blackAcetate

blackAcetate
Studio album by John Cale
Released	3 October 2005 (UK)
Genre	Art rock, art pop
Length	53:13
Label	EMI
Producer	John Cale Herb Graham Jr. Mickey Petralia
John Cale chronology
Process (2005) blackAcetate (2005) Circus Live (2007)
Singles from blackAcetate
"Turn the Lights On" Released: August 2005 "Perfect" Released: 17 October 2005 "Outta the Bag" Released: January 2006

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The Independent	[2]
Mojo	[3]
NME	(8/10)[4]
Pitchfork Media	(4.4/10)[5]
PopMatters	(5/10)[6]
Prefix	[7]
Q	[8]
Stylus	C[9]
Uncut	[10]

blackAcetate is a 2005 album by John Cale, his second and last album for EMI.

"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.^[11]

Track listing

All tracks composed by John Cale

No.	Title	Length
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

• John Cale − vocals, guitars, keyboards
• Herb Graham Jr. − drums, programming, percussion
• Dave Levitta − guitars
• Natalie Porter − background vocals
• Musiic Galloway − background vocals
• Jaspr Baj − background vocals
• Mark Deffenbaugh − guitars, banjo
• John Crozova − cello
• Dustin Boyer − guitar, backing vocals
• Joe Karnes − bass
• Michael Jerome − drums, backing vocals

Executive producer − Nita Scott

References

1. Horowitz, Hal. "John Cale: Black Acetate". AllMusic. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
2. Gill, Andy (30 September 2005). "Album: John Cale". The Independent. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
3. "John Cale: BlackAcetate". Mojo: 102. November 2005.
4. "John Cale: Black Acetate". NME: 45. 8 October 2005.
5. Murphy, Matthew (22 January 2006). "John Cale: Black Acetate". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
6. Weigel, David (23 November 2005). "John Cale: Black Acetate". PopMatters. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
7. Houghtaling, Adam Brent (8 December 2005). "John Cale: BlackAcetate". Prefix. 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. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
10. "John Cale: Black Acetate". Uncut: 104. October 2005.
11. Mark Edwards and Dan Cairns (18 December 2005). "Pop: Songs of the year". London: The Sunday Times. Retrieved 2 August 2006.

External links

• blackAcetate at MusicBrainz (list of releases)
• Perfect at MusicBrainz (list of releases)