Shifty Adventures in Nookie Wood

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Shifty Adventures in Nookie Wood
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Studio album by
Released1 October 2012 (2012-10-01)
Recorded2011–12
StudioARM Studios, Los Angeles, CA
Mondo Studio, Los Angeles, CA
Genre Art rock, art pop
Length53:53
Label Double Six
Producer John Cale
Danger Mouse ("I Wanna Talk 2 U" only)
John Cale chronology
Extra Playful (EP)
(2011)
Shifty Adventures in Nookie Wood
(2012)
M:FANS
(2016)
Singles from Shifty Adventures in Nookie Wood
  1. "I Wanna Talk 2 U"
    Released: 6 July 2012
  2. "Face to the Sky" / "Living with You (Organic Mix)"
    Released: 29 August 2012

Shifty Adventures in Nookie Wood is the fifteenth solo studio album by Welsh rock musician John Cale. It was released on 1 October 2012 in Europe and 2 October in North America on the Double Six Records imprint of Domino Records. [1] It was released as digital download, heavyweight vinyl and CD. [2] Most of the songs were recorded by John Cale in his own studio in Los Angeles. [3] [4] On one track he collaborated with Danger Mouse. [5] In September 2011 Cale released the Extra Playful EP and its release promised that the new album would be released the following year. It is his first studio album since 2005's blackAcetate . [6]

Contents

Release

Shifty Adventures in Nookie Wood was released in three standard versions: on CD, on double vinyl LP and as digital download (mp3 320 kbit/s and wav 16-bit / 44.1). When pre-ordering the vinyl-edition, it came with one of three one-track mystery bonus 7" singles. "Bluetooth Swings Redux" (5:25), "Hatred" (3:58) or "Cry" (5:33).

Singles

First single from this album "I Wanna Talk 2 U" was released on 6 July 2012 as digital download. Second single "Face to the Sky" was released in August (on the B-side was "Living with You (Organic Mix)"). It was released both in digital format and vinyl SP).

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 73/100 [7]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [8]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [9]
Daily Express Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [10]
The Line of Best FitStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [11]
Slant Magazine Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [12]

Critical reception of the album has been mixed to positive. The Guardian newspaper called the album "it's an album that combines the 70-year-old's experience with the glee of a small child." [9] Online magazine Slant Magazine called it "both provocative and strange." [12]

Weekly charts

Chart (2012)Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [13] 58
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [14] 169
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [15] 44

Track listing

All songs written and composed by John Cale except "I Wanna Talk 2 U" (words by John Cale, music by Cale and Brian Burton).

No.TitleLength
1."I Wanna Talk 2 U" (feat. Danger Mouse)3:32
2."Scotland Yard"4:59
3."Hemingway"3:58
4."Face to the Sky"4:58
5."Nookie Wood"4:05
6."December Rains"4:41
7."Mary"5:39
8."Vampire Cafe"5:47
9."Mothra"3:30
10."Living with You"4:03
11."Midnight Feast"5:00
12."Sandman (Flying Dutchman)"3:44
Total length:53:53

Personnel

Musicians
Production

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