Black Acetate

1. Outta the Bag

2. Foraride

3. Brotherman

4. Satisfied

5. Inaflood

6. Hush

7. Gravel Drive

8. Perfect

9. Sold-Motel

10. Woman

11. Wasteland

12. Turnthelightson

13. Mailman (The Lying Song)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
The Former Velvet Underground Keyboardist/Cellist and Legendary Record Producer ("Patti Smith-horses", "The Modern Lovers", "The Stooges" Debut) Delivers his Second Album for EMI. This Time Around, the Master Has Truly Outdone Himself with One of the Most Cutting Edge Albums to Arrive on the Market. The First Thing to Hit the Listener is the Sonic Excellence of the Recording, as Each Track Reveals an Aural Wonder! Cale Has Called on Every Artistic Instinct from Deep Within his Soul to Create What May Well Be the Defining Album of his Career. The Songs Defy Categorization; You'll Hear Hard Rock, a Tender Ballad, Hip Hop Inspired Grooves ("Hush"), Avant-garde Sounds...all With Melodies Written by Someone who Really Understands How to Use Poetry to Effect and the Tools of a Modern Studio. He Credits Inspiration from Dr. Dre, Pharrell (Of the Neptunes), Erykah Badu, Gorillaz, Doves, Curtis Mayfield and Beyond.

Black Acetate,John Cale,Astralwerks,Experimental Rock,Pop,Rock,Rock/Pop,United States of America

Black Acetate

Average customer rating:

A Work of Great Artistic Range
A Fantastic EP on an LP
Thank you, Mr. Cale!
Half Really Cool...Half Really Odd
It ain't Perfect... but I love it

Black Acetate
John Cale
Manufacturer: Astralwerks
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music

General | Rock | Styles | Music

Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music
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ASIN: B000AQK79S
Release Date: 2005-10-18

Tracks:

Outta the Bag
Foraride
Brotherman
Satisfied
In a Flood
Hush
Gravel Drive
Perfect
Sold-Motel
Woman
Wasteland
Turn the Lights On
Mailman (The Lying Song)

Album Details

The Former Velvet Underground Keyboardist/Cellist and Legendary Record Producer ("Patti Smith-horses", "The Modern Lovers", "The Stooges" Debut) Delivers his Second Album for EMI. This Time Around, the Master Has Truly Outdone Himself with One of the Most Cutting Edge Albums to Arrive on the Market. The First Thing to Hit the Listener is the Sonic Excellence of the Recording, as Each Track Reveals an Aural Wonder! Cale Has Called on Every Artistic Instinct from Deep Within his Soul to Create What May Well Be the Defining Album of his Career. The Songs Defy Categorization; You'll Hear Hard Rock, a Tender Ballad, Hip Hop Inspired Grooves ("Hush"), Avant-garde Sounds...all With Melodies Written by Someone who Really Understands How to Use Poetry to Effect and the Tools of a Modern Studio. He Credits Inspiration from Dr. Dre, Pharrell (Of the Neptunes), Erykah Badu, Gorillaz, Doves, Curtis Mayfield and Beyond.

Customer Reviews:

A Work of Great Artistic Range.......2006-10-26

I love this record, but I won't belabor what others have stated. I just want to add to the other voices of praise that "Wasteland" is one of the most emotionally satisfying songs Mr. Cale has ever recorded. Beautiful string arrangement, evocative piano flourishes, stirring vocals.

A Fantastic EP on an LP.......2006-05-02

I have to say that i did not care too much for the latest Cale
album. But you know...after a few listens...i have grown to LOVE
every song form track 7 on. Yes, the second half of the album is
one rockin' EP. Thank you John Cale. The guitarist IS awesome too. (need to look up his name)

Thank you, Mr. Cale!.......2006-03-02

I go back to 1975 (I think) with Helen of Troy, then I backtracked and got Vintage Violence, etc. I've seen Cale twice - once in 1978, and once last year. Both concerts were absolutely fantastic... religious experiences both times.

