Close Watch: An Introduction to John Cale

Close Watch: An Introduction to John Cale
Compilation album by John Cale
Released	20 April 1999
Genre	Rock
Length	1:07:56
Label	Island[1]
Producer	John Cale
John Cale chronology
Le Vent de la nuit (1999) Close Watch: An Introduction to John Cale (1999) The Unknown (1999)

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Close Watch: An Introduction to John Cale is the third compilation album by Welsh musician John Cale. It was released by Island Records in 1999.^[3] It featured songs from Cale's albums released between 1973 and 1996.

Track listing

All songs composed by John Cale, except where indicated.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original album	Length
1.	"Paris 1919"		Paris 1919 (1973)	4:06
2.	"Mr. Wilson"		Slow Dazzle (1975)	3:17
3.	"Leaving It up to You"		Helen of Troy (1975)	4:33
4.	"Dying on the Vine"	Cale, Larry Sloman	Artificial Intelligence (1985)	3:58
5.	"Guts"		Slow Dazzle (1975)	3:29
6.	"Set Me Free"		Walking on Locusts (1996)	4:12
7.	"Heartbreak Hotel"	Mae Boren Axton, Tommy Durden, Elvis Presley	Slow Dazzle (1975)	3:12
8.	"Ship of Fools"		Fear (1974)	4:38
9.	"Cable Hogue"		Helen of Troy (1975)	3:28
10.	"Gun"		Fear (1974)	8:07
11.	"Riverbank"		Honi Soit (1981)	6:25
12.	"Child's Christmas in Wales"		Paris 1919 (1973)	3:20
13.	"Fear Is a Man's Best Friend"		Fear (1974)	3:52
14.	"If You Were Still Around"		Music for a New Society (1982)	3:28
15.	"Wilson Joliet"		Honi Soit (1981)	4:25
16.	"(I Keep A) Close Watch"		Helen of Troy (1975)	3:26

References

1. Larkin, Colin (27 May 2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857125958 – via Google Books.
2. Close Watch: An Introduction to John Cale at AllMusic
3. Buckley, Peter (3 January 2003). The Rough Guide to Rock. Rough Guides. ISBN 9781843531050 – via Google Books.