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.
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
Eat/Kiss: Music for the Films by Andy Warhol (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
Close Watch: An Introduction to John Cale (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
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)