Honi Soit (album)
| Honi Soit | ||||
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 Cover art by Andy Warhol | ||||
| Studio album by John Cale | ||||
| Released | March 1981 | |||
| Recorded | CBS Studios, East 30th St. & Media Sound, New York City, United States | |||
| Genre | Art rock | |||
| Length | 37:45 | |||
| Label | A&M | |||
| Producer | Mike Thorne, John Cale | |||
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Honi Soit is the seventh studio album by Welsh musician John Cale, released in 1981 by record label A&M.
Content
All songs were written by Cale, except "Streets of Laredo", a traditional song arranged by Cale. The track "Need Your Loving" was left off the album in favour of "Riverbank".[1]
Andy Warhol suggested the album should be called John and Yoko,[2] and provided the cover art, in black and white, but against Warhol's wishes Cale colorized it.[2] In a tongue-in-cheek allusion to the song "Fighter Pilot", the credits on the sleeve give each of the musicians a mock military aviation role, with Cale described as "flight surgeon". The album's title is an abbreviation of the phrase ″Honi soit qui mal y pense″ (French: "shame upon him who thinks evil of it"[3]), the motto of the British Order of the Garter.[4]
Release
| Professional ratings | |
|---|---|
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [5] |
| Trouser Press | mixed[6] |
Honi Soit was released in March 1981 by record label A&M. The album is Cale's only album to date to chart in the US, reaching number 154.
Track listing
All tracks composed by John Cale; except where indicated
- Side A
- "Dead or Alive"
- "Strange Times in Casablanca"
- "Fighter Pilot"
- "Wilson Joliet"
- "Streets of Laredo" (Traditional)
- Side B
- "Honi Soit (La Première Leçon de Français)"
- "Riverbank"
- "Russian Roulette"
- "Magic & Lies"
Personnel
- John Cale – lead vocals ("flight surgeon"), guitar, keyboards, viola
- John Gatchell – trumpet
- Jim Goodwin – keyboards, synthesizer, backing vocals ("gunner")
- Peter Muny – bass guitar, backing vocals ("wing and prop")
- Robert Medici – drums, backing vocals ("navigator")
- Sturgis Nikides – guitar, backing vocals ("hellcat")
- Bomberettes (members of Mo-dettes) – backing vocals on "Fighter Pilot"
- Technical
- Mike Thorne - producer ("computer processing")
- Harvey Goldberg – recording, mixing
- Carl Beatty – engineering
- Harold Tarowsky – assistant engineering
- Jane Friedman - management ("propaganda")
- John Vogel - graphic design
- Andy Warhol - cover concept
- Fred Lorey - photography
- Warren Frank - "flight engineer"
- Louis Tropia - "logistics"
Thank you "Michael Leon and A&M Records"
References
- ↑ https://werksman.home.xs4all.nl/cale/disc/honi_soit.html
- 1 2 Cale, John; Bockris, Victor (1999). What's Welsh for Zen. London: Bloomsbury. p. 196. ISBN 0 7475 3668 6.
- ↑ nb : The spelling of the word "Honi" is old French, it would nowadays be spelt "Honni".
- ↑ Cale, John; Bockris, Victor (1999). What's Welsh for Zen. London: Bloomsbury. p. 197. ISBN 0 7475 3668 6.
- ↑ Deming, Mark. "Honi Soit – John Cale | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
- ↑ Grant, Steven; Sheridan, David; Robbins, Ira. "TrouserPress.com :: John Cale". TrouserPress.com. Retrieved July 5, 2016.
External links
- Honi Soit at Discogs (list of releases)
- Interview with Mike Thorn, producer of Honi Soit