John Cale: Honi Soit... (A&M)
Roy Trakin, New York Rocker, June 1981
THE ALBUM TITLE is part of a motto on the British Royal Coat of Arms, "Honi soit qui mal y pense." "Evil to him who evil thinks" and wacky Welshman John Cale has certainly thought his share of evil.
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