Similar Albums:
- Artist: John Cale
- Rating:
- Release Date: 1996 07
- Total Time: 133:11
- Type: Compilation (best of)
- Genre: Rock
Review
This double CD combines all three of John Cale's mid-'70s Island albums (Fear, Slow Dazzle, and Helen of Troy) into one package, with the addition of some interesting bonus tracks: outtakes from Slow Dazzle and Helen of Troy, the B-side "Sylvia Said," "Leaving It up to You" (which only appeared on early copies of Helen of Troy before "Coral Moon" took its place), and "Mary Lou" (from the 1977 Guts compilation). This was undeniably one of Cale's most fertile periods. There is also no other body of work from the mid-'70s with such a confluence of listenable FM radio-ready tunes and sneaky, at times subversive experimentation, its eclecticism encompassing art rock, macabre recitations, and Beach Boy pastiches. ~ Richie Unterberger, All Music GuideTracks
CD 1
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| Fear Is a Man's Best Friend | John Cale | John Cale | (3:53) |
| Buffalo Ballet (Lyrics) | John Cale | John Cale | (3:29) |
| Barracuda (Lyrics) | John Cale | John Cale | (3:48) |
| Emily (Lyrics) | John Cale | John Cale | (4:22) |
| Ship of Fools (Lyrics) | John Cale | John Cale | (4:37) |
| Gun (Lyrics) | John Cale | John Cale | (8:05) |
| The Man Who Couldn't Afford to Orgy | John Cale | John Cale | (4:34) |
| You Know More Than I Know (Lyrics) | John Cale | John Cale | (3:35) |
| Momamma Scuba (Lyrics) | John Cale | John Cale | (4:25) |
| Sylvia Said [Remix] | John Cale | John Cale | (4:09) |
| All I Want Is You [#] | John Cale | John Cale | (2:57) |
| Bamboo Floor [#] | John Cale | John Cale | (3:25) |
| Mr. Wilson (Lyrics) | John Cale | John Cale | (3:17) |
| Taking It All Away | John Cale | John Cale | (2:58) |
| Dirty Ass Rock 'N' Roll | John Cale | John Cale | (4:43) |
| Darling I Need You (Lyrics) | John Cale | John Cale | (3:37) |
| Rollaroll | John Cale | John Cale | (3:58) |
CD 2
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| Heartbreak Hotel (Lyrics) | John Cale | (3:13) | |
| Ski Patrol | John Cale | John Cale | (2:08) |
| I'm Not the Loving Kind | John Cale | John Cale | (3:08) |
| Guts (Lyrics) | John Cale | John Cale | (3:27) |
| The Jeweller | John Cale | John Cale | (4:14) |
| My Maria | John Cale | John Cale | (3:51) |
| Helen of Troy | John Cale | John Cale | (4:20) |
| China Sea | John Cale | John Cale | (2:32) |
| Engine | John Cale | John Cale | (2:47) |
| Save Us | John Cale | John Cale | (2:22) |
| Cable Hogue (Lyrics) | John Cale | John Cale | (3:32) |
| (I Keep A) Close Watch | John Cale | John Cale | (3:29) |
| Pablo Picasso | Jonathan Richman | John Cale | (3:23) |
| Leaving It Up to You (Lyrics) | John Cale | John Cale | (4:35) |
| Baby, What Do You Want Me to Do? | Jimmy Reed | John Cale | (4:51) |
| Sudden Death | John Cale | John Cale | (4:39) |
| You & Me [#] | John Cale | John Cale | (2:51) |
| Coral Moon | John Cale | John Cale | (2:17) |
| Mary Lou | John Cale | John Cale | (2:47) |
