Tracklist
| A1 | Smalltown | 2:03 | |
| A2 | Open House | 4:16 | |
| A3 | Style It Takes | 2:54 | |
| A4 | Work | 2:36 | |
| A5 | Trouble With Classicists | 3:40 | |
| A6 | Starlight | 3:26 | |
| A7 | Faces And Names | 4:11 | |
| B1 | Images | 3:28 | |
| B2 | Slip Away (A Warning) | 3:04 | |
| B3 | It Wasn't Me | 3:29 | |
| B4 | I Believe | 3:17 | |
| B5 | Nobody But You | 3:44 | |
| B6 | A Dream | 6:33 | |
| B7 | Forever Changed | 4:49 | |
| B8 | Hello It's Me | 3:03 |
Companies, etc.
- Record Company – Sire Records Company
- Record Company – Warner Communications
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Sire Records Company
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – WEA International Inc.
- Copyright © – Sire Records Company
- Copyright © – WEA International Inc.
- Published By – Metal Machine Music (2)
- Published By – John Cale Music, Inc.
- Published By – Screen Gems-EMI Music Ltd.
- Published By – Island Music Ltd.
- Marketed By – Warner Bros. Records Inc.
- Made By – WEA Musik GmbH
- Recorded At – Sigma Sound Studios
- Mixed At – Sigma Sound Studios
- Mastered At – Masterdisk
- Pressed By – Record Service Alsdorf
Credits
- Art Direction, Design – Sylvia Reed, Tom Recchion
- Commissioned By [Originally Co-Commissioned] – Brooklyn Academy Of Music, The Arts At St. Ann's
- Engineer [Assistant Engineers] – Greg Wong, Mike Scalcione, Victor Deyglio
- Liner Notes – John Cale, Lou Reed
- Mastered By – Bob Ludwig
- Mixed By – Jeremy Darby, John Cale, Lou Reed, Michael Rathke*
- Photography By [Cover Photo Of Andy Warhol] – Billy Name
- Photography By [Cover Photo Of Lou Reed / John Cale] – James Hamilton (5)
- Producer – John Cale, Lou Reed
- Producer [Production Assistant] – Michael Rathke*
- Recorded By – Jeremy Darby
- Technician [Keyboard Technician] – Andy Green (5)
- Translated By [German Lyrics Sheet] – Dietrich Diederichsen*
- Vocals, Guitar – Lou Reed
- Vocals, Keyboards, Viola – John Cale
- Written-By – John Cale, Lou Reed
Notes
[On inner sleeve]:
Songs For Drella - A Fiction is a brief musical lookat the life of Andy Warhol and is entirely fictitious.[...] - Lou Reed
Songs For Drella - A Fiction was originally co-commissioned by The Brooklyn Academy Of Music and The Arts at St. Ann's.
Songs For Drella is a collaboration, the second Lou and I have completed since 1965. [...] - John Cale
Recorded and mixed at Sigma Sound, N.Y.C.
Mastered [...] at Masterdisk
John Cale appears courtesy of Opal Records
Published by Metal Machine Music / John Cale Music Inc. BMI
[On labels]:
Published by (G.B. only) Screen Gems-EMI Music Ltd. / Island Music Ltd.
℗ 1990 Sire Records Company for the U.S. & WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the U.S.
Made in Germany by WEA Musik GmbH
Issued with a printed inner sleeve and extra sheet with the German translation of all lyrics by Dietrich Diederichsen.
Variation: this release comes without an extra sheet with German translation.
Variation: Some batches of this release contain a promo insert with advertising for the music video "Songs For Drella" on the front side and for music videos from Lou Reed, Neil Young and R.E.M. on the back side.
Some copies came with a 4x5cm sticker on front, white letters on black (probably for the German market):
L O U R E E D
J O H N C A L E
MIT DEUTSCHER
TEXTBEILAGE
7599-26140-1
All runout variants have predominantly stamped parts (R/S Alsdorf 759 926140-1-A/A2 respectively R/S Alsdorf 759 926140-1-B), all other parts are hand-etched.
