John Cale Extra Playful

2011 release, a five track EP from the singer, songwriter, producer and Rock icon best known for his work with Velvet Underground. Extra Playful conceives and executes more great ideas in 21 minutes than most musicians do in 10 years. It's Art-Rock, but energized; fun, smart and sexy. It recalls a time when nearly all Rock had to exhibit brain and heart as well as muscle, before the Oasis era of regression - and yet remains hotly topical and glisteningly modern. It's the work of a master.