Last Day on Earth (album) explained

Last Day on Earth
Type:studio
Artist:John Cale and Bob Neuwirth
Cover:Last Day on Earth cover.jpeg
Released:April 26, 1994
Recorded:Skyline, New York City[1]
Genre:Art rock
Length:68:45
Label:MCA
Producer:John Cale, Bob Neuwirth

Last Day on Earth is a collaborative album between Welsh rock multi-instrumentalist John Cale, and American singer-songwriter Bob Neuwirth.[2] It was released in 1994 on MCA Records.[3] Recording of the album was completed in February 1994.[4]

Cale later said, "Superficially, I was thinking of it as a kind of a Brechtian landscape, and there were also elements of Blade Runner in it. There's a contradiction between all the longing that's going on - the lonesome kind of qualities – and the fact that it's a crowded piece, all the songs are sung by different characters."[5]

Track listing

All songs written by John Cale and Bob Neuwirth.

Personnel

Technical

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Discography John Cale: Last Day On Earth . Werksman.home.xs4all.nl . May 25, 2012.
  2. Web site: Cale and Neuwirth Celebrate their Last Days . Rocknroll.net . May 25, 2012.
  3. Web site: Ruhlmann . William . Last Day on Earth – John Cale/Bob Neuwirth . AllMusic . April 12, 1994 . May 25, 2012.
  4. Book: Mitchell, Tim . 2003 . Sedition and Alchemy: A Biography of John Cale . London . Peter Owen . 189 . 0-7206-11326 .
  5. Web site: . John Cale: Music for the Last Day. Ian Penman .
  6. Web site: JOHN CALE Last Day On Earth (with Bob Neuwirth) music reviews and MP3 . Progarchives.com . May 24, 2010 . May 25, 2012.