This album comes as close as anything (to me) of a true "John Cale" experience.

His background is seemingly what propels him to a truly remarkable creator of music. Classically trained on the viola, growing up in Wales, stints with John Cage, Copeland, the whole Velvet Underground thing (I must say I find Lou a tad boring), Cale has conflicting music coursing through his veins. His choices are limitless, and yet he produces (figuratively and literally) on this album individual compact songs which seem to explore their way to completion.

Some rock, some ballads, some of this, some of that. All of it good, and plenty to bite into.

"Art is never finished; simply abandoned." Cale "stopped" perfectly on each and every song. How does he do that?

Like all great things, Cale may be an acquired taste... but the rewards are lifelong.

Buy this album.

Half Really Cool...Half Really Odd.......2006-02-02

A fun new Cd from John Cale an always unique artist you'll never see on MTV though some songs here definitely have hit potential especially the very catchy Perfect.Also pretty darn good are For a Ride,Hush,Woman and the rocking Turn the Lights On.Too bad some songs veer from the strange,Brotherman,to the annoying Mailman.Fortunately though there's enough good stuff here to make it worthwhile,Cale's enjoyable dip into the mainstream.

It ain't Perfect... but I love it.......2006-01-24

For two nights in January 2006, (the 18th and 19th, to be exact), I was there with hundreds of other John Cale fans to witness the opening of the European tour, in support of Cale's newest album, Black Acetate.

As a big, but not obsessive, Cale fan (I have to confess I prefer Cale's Velvet Underground partner, Lou), I expected a lot - but I got more than I bargained for.

Backed with three musicians young enough to be his daughter's boyfriends, Cale, armed with guitars (electric and acoustic), keyboards, and his trademark electric viola (sadly only for one song - the Velvet's "VENUS IN FURS"), delivered a 2 hour something set, that was better then we had any right to hope for.

Covering everything from Velvet Underground Classics (the aforementioned Venus, as well as Nico's Femme Fatal, delivered in a weird Jazzy version and mixed with another song) to Primal Punk songs (the brilliant, murderous and hillarious 'GUTS'), from experimental avant-guard music ('HUSH', 'VIRGIN MARY') to beautiful Ballads - 'BUFFALLO BALLET', 'CLOSE WATCH' (Introduced with the classy "This is a love song, so hold on to someone you love"). Cale's show featured Pop ('THINGS' from his comeback album 'Hobosapiens', 'PERFECT' from 'Black acetate'), Punk jams ('GUN' utterly deconstructed, and 'PABLO PICASSO', a set closer, merged with 'Mary Lou'), and straight to the bone Rock'n'Roll ('DANCING UNDERCOVER', from 'Walking on Locusts', was one of the highlights, as was the second night's closing tune, 'DIRTY ASS ROCK'N'ROLL').

Considering how much I enjoyed the concerts brought upon by the album, how could I possibly not love it? 'Black Acetate' is not as good an album as Cale's 'Hobosapiens' - but that was one of the best albums of Cale's career. 'Actate' has its share of duds - OUTTA THE BAG is a silly pop tune, BROTHERMAN a spoken word tune with too much synthesizers, HUSH is experimental but slight, and while SOLD MOTEL works well live, the Studio version is not nearly as menacing.

That said, there is still a lot for the Cale fan to love here: TURN THE LIGHTS ON, the first single, is a hard rockin' tune with a catchy lyric, while WOMAN, another live favorite is a menacing track about a woman who "wants me in a prison".

Right now, my favorite tracks are the oh-so-poppy PERFECT ("I can't help it/You're Perfect for me"), with a strange chorus in an otherwise completely Popular tune, and IN A FLOOD, which manages to convey the feeling of them blues, without actually being a blues song.

"Black Acetate' is the kind of album in which you will still discover new meanings years after you first listen to it. I'm sure I will. It Ain't Perfect, but it's great John Cale.