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)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
musicOMH	^[1]
TimeOut London	^[2]
Mansized	^[3]
Rocklouder	^[4]
Culturedeluxe	^[5]

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^[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

All tracks by John Cale; except where indicated

Disc 1
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
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 HoboSapiens)		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 2
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
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)" (from Sabotage/Live)		8:42
10.	"Outro Drone" (studio version unreleased)		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

↑ musicOMH review
↑ TimeOut London review
↑ Mansized review
↑ Rocklouder review
↑ Culturedeluxe review
↑ Hans Werksman (2006). "Circus Live". Fear is a Man's Best Friend website. Retrieved 2007-01-02.

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

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

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