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Church of Anthrax

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Church of Anthrax
Studio album by
Released February 10, 1971
Recorded 1970
Genre
Length 33 : 48
Label CBS
Producer
John Cale chronology
Vintage Violence
(1970)
Church of Anthrax
(1971)
The Academy in Peril
(1972)
Terry Riley chronology
A Rainbow in Curved Air
(1969)
Church of Anthrax
(1971)
Persian Surgery Dervishes
(1972)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic [3]
Christgau's Record Guide C [4]
Irish Times [2]
Record Collector [5]

Church of Anthrax is a collaborative studio album by musicians John Cale and Terry Riley . It was released in February 1971 by record label CBS , nearly a year after the material was recorded. It followed Riley's success with 1969's A Rainbow in Curved Air and Cale's influential work with the Velvet Underground . [5]

The album was reissued and remastered in 2014.

Music [ edit ]

The album blends " Riley 's drones and patterns with a more muscular and melodic bent versed in both free jazz and experimental rock ." [3] Rolling Stone labeled it "largely stretched-out organ -heavy improvisations, a freak-out in slow motion." [6] The album was mostly improvised on the spot, using two drummers, Bobby Gregg and Bobby Colomby . [7] "The Soul of Patrick Lee" is the only vocal track on the album; all others are instrumentals. No singles were taken from the album.

Terry Riley noted that " John Cale and I had a lot of disagreements about the album, including the way it should sound and the way the material should go. During the last mixing session, John started feeding in a lot of extra guitar tracks over what we had done. That started to obscure some of my keyboard work that I thought should be heard. We had a disagreement about that, so I stopped going to the mixing sessions and they mixed it without me." [7] However, in retrospect he stated that "over time, I’ve grown to like what they did." [7]

In the early 1990s, the duo reunited in New York to record a Church of Anthrax II , but nothing materialized after it became clear that Cale only wanted to produce rather than perform on the album. [7]

Reception [ edit ]

Upon release, the album received mixed reception. [2] Rolling Stone called it "one of the finest records to be released this year" but noted that it was largely ignored. [6] Melody Maker described the album as "an uneven record, remarkable for one excellent Cale song ("The Soul of Patrick Lee") and the title track, a brilliantly dense piece of production. Cale's viola and bass and Riley's organ and saxophone create an impenetrable, organic vortex of sound. One of the all-time great headphones tracks, featuring the avant-garde at its funkiest." [8] Robert Christgau of The Village Voice described it as "an album of keyboard doodles posing as improvisations." [4]

Following its reissue in 2014, the Irish Times noted that the album was initially regarded as an "unsatisfying concoction between two motivating forces in the avant-garde," but suggested that "for those who like their minimalism spiked with broken glass (notably "Ides of March"), perhaps it’s time to open the door and walk down the aisle." [2] Record Collector stated that the album "walked the thin line between boundary-pushing experimentation and indulgent jamming, only reaching a cathartic breakthrough on "The Hall of Mirrors in the Palace of Versailles"' shimmering collision between Cale’s piano and Riley’s tape-delayed soprano sax." [5] The New York Times called it "an art-rock touchstone." [1]

Track listing [ edit ]

All tracks are written by John Cale and Terry Riley, except "The Soul of Patrick Lee" by John Cale

Side A
No. Title Length
1. "Church of Anthrax" 9:05
2. "The Hall of Mirrors in the Palace at Versailles" 7:59
Side B
No. Title Length
1. "The Soul of Patrick Lee" 2:49
2. "Ides of March" 11:03
3. "The Protege" 2:52

Personnel [ edit ]

  • John Cale ? bass guitar, harpsichord, piano, guitar, viola, organ
  • Terry Riley ? piano, organ, soprano saxophone
Additional personnel
Technical personnel
  • Don Meehan ? engineering
  • John Berg, Richard Mantel ? cover design
  • Kim Whitesides ? cover art
  • Don Huntstein ? cover photography

References [ edit ]

  1. ^ a b Rubin, Mike. "Terry Riley's Avant-Garde Sounds Are Still Casting Spells" . The New York Times . Retrieved 6 August 2020 .
  2. ^ a b c d Clayton-Lea, Tony. "Album Reviews: John Cale & Terry Reilly: Church of Anthrax" . Irish Times . Retrieved 6 August 2020 .
  3. ^ a b Mason, Stewart. " Church of Anthrax ? John Cale, John Cale & Terry Riley, Terry Riley | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards | AllMusic" . AllMusic . Retrieved 4 April 2015 .
  4. ^ a b Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: C" . Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies . Ticknor & Fields . ISBN   089919026X . Retrieved 23 February 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  5. ^ a b c Needs, Kris. "Church of Anthrax" . Record Collector . Retrieved 6 August 2020 .
  6. ^ a b Edwards, Gavin. "10 Weird Albums Rolling Stone Loved in the 1970s You've Never Heard" . Rolling Stone . Retrieved 6 August 2020 .
  7. ^ a b c d Prasad, Anil. "Terry Riley - Lighting up nodes" . Innerviews . Retrieved 6 August 2020 .
  8. ^ Mick Gold. "John Cale: Caged Heat" . Rock's Backpages .

External links [ edit ]