John Cale United Kingdom

The latest album released by John Cale is Mercy. This album was released 01/20/2023.

The best album credited to John Cale is Paris 1919 which is ranked number 764 in the overall greatest album chart with a total rank score of 2,409.

John Cale is ranked number 358 in the overall artist rankings with a total rank score of 5,631.

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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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1973
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1982
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757
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1989
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85
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1975
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Total albums: 42. Page 1 of 5

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%
1950s 0 0%
1960s 0 0%
1970s 8 0%
1980s 7 0%
1990s 12 0%
2000s 9 0%
2010s 5 0%
2020s 1 0%
Compilation? Albums %
No 37 88%
Yes 5 12%
Live? Albums %
No 36 86%
Yes 6 14%
Soundtrack? Albums %
No 36 86%
Yes 6 14%

John Cale best tracks

Include tracks from compilations & live albums | Exclude tracks from compilations & live albums The same track can appear on multiple albums, so excluding tracks from compilations and live albums helps to remove duplicates from this list.

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Rating: 88 (56 votes)Comments: 0
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(from the album Fear)
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Rating: 87 (73 votes)Comments: 0
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(from the album Paris 1919)
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Rating: 87 (37 votes)Comments: 0
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(from the album Music For A New Society)
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Rating: 86 (43 votes)Comments: 0
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(from the album Fear)
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Rating: 86 (42 votes)Comments: 0
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(from the album Fear)
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Rating: 85 (41 votes)Comments: 0
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(from the album Fear)
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Rating: 85 (63 votes)Comments: 1
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(from the album Paris 1919)
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Rating: 85 (37 votes)Comments: 0
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(from the album Fear)
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Rating: 84 (41 votes)Comments: 0
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(from the album Fear)
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Rating: 84 (26 votes)Comments: 0
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(from the album Music For A New Society)
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Rating: 84 (58 votes)Comments: 0
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(from the album Paris 1919)
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Rating: 84 (59 votes)Comments: 1
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(from the album Paris 1919)
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Rating: 83 (26 votes)Comments: 0
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(from the album Music For A New Society)
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Rating: 82 (12 votes)Comments: 0
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(from the album Slow Dazzle)
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Rating: 82 (10 votes)Comments: 0
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(from the album Hobosapiens)
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Rating: 82 (25 votes)Comments: 0
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(from the album Music For A New Society)
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Rating: 82 (21 votes)Comments: 0
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(from the album Vintage Violence)
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Rating: 82 (9 votes)Comments: 0
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(from the album Hobosapiens)
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Rating: 82 (9 votes)Comments: 0
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(from the album Hobosapiens)
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John Cale ratings

Average Rating: 
81/100 (from 32 votes)
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This artist is rated in the top 3% of all artists on BestEverAlbums.com. This artist has a Bayesian average rating of 80.5/100, a mean average of 80.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 82.3/100. The standard deviation for this artist is 12.8.

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As crucial to the Velvet Underground as Lou Reed, and with an even more impressive solo career
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"Fear", the follow-up to "Paris 1919", is also a must-listen.
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