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John Davies Cale, OBE (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.
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M:FANS [2016]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| If You Were Still Around | |
| Taking Your Life in Your Hands | |
| Thoughtless Kind | |
| Chinese Envoy | |
| Changes Made | |
| Close Watch | |
| If You Were Still Around (Choir Reprise) |
Music for a New Society/M:FANS [2016]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Taking Your Life in Your Hands | 5:43 |
| Thoughtless Kind | 5:27 |
| If You Were Still Around | 5:18 |
| Close Watch | 5:15 |
| Chinese Envoy | 3:51 |
| Changes Made | 3:54 |
| Damn Life | 5:14 |
| Chinese Envoy [Outtakes] | 3:39 |
| Thoughtless Kind [Outtakes] | 2:34 |
| If You Were Still Around (Choir Reprise) | 4:44 |
The Sire Years: Complete Albums Box [2015]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Smalltown | 2:04 |
| Open House | 4:17 |
| Style It Takes | 2:54 |
| Work | 2:37 |
| Trouble With Classicists | 3:41 |
| Starlight | 3:28 |
| Faces and Names | 4:12 |
| Images | 3:30 |
| Slip Away (A Warning) | 3:05 |
| It Wasn't Me | 3:30 |
| I Believe | 3:18 |
| Nobody But You | 3:45 |
| A Dream | 6:33 |
| Forever Changed | 4:52 |
| Hello It's Me | 3:04 |
Original Album Series [2013]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Smalltown | 2:03 |
| Open House | 4:17 |
| Style It Takes | 2:54 |
| Work | 2:37 |
| Trouble With Classicists | 3:41 |
| Starlight | 3:28 |
| Faces and Names | 4:12 |
| Images | 3:30 |
| Slip Away (a Warning) | 3:05 |
| It Wasn't Me | 3:30 |
| I Believe | 3:17 |
| Nobody But You | 3:45 |
| A Dream | 6:33 |
| Forever Changed | 4:51 |
| Hello It's Me | 3:04 |
Conflict & Catalysis: Productions & Arrangements 1966-2006 [2012]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Pablo Picasso | 4:20 |
| Take Your Place | 3:12 |
| Kuff Dam | 3:06 |
| Needles For Teeth | 3:46 |
| Spinning Away | 5:27 |
Live at Rockpalast [2010]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Streets of Laredo | 2:40 |
| Leaving It Up to You | 5:43 |
| Caribbean Sunset | 4:40 |
| Fear Is a Man's Best Friend | 3:53 |
| Heartbreak Hotel | 4:41 |
| Paris 1919 | 3:54 |
| Waiting for the Man | 6:09 |
| Close Watch | 2:50 |
| Ghost Story | 2:47 |
| Ship of Fools | 2:55 |
| Amsterdam | 2:49 |
| Child's Christmas in Wales | 4:03 |
| Buffalo Ballet | 2:57 |
| Antarctica Starts Here | 2:36 |
| Taking It All Away | 2:41 |
| Riverbank | 3:36 |
| Guts | 3:06 |
| Chinese Envoy | 3:38 |
| Thoughtless Kind | 2:14 |
| Cable Hogue | 3:37 |
| Dead or Alive | 3:17 |
Revolutions in Sound: Warner Bros. Records - The First 50 Years [USB Bonus Tracks] [2008]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Andalucia |
Bose Collection - Relax Disc 10 [Version 1] [2007]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Child's Christmas in Wales | 3:21 |
| Hanky Panky Nohow | 2:48 |
Bose Collection - Relax Disc 4 [2007]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Child's Christmas in Wales | 3:19 |
| Hanky Panky Nohow | 2:48 |
Circus Live [2007]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Venus In Furs | 6:22 |
| Save Us | 3:20 |
| Buffalo Ballet | 4:07 |
| The Ballad of Cable Hogue | 5:06 |
