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All 3 brilliant 1970s LPs Fear, Slow Dazzle, & Helen of Troy plus bonus rarities REMASTERED on a 2CD set. Fantastic!!! Features Brian Eno, Chris Spedding etc.
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
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Just because an artist is great, does not mean the artist will sell a lot of records. Mr Cale (along with Mr Thompson et al) is one of Britain's geatest musical treasures. For almost 40 years now, he has consistently proven himself a highly inventive, original and visionary composer of pop songs and avant-garde instrumental works. He is unique and remarkably at 63, still producing stunning music. I went to see him play this year and although, sadly isn't nearly as manic as he once was (climbing under his keyboard for song or screaming like a lunatic!) seeing and hearing the statesman (for me a first) was still a powerful and wonderful experience. He genuinely appears to be one of the few artists that does not believe in pandering to his audience. It's his world and we can take it or leave it. It's easy to feel dissapointed that such an enduring artist is playing to appoximately 400 people per town and that his records (if ever they were not cult and lacked media attention) are selling mostly to harcore fans only now.
It doesn't matter.
John Cale, like all great artists transcends record sales and popularity polls. We are lucky to be able to enjoy such music from a genuine talent. Celebrate the man.
It doesn't matter.
John Cale, like all great artists transcends record sales and popularity polls. We are lucky to be able to enjoy such music from a genuine talent. Celebrate the man.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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If there is one good thing to be said about CD's, this-John Cale's Island anthology- should be exhibit A. All 3 of his Island albums plus a couple of extra tracks, in glorius sound, in a neat 2 CD package. It is among the most invigorating rock'n roll recorded in the 70's, a decade not exactly short of musical contenders. Cale's music in his Island years, to my ears, outstrips them all- yes, even his old buddy Lou Reed's work. Now this might seen like an outlandish claim, but listen to the music again, with the volume turned up loud. Some Dirty A-- Rock n' Roll !
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
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This brilliant collection contains John Cale's most accessible work, including some his most melodic songs like The Man Who Couldn't Afford To Orgy, Mr Wilson (tribute to Brian W), Ski Patrol (which reminds me of the John Berryman poem, "Song Of The Tortured Girl"), I Keep A Close Watch, Leaving It Up To You, Coral Moon, and also his most menacing: Fear, Gun, Guts, Heartbreak Hotel and the power trio of Dirty-ass Rock 'n Roll, Darling I Need You and Rollaroll, the high point of the "Slow Dazzle" album.
Of course, Cale is my favourite musician of all time and I'm saying this from the perspective of a mainstream rock fan. I also love his more experimental work, including his collaborations with Brian Eno, Bob Neuwirth and Lou Reed, and of course his earlier stuff like Paris 1919. One can see how artists like Patti Smith and others were influenced by Cale's vision.
So, not only is this the best entry point for those wishing to investigate the work of this genius, it is also handy to have those three seminal Island albums together in one place. For completists, I also recommend his anthology "Seducing Down The Door," with the warning that it only contains Dirty-Ass Rock 'n Roll without the other two of the "power trio" mentioned above.
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Indispensible
What a magical release! I've had Cale's most accessible album Paris 1919 for some time. I used to play it as a kooky alternative to what I usually listen to (Lou Reed, Bob Dylan,... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Mark Twain
Pure genius
Lou Reed is far and away the most famous of the former members of The Velvet Underground, a situation that is grossly unfair to at least one of his fellow band members. Read more
Published on 26 Jan 2007 by KRL
CALE IS KING
I bought this at the same time as "Seducing Down The Door" because I wanted THOSE 3 TRACKS from Slow Dazzle in sequence: Dirtyass Rock 'n Roll, Darling I Need You &... Read more
Published on 26 Jun 2000
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