John Cale - Seducing Down the Door: A Collection 1970-1990

Title: Seducing Down the Door: A Collection 1970-1990 Artist: John Cale Release Date: 7/5/1994 Label: Rhino Album Type(s): Greatest Hits UPC: 081227168520 Genre: Rock Styles: Contemporary Pop/Rock, Experimental, Proto-Punk, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Experimental Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Art Rock Moods: Literate, Sophisticated, Wintry, Acerbic, Cerebral, Detached, Gloomy, Volatile, Hypnotic, Nostalgic, Plaintive, Poignant, Provocative, Refined/Mannered, Reflective, Restrained, Visceral, Bleak, Complex, Eerie, Elegant, Ironic, Quirky, Raucous, Reserved, Somber, Street-Smart, Swaggering, Aggressive, Intense, Tense/Anxious Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 5 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 2

1. The Protege
2. Big White Cloud
3. Amsterdam
4. Days of Steam
5. Temper
6. Dixieland and Dixie
7. Child's Christmas in Wales
8. Paris 1919
9. Andalucia
10. Fear Is a Man's Best Friend
11. Gun
12. (I Keep A) Close Watch
13. Heartbreak Hotel
14. Dirty-Ass Rock 'N' Roll
15. Guts
16. The Jeweller
17. Pablo Picasso
18. Leaving It up to You
19. Coral Moon
20. Memphis

1. Jack the Ripper
2. Hedda Gabler
3. Walkin' the Dog
4. Dead or Alive
5. Strange Times in Casablanca
6. Taking Your Life in Your Hands
7. Thoughtless Kind
8. Chinese Envoy
9. Caribbean Sunset
10. Waiting for the Man
11. Ooh la La
12. Everytime the Dogs Bark
13. Dying on the Vine
14. The Soul of Carmen Miranda
15. One Word
16. Cordoba
17. Trouble With Classicists
18. Faces and Names

Year Type Label Catalog # ------ CD Rhino 71685

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The range of John Cale's work can be shocking: it's hard to believe that the piano duets with minimalist composer Terry Riley on Church of Anthrax, the lush orchestral pop of Paris 1919, and the raucous, dissonant guitar rock of "Gun" and the rest of Fear are all the work of the same man, much less that they were all released within a four-year span. The well-chosen 38-track, two-and-a-half-hour double-CD/cassette anthology Seducing Down the Door does nothing to reconcile the apparent musical contradictions in Cale's classical-to-punk sensibility, but it does bring coherence and consolidation to a recording career that, spread across a multitude of labels and plagued by popular indifference, has been difficult to grasp as a whole. ~ William Ruhlmannn, All Music Guide

Name Credits Archie Leggett Bass Barry Alfonso Liner Notes, Compilation Producer Bill Inglot Remastering Bill Payne Keyboards Bobby Colomby Drums Bobby Gregg Drums Brian Eno Synthesizer, Performer Bruce Brody Moog Synthesizer Chris Spedding Guitar Chris Thomas Piano (Electric), Tambourine, Violin, Producer Chris Whent Project Assistant Doreen Chanter Vocals (Background) Ernie Coralla Guitar Fred Smith Drums Garland Jeffreys Vocals (Background), Guitar Gary Peterson Discographical Annotation Geoff Gans Compilation Producer, Photography, Art Direction, Design Geoff Muldaur Vocal Harmony Gerry Conway Drums Greg Allen Photography Harvey Brooks Bass Hugh Brown Photography, Project Assistant Irene Chanter Vocals (Background) Jim Keltner Drums Jimmy Bain Bass John Cale Conductor, Harpsichord, Bass, Harmonium, Clavinet, Viola, Arranger, Guitar, Vocals, Producer, Piano, Keyboards, Organ John McClure Producer Johnny Guarnieri Project Assistant Kate Simon Project Assistant Ken Perry Remastering Kevin Currie Drums Kevin Laffey Project Assistant Lewis Merenstein Producer Lisa Law Photography Liza Strike Vocals (Background) Lou Reed Performer Lowell George ?, Guitar MC Kostek Project Assistant Michael Mazzarella Project Assistant Mick Rock Photography Nat Brewster Project Assistant Pat Donaldson Bass Phil Collins Drums Phil Manzanera Guitar Rachel Gutek Photography, Design Richard Hayward Drums Ritchie Fliegler Guitar Ron Spencer Project Assistant Sanford Konikoff Drums Stan Szelest Keyboards Steve Webbon Project Assistant Sturgis Nikides Guitar Ted Templeman Producer Terry Riley Organ, Piano, Sax (Soprano) Timi Donald Drums Tom Recchion Project Assistant U.C.L.A. Orchestra ? Wilton Felder Bass