Grade: B- | Genre: Experimental Rock
Summary: blackAcetate isn't a fantastic album, but it's still rock solid. People aren't supposed to be this good once they're done with a popular band (Velvet Underground), but John Cale somehow pulls it off.

Ex-cellists shouldn't rock this much. What right does the guy, that turned more than one Velvet Underground song into a screeching auditory weapon, have to come back decades later and make a solid album? Everybody knows that people this old are supposed to suck. You put out good music for a short while after your band ends, then you either give up entirely or disappoint fans with the music you keep putting out. I guess John Cale just didn't want to go out the Lou Reed way. Don't get me wrong. Lou Reed is badass numero uno in my mind for all eternity. It's just he isn't nearly as cool as he was.