Label: Duke Street Records
 production, keyboards: album
1990 Los Ronaldos Sabor Salado
  • Released: June 1990
  • Label: EMI Records
 production: album
1990 The Replacements All Shook Down viola: "Sadly Beautiful"
1991 Maureen Tucker I Spent a Week There the Other Night
  • Released: 1991
  • Label: New Rose Records
 viola, synthesizer: various
1991 Sister Double Happiness Heart and Mind
  • Released: 1991
  • Label:
 radar blips: unknown
1991 Louise Féron Louise Féron production, piano: album
1991 Les Nouvelles Polyphonies Corses Les Nouvelles Polyphonies Corses
  • Released: 1991
  • Label: Phonogram
 piano: "Nana"
1992 Hector Zazou Sahara Blue
  • Released: 1992
  • Label: Made to Measure
 vocals: "Hunger"
1994 Vince Bell Phoenix piano: unknown
1994 Yohji Yamamoto Your Pain Shall Be a Music
  • Released: 1994
  • Label:
 vocals: "John Cale"
1994 Hector Zazou Chansons des mers froides
  • Released: 1994
  • Label: Columbia Records
 vocals: "The Long Voyage"
1995 Siouxsie and the Banshees The Rapture
  • Released: January 1995
  • Label: Polydor Records
 production: album
1995 Ivan Kral Nostalgia
  • Released: 1995
  • Label: BMG Ariola
 piano: "Perfect Moon"
1996 Marc Almond Fantastic Star piano: "Love to Die For"
1996 Goya Dress Rooms
  • Released: April 1996
  • Label: Nude Records
 production, piano, mixing: album
1996 Patti Smith Gone Again organ: "Beneath the Southern Cross"
1996 Les Nouvelles Polyphonies Corses In Paradisu
  • Released: 1996
  • Label: Mercury Records
 production and arrangements: various
1996 The Maids of Gravity The First Second
  • Released: September 1996
  • Label: Vernon Yard Recordings
 production: album
1997 Garageland "Feel Alright"
  • Released: July 1997
  • Label: Flying Nun Records
 piano
1998 The Jesus Lizard The Jesus Lizard production: "Needles for Teeth"
1998 Alan Stivell 1 Douar
  • Released: July 1998
  • Label: Disques Dreyfus
 instruments, mixing: "Ever"
1998 Jack Smith Les Evening Gowns Damnées (recorded 1962–1964) sarinda: "Cold Starry Nights"
1999 Jack Smith Silent Shadows on Cinemaroc Island (recorded in the 60s)
  • Released: January 1999
  • Label: Table of the Elements
 performance: "Silent Shadows on Cinemaroc Island"
1999 Ventilator Desert Station Frequency
  • Released: 1999
  • Label:
 production: various
2000 Mediæval Bæbes Undrentide
  • Released: September 2000
  • Label: BMG Classics
 production: album
2001 Super Furry Animals Rings Around the World piano: "Presidential Suite"
2001 Jools Holland Small World Big Band (live)
  • Released: December 2001
  • Label: WEA
 vocals: "I Wanna Be Around"
2002 Gordon Gano Hitting the Ground piano, vocals: "Don't Pretend"
2002 Trash Palace Positions
  • Released: 2002
  • Label: Discograph
 vocals: "The Insult"
2003 Angus MacLise The Cloud Doctrine (recorded in the 60s)
  • Released: May 2003
  • Label: Sub Rosa
 viola, guitar, keyboards: various
2006 Alejandro Escovedo The Boxing Mirror production: album
2008 The Shortwave Set Replica Sun Machine
  • Released: May 2008
  • Label: Wall of Sound
 viola, synths, atmospheres: album/various
2010 Manic Street Preachers Postcards from a Young Man keyboards, noise: "Auto-Intoxication"
2020 Kelly Lee Owens Inner Song vocals, lyrics: "Corner of My Sky"

Compositions
Year Title Medium Performer(s)
1996 "I Shot Andy Warhol Suite"[10] Film theme String section, arranged by Cale
1998 Dance Music Ballet score Ice Nine, arranged by Dave Soldier
2000 Saint Cyr Film score Various musicians, arranged by Randy Wolf

See also

Notes
  1. Shifty Adventures in Nookie Wood did not enter the Billboard 200, but it peaked at number 44 on the Billboard Heatseekers Albums chart.[6]

References
  1. "John Cale". Ultratop Flanders (in Dutch). Retrieved 20 July 2022.
  2. "John Cale". Ultratop Wallonia (in French). Retrieved 20 July 2022.
  3. "John Cale". Danish Charts. Hung Medien. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
  4. "Discografie John Cale". Dutch Charts (in Dutch). Retrieved 20 July 2022.
  5. Billboard peak chart positions:
  6. "Launch Pad: Heatseekers Albums" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 124, no. 38. 27 October 2012. p. 37. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
  7. Various - Caged / Uncaged (A Rock / Experimental Homage To John Cage), retrieved 22 August 2022
  8. Various - Por Vida (A Tribute To The Songs Of Alejandro Escovedo), retrieved 22 August 2022
  9. https://plus.google.com/110686239645171179005. "For The Birds: The Birdsong Project Volume III Out Today". Shore Fire Media. Retrieved 31 October 2022. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help); External link in |last= (help)
  10. "Various - I Shot Andy Warhol - Music From And Inspired By The Motion Picture". Discogs. Retrieved 26 October 2020.

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