BlackAcetate
Encyclopedia
blackAcetate is a 2005 album by John Cale
, his second album for EMI
.
"Perfect" was released as a single in the UK two weeks after the album, and was subsequently included in The Sunday Times
' list of the top 20 pop songs
of the year.
Executive producer: Nita Scott
John Cale
John Davies Cale, OBE is a Welsh musician, composer, singer-songwriter and record producer who was a founding member of the experimental rock band The Velvet Underground....
, his second album for EMI
EMI
The EMI Group, also known as EMI Music or simply EMI, is a multinational music company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry and one of the "big four" record companies. EMI Group also has a major...
.
"Perfect" was released as a single in the UK two weeks after the album, and was subsequently included in The Sunday Times
The Sunday Times
The Sunday Times is a British Sunday newspaper.The Sunday Times may also refer to:*The Sunday Times *The Sunday Times *The Sunday Times *The Sunday Times...
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
of the year.
Track listing
All tracks composed by John Cale- "Outta the Bag" – 3:54
- "For a Ride" – 3:55
- "Brotherman" – 3:32
- "Satisfied" – 3:54
- "In a Flood" – 4:53
- "Hush" – 3:26
- "Gravel Drive" – 4:23
- "Perfect" – 3:21
- "Sold-Motel" – 4:53
- "Woman" – 5:07
- "Wasteland" – 4:11
- "Turn the Lights On" – 3:46
- "Mailman (The Lying Song)" – 4:04
Personnel
- John Cale: vocals, guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
s, keyboardsKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments... - Herb Graham Jr.: drumDrumThe drum is a member of the percussion group of musical instruments, which is technically classified as the membranophones. Drums consist of at least one membrane, called a drumhead or drum skin, that is stretched over a shell and struck, either directly with the player's hands, or with a...
s, programmingProgramming (music)Programming is a form of music production and performance using electronic devices, often sequencers or computer programs, to generate music. Programming is used in nearly all forms of electronic music and in most hip hop music since the 1990s. It is also frequently used in modern pop and rock...
, percussionPercussion instrumentA percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration... - Dave Levitta: guitars
- Natalie Porter: background vocalsBacking vocalistA backing vocalist or backing singer is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists...
- Musiic Galloway: background vocals
- Jaspr Baj: background vocals
- Mark Deffenbaugh: guitars, banjoBanjoIn the 1830s Sweeney became the first white man to play the banjo on stage. His version of the instrument replaced the gourd with a drum-like sound box and included four full-length strings alongside a short fifth-string. There is no proof, however, that Sweeney invented either innovation. This new...
- John Crozova: celloCelloThe cello is a bowed string instrument with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is a member of the violin family of musical instruments, which also includes the violin, viola, and double bass. Old forms of the instrument in the Baroque era are baryton and viol .A person who plays a cello is...
- Dustin Boyer: guitar, backing vocals
- Joe Karnes: bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
- Micheal Jerome: drums, backing vocals
Executive producer: Nita Scott