Circus Live

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{{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

|rev2score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.timeout.com/london/music/review/audio/702/john_cale-circus_live.html |title=TimeOut London review |access-date=2009-07-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080726023348/http://www.timeout.com/london/music/review/audio/702/john_cale-circus_live.html |archive-date=2008-07-26 |url-status=dead }}

|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

|rev5score = {{Rating|8|10}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.culturedeluxe.com/news_item.asp?id=1259 |title=Culturedeluxe review |access-date=2007-01-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070206143342/http://www.culturedeluxe.com/news_item.asp?id=1259 |archive-date=2007-02-06 |url-status=dead }}

}}

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