Circus Live
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox album
| name = Circus Live
| type = live
| artist = John Cale
| cover = Circuslive.jpg
| alt =
| released = 19 February 2007
| recorded = 2004, 2006
| venue =
| studio =
| genre =
| length =
| label = EMI
| producer = John Cale
| prev_title = blackAcetate
| prev_year = 2005
| next_title = Live at Rockpalast
| next_year = 2010
}}
{{Album ratings
|rev1 = musicOMH
|rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}[http://www.musicomh.com/albums/john-cale-3_0107.htm musicOMH review]
|rev2 = TimeOut London
|rev3 = Mansized
|rev3score = {{Rating|4|5}}[https://web.archive.org/web/20071110050126/http://www.mansized.co.uk/reviews/review.phtml/504/631/ Mansized review]
|rev4 = Rocklouder
|rev4score = {{Rating|3|5}}[http://www.rocklouder.co.uk/articles/2080.html Rocklouder review]
|rev5 = Culturedeluxe
}}
Circus Live is a 3-disc live album by John Cale released on February 19, 2007. The contents were recorded live on the 2004 and 2006 European tours. One of the discs is a DVD{{cite web|title=Circus Live|publisher=Fear is a Man's Best Friend website|author=Hans Werksman|year=2006|accessdate=2007-01-02|url=http://www.xs4all.nl/~werksman/cale/disc/circus_live.html}} containing rehearsal footage, a music video, and a two audio tracks.
One performance included, September 12, 2004, at the Paradiso in Amsterdam, was broadcast on air and online.
Track listing
All tracks by John Cale; except where indicated.
{{Track listing
| headline = Disc 1
| total_length =
| title1 = Venus in Furs
| writer1 = Lou Reed
| note1 = from The Velvet Underground & Nico
| length1 = 6:22
| title2 = Save Us
| note2 = from Helen of Troy
| length2 = 3:20
| title3 = Helen of Troy
| note3 = from Helen of Troy
| length3 = 5:42
| title4 = Woman
| note4 = from blackAcetate
| length4 = 5:27
| title5 = Buffalo Ballet
| note5 = from Fear
| length5 = 4:07
| title6 = Femme Fatale / Rosegarden Funeral of Sores
| writer6 = Lou Reed / Cale
| note6 = from The Velvet Underground & Nico / "Mercenaries (Ready for War)" single
| length6 = 6:33
| title7 = Hush
| note7 = from blackAcetate
| length7 = 3:42
| title8 = OuttaTheBag
| note8 = from blackAcetate
| length8 = 4:44
| title9 = Set Me Free
| note9 = from Walking on Locusts
| length9 = 4:43
| title10 = The Ballad of Cable Hogue
| note10 = from Helen of Troy
| length10 = 5:06
| title11 = Look Horizon
| note11 = from HoboSapiens
| length11 = 5:15
| title12 = Magritte
| note12 = from HoboSapiens
| length12 = 4:12
| title13 = Dirty Ass Rock and Roll
| note13 = from Slow Dazzle
| length13 = 6:30
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Disc 2
| total_length =
| title1 = Walking the Dog
| note1 = from Sabotage/Live
| writer1 = Rufus Thomas Jr.
| length1 = 6:11
| title2 = Gun
| note2 = from Fear
| length2 = 12:59
| title3 = Hanky Panky Nohow
| note3 = from Paris 1919
| length3 = 4:59
| title4 = Pablo Picasso / Mary Lou
| note4 = from Helen of Troy / Guts
| writer4 = Jonathan Richman / Cale
| length4 = 12:25
| title5 = Drone - Into Amsterdam Suite
| note5 = studio version unreleased
| length5 = 4:07
| title6 = Zen
| note6 = from HoboSapiens
| length6 = 5:43
| title7 = Style It Takes
| note7 = from Songs for Drella
| writer7 = Reed, Cale
| length7 = 5:14
| title8 = Heartbreak Hotel
| note8 = from Slow Dazzle
| writer8 = Mae Boren Axton, Tommy Durden, Elvis Presley
| length8 = 6:52
| title9 = Mercenaries (Ready for War)
| note9 = single
| length9 = 8:42
| title10 = Outro Drone
| note10 = studio version unreleased
| length10 = 2:43
}}
Personnel
- John Cale − lead vocal, electric and acoustic guitars, keyboards, electric viola
- Dustin Boyer (2006 tracks) − lead guitar, toys, backing vocals
- Joseph Karnes (2006 tracks) − bass, Nord 3, samples, backing vocals
- Michael Jerome (2006 tracks) − drums, samples, backing vocals
- Mark Deffenbaugh (2004 tracks) − acoustic guitar, banjo, harmonica
- Deantoni Parks (2004 tracks) − drums, samples
- Charlie Campagne (2004 tracks) − drone samples
References
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