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Church of Anthrax

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Released
  
February 10, 1971

Length
  
33:48

Artists
  
John Cale, Terry Riley

Label
  
Columbia Records

Recorded
  
1970

Producer
  
John Cale John McClure

Release date
  
10 February 1971

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Genres
  
Experimental rock, Avant-garde music, Avant-garde jazz

Similar
  
John Cale albums, Avant-garde albums, Other albums

Church of Anthrax is a collaborative studio album by musicians John Cale and Terry Riley. It was released in February 1971 by record label Columbia, nearly a year after the material was recorded; in fact, it was recorded prior to Cale's solo debut Vintage Violence.

Contents

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Content

"The Soul of Patrick Lee" is the only vocal track on the album; all others are instrumentals. No singles were taken from the album.

Track listing

All tracks written by John Cale and Terry Riley, except "The Soul of Patrick Lee" by John Cale.

Personnel

  • John Cale – keyboards, bass guitar, harpsichord, piano, guitar, viola, organ
  • Terry Riley – piano, organ, soprano saxophone
  • Additional personnel
  • Adam Miller – vocals on "The Soul of Patrick Lee"
  • Bobby Colomby – drums
  • Bobby Gregg – drums
  • Technical personnel
  • Don Meehan - engineer
  • John Berg, Richard Mantel – cover design
  • Kim Whitesides – cover art
  • Don Huntstein – cover photography
  • Songs

    1Church of Anthrax9:05
    2The Hall of Mirrors in the Palace at Versailles7:59
    3The Soul of Patrick Lee2:50

    References

    Church of Anthrax Wikipedia