Songs For Drella - A Fiction is a brief musical lookat the life of Andy Warhol and is entirely fictitious.[...] - Lou Reed
Songs For Drella - A Fiction was originally co-commissioned by The Brooklyn Academy Of Music and The Arts at St. Ann's.
Songs For Drella is a collaboration, the second Lou and I have completed since 1965. [...] - John Cale
Recorded and mixed at Sigma Sound, N.Y.C.
Mastered [...] at Masterdisk
John Cale appears courtesy of Opal Records
Published by Metal Machine Music / John Cale Music Inc. BMI
[On labels]:
Published by (G.B. only) Screen Gems-EMI Music Ltd. / Island Music Ltd.
℗ 1990 Sire Records Company for the U.S. & WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the U.S.
Made in Germany by WEA Musik GmbH
Issued with a printed inner sleeve and extra sheet with the German translation of all lyrics by Dietrich Diederichsen.
Variation: this release comes without an extra sheet with German translation.
Variation: Some batches of this release contain a promo insert with advertising for the music video "Songs For Drella" on the front side and for music videos from Lou Reed, Neil Young and R.E.M. on the back side.
Some copies came with a 4x5cm sticker on front, white letters on black (probably for the German market):
L O U R E E D
J O H N C A L E
MIT DEUTSCHER
TEXTBEILAGE
7599-26140-1
All runout variants have predominantly stamped parts (R/S Alsdorf 759 926140-1-A/A2 respectively R/S Alsdorf 759 926140-1-B), all other parts are hand-etched.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Barcode (Text): 0 7599-26140-1 6
- Barcode (Scanned): 075992614016
- Rights Society (Boxed): GEMA/BIEM
- Rights Society: BMI
- Label Code: LC 3228
- Price Code (France): WE 391
- Price Code: Ⓤ
- Other (Embossed on back sleeve): 'W' logo
- Matrix / Runout (Variant 1: runout side A): R/S Alsdorf 759 926140-1-A XXX 5
- Matrix / Runout (Variant 1: runout side B): R/S Alsdorf 759 926140-1-BXX 4
- Matrix / Runout (Variant 2: runout side A): R/S Alsdorf 759 926140-1-A X 10
- Matrix / Runout (Variant 2: runout side B): R/S Alsdorf 759 926140-1-B X 10
- Matrix / Runout (Variant 3: runout side A): R/S Alsdorf 759 926140-1-A G
- Matrix / Runout (Variant 3: runout side B): R/S Alsdorf 759 926140-1-B 11
- Matrix / Runout (Variant 4: runout side A): R/S Alsdorf 759 926140-1-A2 X 16
- Matrix / Runout (Variant 4: runout side B): R/S Alsdorf 759 926140-1-A2 X 1
- Matrix / Runout (Variant 5: runout side A): R/S Alsdorf 759 926140-1-A2 8
- Matrix / Runout (Variant 5: runout side B): R/S Alsdorf 759 926140-1-BX 20
Other Versions (5 of 60)
View All| Title (Format) | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Recently Edited | Songs For Drella (CD, Album) | Sire, Warner Bros. Records | 7599-26140-2 | Europe | 1990 | ||
| Songs For Drella (CD, Album) | Sire, Hed Arzi Music | 926140 | Israel | 1990 | |||
Recently Edited | Songs For Drella (VHS, Album, NTSC) | Warner Reprise Video | 3-38168 | US | 1990 | ||
Recently Edited | Songs For Drella (CD, Album, Velvet Digipak) | Sire, Warner Bros. Records | 9 26205-2 | US | 1990 | ||
Recently Edited | Songs For Drella (Cassette, Album, Promo) | Warner Bros. Records | 4-26140 | US | 1990 |
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Reviews
Faulty press, strange tones and cracks in Cale’s vocals on style it takes
To clarify, this version isn't sung in German? It just has a German translation of the lyrics?
There might be another version of the 1990 european vinyl-pressing. My version has a 2 added in the runout
Side 1 (stamped) R/S Alsdorf 759 926140-1-A2 (etched) XX 8
Side 2 (stamped) R/S Alsdorf 759 926140-1-B2 (etched) XX
and although I bought it sealed in a record store when it was originally released, it came without the printed inner sleeve.
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