Shifty Adventures in Nookie Wood


Shifty Adventures in Nookie Wood is the fifteenth solo studio album by Welsh rock musician John Cale. It was released on 1 October 2012 in Europe and 2 October in North America on the Double Six Records imprint of Domino Records. It was released as digital download, heavyweight vinyl and CD. Most of the songs were recorded by John Cale in his own studio in Los Angeles. On one track he collaborated with Danger Mouse. In September 2011 Cale released the Extra Playful EP and its release promised that the new album would be released the following year. It is his first studio album since 2005's blackAcetate.

Release

Shifty Adventures in Nookie Wood was released in three standard versions: on CD, on double vinyl LP and as digital download. When pre-ordering the vinyl-edition, it came with one of three one-track mystery bonus 7" singles. "Bluetooth Swings Redux", "Hatred" or "Cry".

Singles

First single from this album "I Wanna Talk 2 U" was released on 6 July 2012 as digital download. Second single "Face to the Sky" was released in August. It was released both in digital format and vinyl SP).

Critical reception

Critical reception of the album has been mixed to positive. The Guardian newspaper called the album "it's an album that combines the 70-year-old's experience with the glee of a small child." Online magazine Slant Magazine called it "both provocative and strange."

Weekly charts

Track listing

All songs written and composed by John Cale except "I Wanna Talk 2 U".

Personnel

;Musicians
;Production