BlackAcetate

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blackAcetate
John Cale - blackAcetate.jpg
Studio album by
John Cale
Released3 October 2005 (2005-10-03)(UK)
StudioThe Lair (Los Angeles, California)
Genre
Length53:13
Label EMI
Producer
John Cale chronology
Process
(2005)		blackAcetate
(2005)		 Circus Live
(2007)
Singles from blackAcetate
  1. "Turn the Lights On"
    Released: August 2005
  2. "Perfect"
    Released: 17 October 2005
  3. "Outta the Bag"
    Released: January 2006
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 63/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
The Independent Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Mojo Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
NME 8/10 [5]
Pitchfork 4.4/10 [6]
PopMatters 5/10 [7]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Stylus C [9]
Uncut Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [10]
URB Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [11]

blackAcetate is a 2005 solo studio album by the Welsh rock musician John Cale, his second and last album for EMI.

Contents

"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. [12]

Track listing

All tracks are written by John Cale.

No.TitleLength
1."Outta the Bag"3:54
2."For a Ride"3:55
3."Brotherman"3:32
4."Satisfied"3:54
5."In a Flood"4:53
6."Hush"3:26
7."Gravel Drive"4:23
8."Perfect"3:21
9."Sold-Motel"4:53
10."Woman"5:07
11."Wasteland"4:11
12."Turn the Lights On"3:46
13."Mailman (The Lying Song)"4:04
Total length:53:13

Personnel

Technical

References

  1. ↑ "Reviews for Black Acetate by John Cale". Metacritic . Retrieved 23 October 2025.
  2. ↑ Horowitz, Hal. "John Cale: Black Acetate". AllMusic . Retrieved 4 April 2015.
  3. ↑ Gill, Andy (30 September 2005). "Album: John Cale". The Independent . Retrieved 4 April 2015.
  4. ↑ "John Cale: BlackAcetate". Mojo : 102. November 2005.
  5. ↑ "John Cale: Black Acetate". NME : 45. 8 October 2005.
  6. ↑ Murphy, Matthew (22 January 2006). "John Cale: Black Acetate". Pitchfork . Retrieved 4 April 2015.
  7. ↑ Weigel, David (23 November 2005). "John Cale: Black Acetate". PopMatters . Retrieved 4 April 2015.
  8. ↑ "John Cale: Black Acetate". Q : 123. November 2005.
  9. ↑ Cober-Lake, Justin; Soto, Alfred (5 December 2005). "John Cale: Black Acetate". Stylus . Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
  10. ↑ "John Cale: Black Acetate". Uncut : 104. October 2005.
  11. ↑ A strangely satisfying pop record. [Jan/Feb 2006, p.92]
  12. ↑ Mark Edwards and Dan Cairns (18 December 2005). "Pop: Songs of the year". The Sunday Times . London. Retrieved 2 August 2006.[ dead link ]


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