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Close Watch: An Introduction to John Cale | ||||
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Released | 20 April 1999 | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Length | 1:07:56 | |||
Label | Island [1] | |||
Producer | John Cale | |||
John Cale chronology | ||||
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Close Watch: An Introduction to John Cale is the third compilation album by Welsh musician John Cale. It was released by Island Records in 1999. [3] It featured songs from Cale's albums released between 1973 and 1996.
All songs composed by John Cale, except where indicated.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original album | Length |
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1. | "Paris 1919" | Paris 1919 (1973) | 4:06 | |
2. | "Mr. Wilson" | Slow Dazzle (1975) | 3:17 | |
3. | "Leaving It up to You" | Helen of Troy (1975) | 4:33 | |
4. | "Dying on the Vine" | Cale, Larry Sloman | Artificial Intelligence (1985) | 3:58 |
5. | "Guts" | Slow Dazzle (1975) | 3:29 | |
6. | "Set Me Free" | Walking on Locusts (1996) | 4:12 | |
7. | "Heartbreak Hotel" | Mae Boren Axton, Tommy Durden, Elvis Presley | Slow Dazzle (1975) | 3:12 |
8. | "Ship of Fools" | Fear (1974) | 4:38 | |
9. | "Cable Hogue" | Helen of Troy (1975) | 3:28 | |
10. | "Gun" | Fear (1974) | 8:07 | |
11. | "Riverbank" | Honi Soit (1981) | 6:25 | |
12. | "Child's Christmas in Wales" | Paris 1919 (1973) | 3:20 | |
13. | "Fear Is a Man's Best Friend" | Fear (1974) | 3:52 | |
14. | "If You Were Still Around" | Music for a New Society (1982) | 3:28 | |
15. | "Wilson Joliet" | Honi Soit (1981) | 4:25 | |
16. | "(I Keep A) Close Watch" | Helen of Troy (1975) | 3:26 |
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