Extra Playful

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title: "Extra Playful" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["john-cale-eps", "2011-eps", "albums-produced-by-john-cale"] topic_path: "arts/music" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extra_Playful" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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Field	Value
name	Extra Playful
type	ep
artist	John Cale
cover	Extra Playful John Cale.jpeg
released	September 19, 2011
genre	Art rock, art pop
length	{{flatlist
label	{{flatlist
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producer	John Cale
prev_title	Live at Rockpalast
prev_year	2010
next_title	Shifty Adventures in Nookie Wood
next_year	2012
misc	{{Extra album cover
header	Extra Playful - Black Edition
type	ep
cover	John_Cale_-Extra_Playful-Black_Edition-_2011.jpg
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| name = Extra Playful | type = ep | artist = John Cale | cover = Extra Playful John Cale.jpeg | alt = | released = September 19, 2011 | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = Art rock, art pop | length = {{flatlist|

• 21:32
• 30:27 (Black Edition) | label = {{flatlist|
• Domino
• Double Six | producer = John Cale | prev_title = Live at Rockpalast | prev_year = 2010 | next_title = Shifty Adventures in Nookie Wood | next_year = 2012 | misc = {{Extra album cover | header = Extra Playful - Black Edition | type = ep | cover = John_Cale_-Extra_Playful-Black_Edition-_2011.jpg | border = | alt = | caption = |rev1 = PopMatters |rev1score = |noprose = yes Extra Playful is a 2011 EP by John Cale. The EP features 5 previously unreleased songs. Black Edition (released on Black Friday) contains two more extra songs.

Track listing

All songs composed and arranged by John Cale.

1. "Catastrofuk" - 3:58
2. "Whaddya Mean by That?" - 5:39
3. "Hey Ray" - 4:16
4. "Pile a L'heure" - 3:38
5. "Perfection" - 4:01
6. "Bluetooth Swings" - 4:39 (Black Edition only)
7. "The Hanging" - 4:16 (Black Edition only)

Personnel

• John Cale − vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards, viola, synthesizer
• Dustin Boyer − guitar, synthesizer, background vocals
• Michael Jerome − drums, percussion, background vocals
• Erik Sanko − bass, background vocals
• Deantoni Parks − drums in "Whaddya Mean by That?"
• Noelle Scaggs − background vocals in "Hey Ray"
• Destani Wolf − background vocals in "Hey Ray" ;Technical
• Nita Scott - executive producer
• Dustin Boyer - recording
• Mickey Petralia - mixing

References

References

1. "Discography John Cale: Extra Playful". Werksman.home.xs4all.nl.
2. (2011-10-06). "John Cale: Extra Playful EP | Album Reviews". Pitchfork.
3. (2011-10-11). "Extra Playful - John Cale | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic.
4. Back album cover
5. "John Cale: Extra Playful". PopMatters.

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