- Audio Cassette (25 Sep 1992)
- Format: Import
- Label: Hannibal
- ASIN: B00000ELFJ
- Other Editions: Audio CD
- Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,148,459 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I saw John Cale on the tour supporting this album back in 1993 having had no experience of his solo work. It was the best concert I have ever been to. Just Cale and a grand piano or acoustic guitar, but the power of his performance left me absolutely stunned. I bought the album the next day and it has remained one of my favourites ever since.
Ther are some songs of true beauty like Paris 1919, Close Watch and Style It Takes , moments of pure ham as Cale concludes Guts and Fear with dischord and screams, and cover versions of Hallelujah and Heartbreak Hotel which Cale simply takes possession of.
Truely great.
15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I saw what was effectively this CD live and it was one of the best concerts of my life. If it had been sold as miserable ex-velvet sits and sings piano toons, with a break for a few accoustic songs, I wouldn't have fancied it at all. I'd heard some of Songs Without Words (Carmen Miranda being a favourite), and obviously tons of Velvets stuff, but no other John Cale. This is a great mix, some slightly serious, some tongue in cheek, but all just slightly off beam and quirky.
A music fan from Nottingham musn't get out much. Buying this just to get a Leonard Cohen cover (a good one) is missing the point. Have you tried any of the studio albums? You should get The Island Years!
12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I caught a chance hour and a half of John Cale (and ex wife Rise) on German satellite TV singing all the songs from Fragments of a Rainy Season in what looked like a small, smoky, crowded club. I was so transfixed I didn't even think of recording it. I've been trying to locate a video ever since. This album is an equisite portrait of one of the best artists around singing and playing the pick of his own songs (plus one beauty from Leonard Cohen) from the past twenty years, accompanied by himself on piano or guitar. The original "unplugged". Delicious. If you can only afford to buy one John Cale album, go for this.
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the velvet touch
This is a brilliant live album,Cale over the years has produced some fine albums and "Paris 1919"must be an all time classic ! Read more
Published on 24 Jan 2003 by Callie
Poor
I bougth this cd for the track "Hallelujah" which appears in the film, Shrek. I hoped that the others would be as good but they aren't at all. Read more
Published on 5 Jan 2003
stunning
John Cale is virtually deadpan throughout much of his performance, yet somehow imbues his songs with such emotional power that they take over the house. Read more
Published on 15 Nov 1999
John Cale live & unplugged.
This is close as you will get to seeing John Cale live in concert without actually going down and waiting in line for tickets.
Published on 26 Oct 1999
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