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John Cale - Vintage Violence Audio CD

A fair review of the John Cale "Vintage Violence" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all John Cale reviews here, or go back to the John Cale tabs.

John Cale Band: John Cale
Title: Vintage Violence
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Release Date: 2008-03-01
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Hello There 2: Gideon's Bible 3: Adelaide 4: Big White Cloud 5: Cleo 6: Please 7: Charlemagne 8: Bring It on Up 9: Amsterdam 10: Ghost Story 11: Fairweather Friend

a wonderfull album
this is proof that lou reed was not the only one in the velvet underground who had any talent in fact this album is probally the best post velvet album.


Great John Cale Album
This album is a sign of Cale's great solo career to come. I highly agree with the reviewer below me. The songs on this album are much lighter than almost anything else Cale has ever done. The songs are still great. I would Reccomend it very much.


A Promising Sign of Things To Come
This was downright melodic, sometimes lush, sometimes (dare I say) POP MUSIC! Of course Pop with an edge, but still Pop. This album must have come as quite a surprise to those familiar with John Cale's wall of buzz with Velvet Underground and his producing credits for the Stooges first album. And I say that as a compliment.

There are a number of wonderful moments on this album. The opener, "Hello There", presents Cale as a quite capable keyboardist (I assume it is him. . . the musicians are uncredited. . . I hate that!) and singer/songwriter. The next cut "Gideon's Bible", one of the strongest cuts, reveals his trenchant for Beach Boys derived melodies and ooohs which would show up prominently on later albums. "Big White Cloud" is a lush string laden ballad. In short all of the influences that would make his classic albums of the mid-seventies so engaging are here intact. The only reason I knock it down to 4 stars is that he still seems to be assembling the pieces so this is not quite a realized whole. (This is essentially a debut after all).

This is a fine album, and highly recommended. But Cale's real masterpieces were still to come (Paris 1919, Fear, Slow Dazzle, and Helen of Troy are all masterworks that I cannot recommend highly enough to one not familiar with John Cale. . . 5 stars for those for sure!).


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