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- Artist: John Cale
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- Release Date: 1973 03
- Type: Lyrics are included with the album
- Genre: Rock
Review
One of John Cale's very finest solo efforts, Paris 1919 is also among his most accessible records, one which grows in depth and resonance with each successive listen. A consciously literary work -- the songs even bear titles like "Child's Christmas in Wales," "Macbeth," and "Graham Greene" -- Paris 1919 is close in spirit to a collection of short stories; the songs are richly poetic, enigmatic period pieces strongly evocative of their time and place. Chris Thomas' production is appropriately lush and sweeping, with many tracks set to orchestral accompaniment; indeed, there's little here to suggest either Cale's noisy, abrasive past or the chaos about to resurface in his subsequent work -- for better or worse, his music never achieved a similar beauty again. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Music GuideTracks
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| Child's Christmas in Wales | John Cale | John Cale | (3:19) |
| Hanky Panky Nohow | John Cale | John Cale | (2:46) |
| The Endless Plain of Fortune | John Cale | (4:12) | |
| Andalucia | John Cale | John Cale | (3:54) |
| Macbeth | John Cale | John Cale | (3:06) |
| Paris 1919 | John Cale | John Cale | (4:05) |
| Graham Greene | John Cale | John Cale | (3:00) |
| Half Past France | John Cale | John Cale | (4:19) |
| Antarctica Starts Here | John Cale | John Cale | (2:47) |
