John Cale: Baker's Dozen for The Quietus

John Cale picked his favourite 13 tracks for The Quietus for their Baker's Dozen series. He started off with long time favourites The Beach Boys, with the superb I Just Wasn’t Made For These Times from their Pet Sounds album:

It’s no secret, my admiration for all things Brian Wilson. Of course I wrote Mr Wilson as an ode to him, not so much his famous band. Pet Sounds is arguably their most disparate suite of songs – masterful in the orchestrations, lyrically introspective. [It was] the point of knowing I was right all along when I thought Brian was the dark horse genius decipherable to anyone listening beyond the pretty stuff. This demonstrated that pop doesn’t always come from a happy place. Case in point here!

Tim Hill: The Lagniappe Sessions @ Aquarium Drunkard

Keyboardist Tim Hill recorded three covers for Aquarium Drunkard's The Lagniappe Sessions: Warren Zevon's Accidentally Like A Martyr (MP3), Atahualpa Yupanqui's Danza Da La Paloma Enamorada (MP3), and Erik Satie's Gnossienne no 1 (MP3). About the latter:

This was one of the earliest pieces I learned on piano. I always preferred it over the lighter more soothing “Gymnopedie”, and it’s still one of my favourites to play at home. I’m glad that I have my own recording of it.

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