Honi Soit (album)

Honi Soit
Honi Soit
Studio album by John Cale
Released	March 1981
Recorded	1980
Studio	CBS 30th Street, New York City; Mediasound, New York City;
Genre	Art rock; post-punk; new wave;
Length	37:45
Label	A&M
Producer	Mike Thorne
John Cale chronology
John Cale studio album chronology
Singles from Honi Soit
	"Dead or Alive"/"Honi Soit"; Released: 1981;

Honi Soit is the seventh solo studio album by the Welsh rock musician John Cale, released in March 1981 by A&M Records, and was his first studio album in six years following 1975's Helen of Troy. It was recorded and mixed by Harvey Goldberg at CBS Studios, East 30th Street and Mediasound in New York City with the intention of making a more commercial album with record producer Mike Thorne at the helm, Thorne would soon be known for his work with Soft Cell. "Dead or Alive" was the only single released from the album but it did not chart. However, Honi Soit is Cale's only studio album to date to chart on the US Billboard 200, peaking at No. 154.^[2]

In 1991, Universal re-released the album on CD. It only held the songs from the original LP. This same version of the album has been reissued twice: in 2004 and 2018.

^ ^a ^b Zoladz, Lindsay (14 April 2023). "10 Reasons to Rediscover John Cale". The New York Times. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
^ "TOP LPs & TAPE". Billboard. Vol. 93, no. 16. 25 April 1981. p. 77 – via Billboard (Archive: 1963–2000).

[Zoladz-1] Zoladz, Lindsay (14 April 2023). "10 Reasons to Rediscover John Cale". The New York Times. Retrieved 18 April 2023.

[2] "TOP LPs & TAPE". Billboard. Vol. 93, no. 16. 25 April 1981. p. 77 – via Billboard (Archive: 1963–2000).

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