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Seducing Down the Door: A Collection 1970-1990

John Cale Format: Audio CD

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Track Listings

Disc: 1

1	The Protege
2	Big White Cloud
3	Amsterdam
4	Days of Steam
5	Temper
6	Dixieland And Dixie
7	Child's Christmas In Wales
8	Paris 1919
9	Andalucia
10	Fear Is A Man's Best Friend
11	Gun
12	I Keep A Close Watch
13	Hearbreak Hotel
14	Dirtyass Rock 'N' Roll
15	Guts
16	The Jeweller
17	Pablo Picasso
18	Leaving It Up To You
19	Coral Moon
20	Memphis

Disc: 2

1	Jack The Ripper
2	Hedda Gabler
3	Walkin' The Dog
4	Dead Or ALive
5	Strange Times In Casablanca
6	Taking Your Life In Your Hands
7	Thoughtless Kind
8	Chinese Envoy
9	Caribbean Sunset
10	Wating For The Man
11	Ooh La La
12	Everytime The Dorgs Bark
13	Dying On The Vine
14	The Soul Of Carmen Miranda
15	One Word
16	Cordoba
17	Trouble With The Classicists
18	Faces And Names

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Welsh composer, viola terrorist, and art rocker John Cale remains a unique link between "dirty ass rock & roll" (as one '70s mission statement was titled), the avant garde and classicism--a droll, thoughtful musician who studied with John Cage, joined the Velvet Underground, and went on to craft a series of often divergent post-Velvets solo projects. Early projects that confronted the clash of classicism and pop head-on, like The Academy In Peril and the classic Paris 1919, which mixed string sections with electric slide guitars, gave way to more stripped-down, primal rock in the '70s, but Cale's music has always left a door open to musical and thematic invention. This intelligently assembled two-CD anthology offers a smart entry point into a beguiling maze of Cale personae. --Sam Sutherland

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Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
Package Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.6 x 5 x 1 inches; 6.4 Ounces
Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Rhino
Date First Available ‏ : ‎ July 26, 2006
Label ‏ : ‎ Rhino
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0000033AE
Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 2

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- #2,849 in Special Interest
- #3,166 in Progressive Rock
- #3,946 in Adult Alternative (CDs & Vinyl)

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Morten Vindberg

I Still Prefer Cale's Early Music

Reviewed in the United States on October 30, 2009

I bought this John Cale compilation primarily because of CD2. Since I already owned his early albums, which I by far find his most succesful, I thought the CD could be a way to get a better overview of his later recordings.

The first track on CD 2 "Jack the Ripper" sounds a lot like his Island material, and it is really a nice addition to my Cale collection. The song is an outtake from the 1977 "Animal Justice" EP.

There are other good songs, like "Dead or Alive" from "Honi Soit"and "Chinese Envoy" from "Music For a New Society", but most of the songs are rather dark and do not have the immediate charm of his earlier records.

CD1 obviously is very good, and recommended for everybody who do not want to but all his early albums.

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CALE IS KING

Reviewed in the United States on June 26, 2000

This dude should not be a cult artist only! This vast swathe of prime cuts from his magnificent oeuvre contains lots of very melodic, even hummable songs that should have ruled the charts. I was pleasantly surprised by those tracks I had not heard before (Protege, Dixieland, Coral Moon, Ooh La La). I bought "The Island Years" compilation at the same time, because "Dirtyass Rock 'n Roll" should be heard as a sequence together with "Roll a Roll" and "Where were you when I needed you" from the Slow Dazzle album. Although "One Word" & "Cordoba" are good choices from the Wrong Way Up abum, I would also have included "Lay My Love" and "The River." Very pleased to have "Soul of Carmen Miranda" from Words For The Dying album ; to me, it's one of his most glorious creations. The following songs are accessible enough to have been top 5 chart material: Paris 1919, Andalucia, Fear Is A Man's Best Friend, Dirtyass R'n R, Guts (perhaps too extreme? -- I love it), Dead Or Alive, Ooh La La, Carmen, One Word, Cordoba. Get this one and The Island Years too -- only about 7 tracks are repeated.

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David Leikam

Great But ...

Reviewed in the United States on September 8, 2006

This is a great compilation but if you have all his studio albums, then skip this. A good introduction double disc collection for a friend or relative but the only noted bonus for the Cale fan is Temper, a good The Academy In Pearl out-take. Wish there was more rare tracks here. Perhaps a 3rd disc.

I wish John Cale would release a film compilation box set or re-issue some of his out-of-print recordings, both live and studio.

He's great in concert and if you can, go see the magic of John Cale Live!

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M. Scagnelli

Shows How Good Cale is

Reviewed in the United States on April 6, 2000

Seducing down the door is an excellent overview of John Cale's career after the Velvet Underground. It really shows how much Cale changed over the years; The beautiful Beatlesque Parisi 1919 to the wrenching Fear is A Man's Best Friend and Gun to his dismal cover of Heartbreak Hotel to the great Jack The Ripper to the peaceful Strange Times in Casablanca to his songs with Lou Reed Trouble With Classicists and Faces and Names. If you are looking for only one album to get by John Cale, Seducing Down The Door is the best choice. It is just about one step away from a box set. Buy It.

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Oldant

Cale at his best

Reviewed in the United States on December 28, 2001

This is some beautiful and scarey and intellectual music.
On of the items in heavy rotation on my stereo.

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