Face to the Sky

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"Face to the Sky"
FaceToTheSky Cale.jpeg
Single by John Cale
from the album Shifty Adventures in Nookie Wood
B-side "Living with You (Organic Mix)"
Released29 August 2012 (digital download)
25 September 2012 (7")
Genre Alternative rock
Length4:57
Label Double Six Records
Songwriter(s) John Cale
Producer(s) John Cale
John Cale singles chronology
"I Wanna Talk 2 U"
(2012)
"Face to the Sky"
(2012)
"Living with You"
(2013)

"Face to the Sky" is a song by Welsh musician and composer John Cale. It was released as a digital single on 29 August 2012 and as 7" vinyl record on 25 September 2012. It was the second single from Cale's new album Shifty Adventures in Nookie Wood . Music and lyrics was written by Cale himself. As B-side of this single is "Living with You (Organic Mix)". Video for this song, directed by Tom Scholefield (a.k.a. Kon Om Pax), was premiered at Stereogum . [1]

The original studio version of the song "Face to the Sky" featured alongside Cale (vocals, piano, percussion) also Dustin Boyer (electric guitar), Michael Jerome Moore (cajón) and Joey Maramba (bass guitar). [2]

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References

  1. Jessica, Linker. "Watch John Cale's "Face to the Sky" Video; New Album Out 10/2 On Double Six". Ergo. Archived from the original on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
  2. "John Cale – Shifty Adventures In Nookie Wood". Discogs. Retrieved 29 September 2013.