John Cale 
The best album credited to John Cale is Paris 1919 which is ranked number 745 in the overall greatest album chart with a total rank score of 2,322.
John Cale is ranked number 342 in the overall artist rankings with a total rank score of 5,778.
- See also:
- The Velvet Underground
- The Velvet Underground & Nico
- Lou Reed / John Cale
- Eno / Cale
- John Cale & Terry Riley
- Kevin Ayers - John Cale - Eno - Nico
- John Cale / Bob Neuwirth
- Lou Reed / John Cale / Nico
- John Cale & Band
- John Cale / Tony Conrad / Angus MacLise / La Monte Young / Marian Zazeela
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John Cale best albums
The following albums by John Cale are ranked highest in the greatest album charts:
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John Cale best tracks
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Artist ratings | Avg. artist rating |
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| ! | 06/18/2025 09:33 | Invader666 | 337 | 71/100 |
| ! | 01/21/2025 15:44 |  flamingyesdept | 283 | 83/100 |
| ! | 12/22/2023 16:37 | Pluto11 | 254 | 79/100 |
| ! | 10/12/2023 18:02 | MaxStorm98 | 542 | 92/100 |
| ! | 09/22/2023 17:01 | Stevo796 | 980 | 74/100 |
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This artist is rated in the top 2% of all artists on BestEverAlbums.com. This artist has a Bayesian average rating of 80.9/100, a mean average of 81.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 82.5/100. The standard deviation for this artist is 12.0.
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flamingyesdept 03/01/2017 20:53 | #186620
As crucial to the Velvet Underground as Lou Reed, and with an even more impressive solo career
Norman Bates 08/11/2010 15:59 | #14225
"Fear", the follow-up to "Paris 1919", is also a must-listen.
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