HoboSapiens

Infobox Album
Name = HoboSapiens
Type = Album
Artist = John Cale


Released = 6 October 2003 (UK)
Recorded =
Genre =
Length = 60:15 (excl. hidden track)
64:49 (incl. hidden track)
Label = EMI
Producer = John Cale
Nick Franglen
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:66bsa9cge23u link]
*Blender Rating|3|5 [http://www.blender.com/guide/reviews.aspx?id=2857 link]
*"The Guardian" Rating|4|5 [http://arts.guardian.co.uk/reviews/story/0,,1054350,00.html 3 October 2003]
*"The Independent" Rating|3|5 [http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/music/reviews/article89639.ece 3 October 2003]
*"Mojo" Rating|4.5|5 p.105, October 2003
*"Q" Rating|4.5|5 p.107, November 2003
*Stylus (A) [http://www.stylusmagazine.com/review.php?ID=1562 17 December 2003]
*"Uncut" Rating|5|5 p.106, November 2003
*"The Wire" (favourable) p.56, #236, October 2003
Last album = "5 Tracks"
(2003)
This album = "HoboSapiens"
(2003)
Next album = "blackAcetate"
(2005)

"HoboSapiens" is a 2003 album by John Cale, his first for EMI. Cale co-produced the album with Nick Franglen of Lemon Jelly. The cover photography is by Jon Shard.

Track listing

All tracks composed by John Cale

#

"Set Me Free" (hidden track) – 4:35
# "Zen" – 6:03
# "Reading My Mind" – 4:11
# "Things" – 3:36
# "Look Horizon" – 5:40
# "Magritte" – 4:58
# "Archimedes" – 4:40
# "Caravan" – 6:43
# "Bicycle" – 5:05
# "Twilight Zone" – 3:49
# "Letter From Abroad" – 5:10
# "Things X" – 4:50
# "Over Her Head" – 5:22

Personnel

*John Cale: keyboards, guitars, electric viola, viola, vocals, backing vocals, samples, bass, harmonium
*Andy Green: guitar, samples, additional production
*Erik Sanko: bass, slack dulmicer
*Joe Gore: guitar
*Emil Miland: cello
*Ryan Coseboom: samples
*Michael "Count" Eldridge: drum loops, samples
*Marco Giovino: drums, percussion
*Roberto, Daniele, Alba Clemente, Giovani: Italian voices
*Lance Doss: guitars, backing vocals
*John Kurzweig: guitars
*Joel Mark: guitars, bass
*Jeff Eyrich: bass
*Bill Swartz: drums
*Eden Cale: spoken words
*Dimitri Tokovoi: samples
*Brian Foreman: bass
*Shelley Harland: samples
*Lisa Bielawa, Elizabeth Farnum, Alexandra Montana, Gayla Morgan: a tonal voices
*Drum loop on "Bicycle" courtesy of Brian EnoExecutive producer: Nita Scott

The album contains a hidden track, "Set Me Free", in the pregap. It is not mentioned in the tracklisting, but it is inside the CD booklet. It can be played by rewinding track 1 to the -4:30 mark

External links

*MusicBrainz release|id=8e789b3d-f480-4601-b1c5-83b458a6631b|name=HoboSapiens
* [http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/music/features/article90639.ece "John Cale: Music for all tomorrow's parties"] ("The Independent", 10 October 2003)