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Helen of Troy [Import]

~ John Cale

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Audio CD (31 Mar 1994)
Number of Discs: 1
Format: Import
Label: Island
ASIN: B000006XCW
Other Editions: Audio CD | Vinyl

Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)

Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 151,505 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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1. My Maria

2. Helen Of Troy

3. China Sea

4. Engine

5. Save Us

6. Cable Hogue

7. I Keep A Close Watch

8. Pablo Picasso

9. Coral Moon

10. Baby What You Want Me To Do

11. Sudden Death

12. Leaving It Up To You

13. Sylvia Said

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4.0 out of 5 stars Third of the Island Years trilogy, 4 Dec 2005

By	Pieter "Toypom" (Johannesburg) - See all my reviews (TOP 10 REVIEWER)

Helen Of Troy is a stylistically diverse album containing gentle ballads, angry rock and plenty of experimentation. My Maria is a slow elegy with lovely operatic harmony vocals, whilst the atmospheric title track has a complex arrangement with spoken vocal in parts.

China Sea is an almost singalong pop number with a catchy tune, whilst the rock number Engine has striking lyrical imagery and a dissonant tone. There is tempo variation in the jerky Save Us whilst Cable Hogue is a mournful ballad. Reminiscent of Cale’s work on the album Paris 1919, I Keep A Close Watch is a moving ballad, one of the highlights on the album.

His version of The Modern Lovers song Pablo Picasso gets a fierce treatment, similar to a track like Guts on Slow Dazzle. Leaving It Up To You is in the same mould, a rock ballad with angry vocal outbursts that end in sonic dissonance. Baby What You Want Me To Do is standard rock and Sudden Death is an eerie slow song.

Chris Spedding, Brian Eno and Phil Collins contribute their talents to the album, making it musically superb. Helen Of Troy is less cohesive and not quite on the level of Fear or Slow Dazzle, but it contains moments of brilliance that make it indispensable for the John Cale fan.

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