John Cale discography

John Cale (born 9 March 1942) is a Welsh singer, musician, composer, record producer and arranger. He is a founding member of the influential American rock band the Velvet Underground, with whom he recorded two studio albums. In the subsequent four decades, Cale has released varied solo albums, film soundtracks, and collaborations with Lou Reed, Brian Eno, Bob Neuwirth and others.

Albums

Studio albums

Soundtracks

• 23 Solo Pieces for La naissance de l'amour (Crepuscule) November 1993
• Antártida (Crepuscule) 1995
• N'oublie pas que tu vas mourir (Crepuscule) 1995
• ' (Hannibal) June 1997
• Dance Music (Music for "Nico", the ballet choreographed by Ed Wubbe / Scabino Ballet Rotterdam) Warner 1998
• Le vent de la nuit (Crepuscule) March 1999
• The Unknown (Crepuscule) 1999
• Saint-Cyr (O.S.T.) (Virgin France) 2000
• Process (Syntax) July 2005

Live

• 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) 25 September 1992
• Le Bataclan '72 (with Lou Reed and Nico) 2004
• Circus Live (EMI) February 2007
• John Cale & Band Live (Rockpalast 1983 & 1984) DVD and vinyl (MIG) 2010

Compilations

• Guts (Island) February 1977
• Paris s'eveille - suivi d'autres compositions (Crepuscule) November 1991
• Seducing Down the Door: A Collection 1970–1990 (Rhino) 5 July 1994
• The Island Years (Island) 1996
• ' (Island) 20 April 1999
• Conflict & Catalysis (Productions & Arrangements 1966–2006) 2012

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

Short soundtrack

• Somewhere in the City August 1998

Singles

• "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 No. 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 No. 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)
• "House" (2025) − with Charli XCX

Other appearances

Studio

Live

Productions and contributions

Compositions

See also

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

Notes

References

External links

• 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
• Cormac vs John Cale Album by album interview

Listening

• John Cale on Studio 360 radio program