BlackAcetate

blackAcetate
Studio album by
John Cale
Released3 October 2005 (2005-10-03) (UK)
StudioThe Lair (Los Angeles, California)
Genre
Length53:13
LabelEMI
Producer
John Cale chronology
Process
(2005) 		blackAcetate
(2005) 		Circus Live
(2007)
Singles from blackAcetate
  1. "Turn the Lights On"
    Released: August 2005
  2. "Perfect"
    Released: 17 October 2005
  3. "Outta the Bag"
    Released: January 2006
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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]
StylusC[9]
Uncut[10]

blackAcetate is a 2005 solo studio album by the Welsh rock musician 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]

  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. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. 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". The Sunday Times. London. Retrieved 2 August 2006.[dead link]