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Honi Soit

~ John Cale

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Audio CD (7 Jul 1994)
Number of Discs: 1
Label: A & M
ASIN: B000006XCX

Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)

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1. Honi Soit

2. Dead Or Alive

3. Strange Times In Casablanca

4. Fighter Pilot

5. Wilson Joliet

6. Streets Of Laredo

7. River Bank

8. Russian Roulette

9. Magic And Lies

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3.0 out of 5 stars Two magnificent songs on an uneven album, 20 May 2003

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

The magnificent Dead Or Alive kicks off this 1981 album on which Cale is assisted by Sturgis Nikides, Jim Goodwin, Peter Muny & Robert Medici. Alone worth the price of the album, this song paints a frightening scenario of the pornographic underground and is driven by the shimmering trumpet lines of John Gatchell. A live version with a significantly different texture appears on John Cale Comes Alive.

Fighter Pilot is another frenzied track where the Bomberettes provide frisky background vocals whilst Cale's voice & viola rule on Wilson Joliet with its multi-layered sonic patterns. Eerie & 'gothic,' Streets of Laredo is a slow brooding piece with strange percussive sound effects that wouldn't seem out-of-place in the collected works of Edgar Var�se. Equally downtempo, Strange Times in Casablanca has a psychedelic feel and surrealistic lyrics.

The highly experimental title track is a strange atonal affair dominated by the French chant of "honi soit qui mal y pense," stabs of high-pitched backing vocals and the weird wailing of dissonant synths & guitars. Normality returns with the mournful & melodious Riverbank that reaches a crescendo before fading out on enchanting instrumentation; it recalls the gentler side of Wrong Way Up, Cale's 1990 collaboration with Brian Eno.

Russian Roulette rocks hard in the Slow Dazzle manner and the album concludes with Magic & Lies, a striking blend of classical and rock that expires on the last gasps of shuddering drum patterns. Honi Soit is an uneven album and not amongst Cale's most accessible. I recommend the anthologies Island Years or Seducing Down the Door to get the best work of this underrated genius.

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