John Cale 
The best album credited to John Cale is Paris 1919 which is ranked number 723 in the overall greatest album chart with a total rank score of 2,418.
John Cale is ranked number 336 in the overall artist rankings with a total rank score of 5,912.
- 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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This may not be a complete discography for John Cale.This listing only shows those albums by this artist that appear in at least one chart on this site. If an album is 'missing' that you think deserves to be here, you can include it in your own chart from the My Charts page!
John Cale bestography composition
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
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| 1960s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1970s | 8 | 0% | |
| 1980s | 7 | 0% | |
| 1990s | 12 | 0% | |
| 2000s | 8 | 0% | |
| 2010s | 5 | 0% | |
| 2020s | 2 | 0% |
John Cale best tracks
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70/100  | 06/18/2025 09:33 | Invader666 | | 71/100 |
95/100 | 01/21/2025 15:44 |  flamingyesdept | | 83/100 |
75/100 | 12/22/2023 16:37 | Pluto11 | | 79/100 |
95/100 | 10/12/2023 18:02 | MaxStorm98 | | 92/100 |
80/100 | 09/22/2023 17:01 | Stevo796 | | 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
As crucial to the Velvet Underground as Lou Reed, and with an even more impressive solo career
Norman Bates 08/11/2010 15:59
"Fear", the follow-up to "Paris 1919", is also a must-listen.
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