Circus Live

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Circus Live
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Live album by
Released19 February 2007
Recorded2004, 2006
Label EMI
Producer John Cale
John Cale chronology
blackAcetate
(2005)
Circus Live
(2007)
Live at Rockpalast
(2010)
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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.

Contents

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.TitleWriter(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 / Cale6:33
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 2
No.TitleWriter(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 / Cale12:25
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, Cale5:14
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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