Church of Anthrax

Church of Anthrax
Studio album by
John Cale and Terry Riley
ReleasedFebruary 10, 1971
Recorded1970
Genre
Length33:48
LabelCBS
Producer
John Cale chronology
Vintage Violence
(1970) 		Church of Anthrax
(1971) 		The Academy in Peril
(1972)
Terry Riley chronology
A Rainbow in Curved Air
(1969) 		Church of Anthrax
(1971) 		Persian Surgery Dervishes
(1972)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Christgau's Record GuideC[4]
Irish Times[2]
Record Collector[5]

Church of Anthrax is a collaborative studio album by musicians John Cale and Terry Riley. It was recorded in the spring of 1969 but only released two years later, in February 1971 by record label CBS. It followed Riley's success with 1969's A Rainbow in Curved Air and Cale's influential work with the Velvet Underground.[5]

The album was reissued and remastered in 2014.

  1. ^ Rubin, Mike. "Terry Riley's Avant-Garde Sounds Are Still Casting Spells". The New York Times. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  2. ^ a b Clayton-Lea, Tony. "Album Reviews: John Cale & Terry Reilly: Church of Anthrax". Irish Times. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  3. ^ Mason, Stewart. "Church of Anthrax – John Cale, John Cale & Terry Riley, Terry Riley | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
  4. ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: C". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved 23 February 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  5. ^ a b Needs, Kris. "Church of Anthrax". Record Collector. Retrieved 6 August 2020.