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Vintage Violence
From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Work
After his years with The Velvet Underground, John Cale began a solo career in 1970. Vintage Violence cost only 15,000 dollars and was produced by Cale himself together with Lewis Merenstein. He assembled a band for it called Penguin, but it broke up as soon as the recording was finished. The music is far more accessible than his avant-garde past would have suggested: short, melodic songs. He himself later found the songs simple and not very original. On the cover he wears a glass mask over a nylon stocking, which he later saw as a symbol for the record: you do not really see the personality.
The reviews were mostly positive. Ed Ward in Rolling Stone compared the sound to a Byrds album produced by Phil Spector, and Greil Marcus placed it alongside Van Morrison's Astral Weeks, because of its intense personal vision.
Listening
Track list
- 1Hello, There2:44Apple Music ↗
- 2Gideon's Bible3:19Apple Music ↗
- 3Adelaide2:15Apple Music ↗
- 4Big White Cloud3:29Apple Music ↗
- 5Cleo2:32Apple Music ↗
- 6Please4:17Apple Music ↗
- 7Charlemagne4:59Apple Music ↗
- 8Bring It On Up2:20Apple Music ↗
- 9Amsterdam3:13Apple Music ↗
- 10Ghost Story3:47Apple Music ↗
- 11Fairweather Friend2:33Apple Music ↗
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