Circus Live

2007 live album by John Cale

Circus Live

Live album by

John Cale

Released| 19 February 2007
Recorded| 2004, 2006
Label| EMI
Producer| John Cale
John Cale chronology
| blackAcetate
(2005)  | Circus Live
(2007)  | Live at Rockpalast
(2010)

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
musicOMH| [1]
TimeOut London| [2]
Mansized| [3]
Rocklouder| [4]
Culturedeluxe| [5]

Circus Live is a 3-disc live album by the Welsh musician 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[6] 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

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All tracks by John Cale; except where indicated.

Disc 1No.| Title| Writer(s)| Length

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1.| "Venus in Furs" (from The Velvet Underground & Nico)| Lou Reed| 6:22
2.| "Save Us" (from Helen of Troy)|  | 3:20
3.| "Helen of Troy" (from Helen of Troy)|  | 5:42
4.| "Woman" (from blackAcetate)|  | 5:27
5.| "Buffalo Ballet" (from Fear)|  | 4:07
6.| "Femme Fatale / Rosegarden Funeral of Sores" (from The Velvet Underground & Nico / "Mercenaries (Ready for War)" single)| Lou Reed / Cale| 6:33
7.| "Hush" (from blackAcetate)|  | 3:42
8.| "OuttaTheBag" (from blackAcetate)|  | 4:44
9.| "Set Me Free" (from Walking on Locusts)|  | 4:43
10.| "The Ballad of Cable Hogue" (from Helen of Troy)|  | 5:06
11.| "Look Horizon" (from HoboSapiens)|  | 5:15
12.| "Magritte" (from HoboSapiens)|  | 4:12
13.| "Dirty Ass Rock and Roll" (from Slow Dazzle)|  | 6:30

Disc 2No.| Title| Writer(s)| Length

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1.| "Walking the Dog" (from Sabotage/Live)| Rufus Thomas Jr.| 6:11
2.| "Gun" (from Fear)|  | 12:59
3.| "Hanky Panky Nohow" (from Paris 1919)|  | 4:59
4.| "Pablo Picasso / Mary Lou" (from Helen of Troy / Guts)| Jonathan Richman / Cale| 12:25
5.| "Drone - Into Amsterdam Suite" (studio version unreleased)|  | 4:07
6.| "Zen" (from HoboSapiens)|  | 5:43
7.| "Style It Takes" (from Songs for Drella)| Reed, Cale| 5:14
8.| "Heartbreak Hotel" (from Slow Dazzle)| Mae Boren Axton, Tommy Durden, Elvis Presley| 6:52
9.| "Mercenaries (Ready for War)" (single)|  | 8:42
10.| "Outro Drone" (studio version unreleased)|  | 2:43

## Personnel

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* 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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1. ^ musicOMH review
2. ^ "TimeOut London review". Archived from the original on 26 July 2008. Retrieved 15 July 2009.
3. ^ Mansized review
4. ^ Rocklouder review
5. ^ "Culturedeluxe review". Archived from the original on 6 February 2007. Retrieved 23 January 2007.
6. ^ Hans Werksman (2006). "Circus Live". Fear is a Man's Best Friend website. Retrieved 2 January 2007.

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John Cale

Studio albums|

* Vintage Violence
* Church of Anthrax (with Terry Riley)
* The Academy in Peril
* Paris 1919
* Fear
* Slow Dazzle
* Helen of Troy
* Honi Soit
* Music for a New Society
* Caribbean Sunset
* Artificial Intelligence
* Words for the Dying
* Songs for Drella (with Lou Reed)
* Wrong Way Up (with Brian Eno)
* Last Day on Earth (with Bob Neuwirth)
* Walking on Locusts
* HoboSapiens
* blackAcetate
* Shifty Adventures in Nookie Wood
* M:FANS
* Mercy
* Poptical Illusion

Extended plays|

* Animal Justice
* 5 Tracks
* Extra Playful

Live albums|

* June 1, 1974 (with Kevin Ayers, Brian Eno and Nico)
* Sabotage/Live
* John Cale Comes Alive
* Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
* Fragments of a Rainy Season
* Le Bataclan '72 (with Lou Reed and Nico)
* Circus Live
* Live at Rockpalast

Soundtrack albums|

* Paris s'eveille - suivi d'autres compositions
* 23 Solo Pieces for La Naissance de L'Amour
* Eat/Kiss: Music for the Films by Andy Warhol
* Dance Music
* Process

Compilation albums|

* Guts
* Seducing Down the Door: A Collection 1970−1990
* Close Watch: An Introduction to John Cale
* The Island Years
* Gold
* New York in the 1960s: Sun Blindness Music
* Inside the Dream Syndicate, Vol. I: Day of Niagara
* Inside the Dream Syndicate, Vol. II: Dream Interpretation
* Inside the Dream Syndicate, Vol. III: Stainless Gamelan
* Conflict & Catalysis: Productions & Arrangements 1966−2006

Related articles|

* Discography
* Productions
* Filmography
* The Velvet Underground
* Theatre of Eternal Music

Authority control databases |

* MusicBrainz release group

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