| Look Horizon | 5:15 |
| Magritte | 4:12 |
| Dirty Ass Rock and Roll | 6:30 |
| Walking the Dog | 6:11 |
| Gun | 12:59 |
| Hanky Panky Nohow | 4:59 |
| Drone - Into Amsterdam Suite | 4:07 |
| Style It Takes | 5:14 |
| Heartbreak Hotel | 6:52 |
| Drone-Into Amsterdam | 4:07 |
Circus Live [Bonus DVD] [2007]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Venus in Furs | 6:22 |
| Save Us | 3:20 |
| Buffalo Ballet | 4:07 |
| Gun | 12:59 |
| Heartbreak Hotel | 6:52 |
The Frozen Borderline: 1968-1970 [2007]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Hidden Track [Frozen Warnings-Demo] | 14:24 |
| [Untitled] | 4:24 |
Compounds + Elements: An Introduction to All Saints Records [2006]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Cordoba | 4:24 |
| Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night | 5:35 |
Le Bataclan 72, Vol. 2 [2005]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Empty Bottles | |
| Femme Fatale | |
| Frozen Warnings | |
| Janitor of Lunacy | |
| I'll Be Your Mirror | |
| All Tomorrow's Parties (Encore) |
Fragments of a Rainy Season [DVD] [2004]
Le Bataclan '72 [2004]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Waiting for the Man | 5:46 |
| I'm Waiting For the Man | 5:40 |
| Berlin | 5:33 |
| The Black Angel's Death Song | 4:42 |
| Wild Child | 6:12 |
| Heroin | 7:38 |
| Ghost Story | 3:27 |
| Empty Bottles | 3:18 |
| Femme Fatale | 4:56 |
| Frozen Warnings | 5:25 |
| Janitor of Lunacy | 6:46 |
| I'll Be Your Mirror | 4:06 |
| All Tomorrows Parties | 3:12 |
| Pale Blue Eyes [*] | 3:13 |
| All Tomorrows Parties (Encore) | 3:08 |
| All Tomorrow's Parties | 3:12 |
| Candy Says [*] | 2:09 |
| Candy Says | 1:43 |
HoboSapiens [2003]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Reading My Mind | 4:13 |
| Things | 3:38 |
| Look Horizon | 5:42 |
| Magritte | 5:00 |
| Archimedes | 4:42 |
| Caravan | 6:45 |
| Twilight Zone | 3:51 |
| Letter From Abroad | 5:11 |
| Things X | 4:51 |
| Over Her Head | 5:24 |
HoboSapiens [Japan Bonus Tracks] [2003]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Reading My Mind | 4:11 |
| Things | 3:36 |
| Look Horizon | 5:40 |
| Magritte | 4:58 |
| Archimedes | 4:40 |
| Caravan | 6:43 |
| Twilight Zone | 3:49 |
| Letter from Abroad | 5:09 |
| Things X | 4:49 |
| Over Her Head | 6:20 |
HoboSapiens [US Bonus Track] [2003]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Reading My Mind | 4:10 |
| Things | 3:36 |
| Look Horizon | 5:41 |
| Magritte | 4:58 |
| Archimedes | 4:40 |
| Caravan | 6:43 |
| Twilight Zone | 3:48 |
| Letter from Abroad | 5:09 |
| Things X | 4:49 |
| Over Her Head | 5:23 |
Close Watch: An Introduction to John Cale [1999]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Paris 1919 | 4:06 |
| Mr. Wilson | 3:17 |
| Leaving It up to You | 4:33 |
| Dying on the Vine | 3:58 |
| Guts | 3:29 |
| Heartbreak Hotel | 3:12 |
| Ship of Fools | 4:38 |
| Cable Hogue | 3:28 |
| Gun | 8:07 |
| Riverbank | 6:25 |
| Child's Christmas in Wales | 3:20 |
| Fear Is a Man's Best Friend | 3:52 |
| If You Were Still Around | 3:28 |
| Wilson Joliet | 4:25 |
| (I Keep A) Close Watch | 3:26 |
The Island Years [1996]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Fear Is a Man's Best Friend | 3:55 |
| Buffalo Ballet | 3:29 |
| Barracuda | 3:48 |
| Emily | 4:24 |
