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John Cale - Fear 180G Vinyl Reissue
by John Cale
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180G Black Vinyl Reissue
Catalogue Number: UMCLP079
Barcode: 0805520240796
Record Grading: Mint (M)
Sleeve Grading: Mint (M)
Condition Note: Brand New
Track Listing / Description
A1 Fear Is A Man's Best Friend
A2 Buffalo Ballet
A3 Barracuda
A4 Emily
A5 Ship Of Fools
B1 Gun
B2 The Man Who Couldn't Afford To Orgy
B3 You Know More Than I Know
B4 Momamma Scuba
Released in October 1974, Fear is an incredibly important in the 50+ year career of John Cale - This re-issue faithfully replicates the original 1974 Island Records UK release and is pressed onto high quality 180g vinyl.
Fear marked Cale's return to recording in London after the best part of a decade in America. Signing to Island, he made fast friends with two key admirers, Phil Manzanera and Brian Eno, who assisted him in returning his music to the rawer sound of his earlier work, as opposed to the lush textures of his previous studio album, Paris 1919. The tense, clipped "Fear Is A Man's Best Friend" harks back to the work of the Velvet Underground, as does the standout, "Gun", eight minutes of overdriven bleakness with Eno duelling with Cale's guitar solo on synthesisers. Much is rightly made of these tracks, but there is also the sweetness of the gospel of "Buffalo Ballet" and the Beach Boys homage "The Man Who Couldn't Afford To Orgy". The pretty, semi-autobiographical "Ship Of Fools" offers listeners an opportunity to hear Cale reference the South Wales city of Swansea, its seaside suburb, Mumbles and his home village of Garnant.
In its often-skeletal simplicity, the often triumphant Fear is an album that brought an angular aggression with it.