title: The Island Years (John Cale album)
text: # The Island Years (John Cale album)
  
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  The Island Years is a double CD compilation of John Cale's work during 1974 and 1975. The collection, released in 1996, is composed of the three previously released Cale albums issued by Island Records: Fear, Slow Dazzle and Helen of Troy. The album also includes some extra tracks, b-sides, and individual tracks from other albums but the Slow Dazzle's last and experimental track "The Jeweller" was shortened to 4:11 (The same length as on the original LP of Slow Dazzle. On the CD version of the album, the track's duration is 5:07). In 2007 The Island Years was reissued as a budget release, Gold, with the same track listing but reduced packaging.
  
  ## Track listing
  
  CD 1
  
         Fear (1974) & outtake
  * "Fear Is a Man's Best Friend" – 3:52
  * "Buffalo Ballet" – 3:28
  * "Barracuda" – 3:46
  * "Emily" – 4:21
  * "Ship of Fools" – 4:36
  * "Gun" – 8:04
  * "The Man Who Couldn't Afford to Orgy" – 4:33
  * "You Know More Than I Know" – 3:34
  * "Momamma Scuba" – 4:23
  * "Sylvia Said" – 4:07 (single B-side, remixed; leaving the original single 45 a rarity)
  
         Slow Dazzle (1975) & outtakes
  * "All I Want Is You" – 2:55 (outtake)
  * "Bamboo Floor" – 3:24 (outtake)
  * "Mr. Wilson" – 3:15
  * "Taking It All Away" – 2:56
  * "Dirty-Ass Rock 'N' Roll" – 4:41
  * "Darling I Need You" – 3:35
  * "Rollaroll" – 3:57
  
  CD2
  
  * "Heartbreak Hotel" – 3:10
  * "Ski Patrol" – 2:05
  * "I'm Not the Loving Kind" – 3:07
  * "Guts" – 3:26
  * "The Jeweller" – 4:11
  
         Helen of Troy (1975) & outtakes
  * "My Maria" – 3:48
  * "Helen of Troy" – 4:18
  * "China Sea" – 2:30
  * "Engine" – 2:45
  * "Save Us" – 2:20
  * "Cable Hogue" – 3:30
  * "(I Keep A) Close Watch" – 3:27
  * "Pablo Picasso" – 3:20
  * "Leaving It Up To You" – 4:33
  * "Baby, What You Want Me to Do?" – 4:48
  * "Sudden Death" – 4:36
  * "You & Me" – 2:50 (outtake)
  * "Coral Moon" – 2:14 (originally replaced "Leaving It Up To You")
  * "Mary Lou" – 2:46 (outtake that originally appeared on the 1977 Guts compilation)
  