| Ship of Fools | 4:37 |
| Gun | 8:06 |
| You Know More Than I Know | 3:36 |
| Momamma Scuba | 4:25 |
| Sylvia Said | 4:10 |
| Mr. Wilson | 3:17 |
| Taking It All Away | 2:59 |
| Dirty Ass Rock 'n' Roll | 4:44 |
| Darling I Need You | 3:38 |
| Heartbreak Hotel | 3:13 |
| I'm Not the Loving Kind | 3:09 |
| Guts | 3:28 |
| The Jeweller | 4:14 |
| My Maria | 3:51 |
| Engine | 2:47 |
| Save Us | 2:23 |
| Cable Hogue | 3:32 |
| (I Keep A) Close Watch | 3:30 |
| Pablo Picasso | 3:23 |
| Leaving It Up to You | 4:36 |
| Sudden Death | 4:39 |
Last Day on Earth [1994]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Café Shabu | 5:37 |
| Pastoral Angst | 2:29 |
| Who's in Charge? | 2:53 |
| Short of Time | 3:08 |
| Angel of Death | 4:19 |
| Paradise Nevada | 5:33 |
| Old China | 3:13 |
| Ocean Life | 4:48 |
| Modern World | 5:53 |
| Streets Come Alive | 3:22 |
| Secrets | 4:19 |
| Maps of the World | 4:52 |
| Broken Hearts | 3:03 |
| The High and Mighty Road | 5:03 |
Seducing Down the Door: A Collection 1970-1990 [1994]
Fragments of a Rainy Season [1992]
Songs for Drella [1990]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Smalltown | 2:04 |
| Open House | 4:17 |
| Style It Takes | 2:54 |
| Work | 2:37 |
| Trouble With Classicists | 3:41 |
| Starlight | 3:28 |
| Faces and Names | 4:12 |
| Images | 3:30 |
| Slip Away (A Warning) | 3:05 |
| It Wasn't Me | 3:30 |
| I Believe | 3:17 |
| Nobody But You | 3:45 |
| A Dream | 6:33 |
| Forever Changed | 4:51 |
| Hello It's Me | 3:03 |
Wrong Way Up [1990]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Lay My Love | 4:46 |
| One Word | 4:37 |
| In the Backroom | 4:04 |
| Empty Frame | 4:28 |
| Cordoba | 4:25 |
| Spinning Away | 5:29 |
| Footsteps | 3:15 |
| Been There Done That | 2:54 |
| Been There, Done That | 2:52 |
| Crime in the Desert | 3:42 |
| The River | 4:25 |
| You Don't Miss Your Water | 3:48 |
Wrong Way Up [Bonus Tracks] [1990]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Lay My Love | 4:46 |
| One Word | 4:36 |
| In the Backroom | 4:04 |
| Empty Frame | 4:28 |
| Cordoba | 4:24 |
| Spinning Away | 5:29 |
| Footsteps | 3:15 |
| Been There Done That | 2:54 |
| Crime in the Desert | 3:44 |
| The River | 4:25 |
| You Don't Miss Your Water | 3:48 |
John Cale: Words for the Dying [1989]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night | 5:33 |
| The Soul of Carmen Miranda | 3:24 |
Words for the Dying [All Saints/Hannibal] [1989]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night | 5:33 |
| The Soul Of Carmen Miranda, for ensemble | 3:24 |
Sid & Nancy [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] [1986]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| She Never Took No for an Answer | 3:13 |
Artificial Intelligence [1985]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Everytime the Dogs Bark | 4:17 |
| Dying on the Vine | 5:18 |
| The Sleeper | 5:53 |
| Vigilante Lover | 4:27 |
| Song of the Valley | 5:06 |
| Fade Away Tomorrow | 3:25 |
| Black Rose | 4:58 |
| Satellite Walk | 4:58 |
Comes Alive [1984]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Dead or Alive | |
| Chinese Envoy | |
| Leaving It Up to You | |
| Waiting for the Man | |
| Heartbreak Hotel | |
| Fear |
Music for a New Society [1982]
Honi Soit [1981]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Dead or Alive | |
| Strange Times in Casablanca | |
| Fighter Pilot | |
| Wilson Joliet | |
| The Streets of Laredo | |
| Riverbank | |
| Russian Roulette |
Guts [1977]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Guts | 3:26 |
| Pablo Picasso | 3:21 |
| Leaving It up to You | 4:30 |
| Fear Is a Man's Best Friend | 3:54 |
| Gun | 8:05 |
| Dirty-Ass Rock 'N' Roll | 4:42 |
| Heartbreak Hotel | 3:09 |
Helen of Troy [1975]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| My Maria | 3:47 |
| Save Us | 2:19 |
| Cable Hogue | 3:28 |
| (I Keep A) Close Watch | |
| Pablo Picasso | 3:20 |
| Leaving It Up to You | 4:32 |
Slow Dazzle [1975]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Mr. Wilson | 3:17 |
| Taking It All Away | 2:55 |
| Dirty Ass Rock 'n' Roll | 4:40 |
| Dirty-Ass Rock 'N' Roll | 4:44 |
| Darling I Need You | 3:38 |
| Heartbreak Hotel | 3:14 |
| I'm Not the Loving Kind | 3:12 |
| Guts | 3:27 |
| The Jeweller | 5:07 |
Fear [1974]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Fear Is a Man's Best Friend | 3:53 |
| Buffalo Ballet | 3:29 |
| Barracuda | 3:48 |
| Emily | 4:23 |
| Ship of Fools | 4:38 |
| Gun | 8:05 |
| You Know Me More Than I Know | 3:35 |
| Momamma Scuba | 4:25 |
Paris 1919 [1973]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Child's Christmas in Wales | 3:21 |
| Hanky Panky Nohow | 2:46 |
| The Endless Plain of Fortune | 4:13 |
| Andalucia | 3:54 |
| Macbeth | 3:08 |
| Paris 1919 | 4:07 |
| Graham Greene | 3:00 |
| Half Past France | 4:20 |
| Antarctica Starts Here | 2:47 |
Paris 1919 [Bonus Tracks] [1973]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Child's Christmas in Wales | 3:20 |
| Hanky Panky Nohow | 2:46 |
| The Endless Plain of Fortune | 4:12 |
| Andalucia | 3:54 |
| Macbeth | 3:06 |
| Paris 1919 | 4:06 |
| Graham Greene | 3:00 |
| Half Past France | 4:19 |
| Antarctica Starts Here | 3:00 |
| Andalucia [Rehearsal][#] | 4:34 |
| Graham Greene [Rehearsal][#] | 1:40 |
| Antarctica Starts Here [Rehearsal][#] | 2:52 |
Academy in Peril [Remastered] [Limited Edition] [1972]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| The Academy In Peril | 6:52 |
| King Harry | 4:07 |
Vintage Violence [1970]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Hello There | 2:48 |
| Gideon's Bible | 3:22 |
| Adelaide | 2:18 |
| Big White Cloud | 3:31 |
| Cleo | 2:35 |
| Please | 4:19 |
| Charlemagne | 5:03 |
| Bring It on Up | 2:24 |
| Amsterdam | 3:14 |
| Ghost Story | 3:48 |
| Fairweather Friend | 2:32 |
Vintage Violence [Bonus Tracks] [1970]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Gideon's Bible | 3:24 |
| Adelaide | 2:22 |
| Big White Cloud | 3:33 |
| Cleo | 2:35 |
| Please | 4:19 |
| Charlemagne | 5:03 |
| Bring It on Up | 2:25 |
| Amsterdam | 3:13 |
| Ghost Story | 3:47 |
| Fairweather Friend | 2:33 |
Vintage Violence [OGV] [1970]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Gideon's Bible | |
| Adelaide | |
| Big White Cloud | |
| Cleo | |
| Please | |
| Charlemagne | |
| Bring It On Up | |
| Amsterdam | |
| Ghost Story | |
| Fairweather Friend |
Art Project Munich
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Broken Hearts | |
| Paris 1919 | |
| Heartbreak Hotel | |
| Cordoba | |
| Dying on the Vine | |
| Fear | |
| Hallelujah | |
| Queen Victoria |
