John Cale - POPtical Illusion CD
by John Cale
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Edition: CD
Catalogue Number: DS178CD
Barcode: 887832017822
Media Grading: Mint (M)
Sleeve Grading: Mint (M)
Condition Note: Brand New
Track Listing / Description
01 God Made Me Do It (don't ask me again)
02 Davies and Wales
03 Calling You Out
04 Edge of Reason
05 I'm Angry
06 How We See The Light
07 Company Commander
08 Setting Fires
09 Shark-Shark
10 Funkball the Brewster
11 All To the Good
12 Laughing In My Sleep
13 There Will Be No River
14
Despite the album's playful title, Cale's second album in just over a year still contains the same feelings of fierce and inquisitive rage that were present in 2023 album MERCY. He remains angry, still incensed by the willful destruction that unchecked capitalists and unrepentant conmen have hoisted upon the wonders of this world and the goodness of its people. But this is not at all MERCY II, or some collection of castoffs, as throughout his career of more than six decades, Cale has never been much for repetition. His vanguard-shaping enthusiasms have shifted among ecstatic classicism and unbound rock, classic songcraft and electronic reimagination with proud restlessness.
And so, on POPtical Illusion, he foregoes the illustrious cast to burrow mostly alone into mazes of synthesizers and samples, organs and pianos, with words that, as far as Cale goes, constitute a sort of swirling hope, a sage insistence that change is yet possible. Produced by Cale and longtime artistic partner Nita Scott, POPtical Illusion is the work of someone trying to turn toward the future – exactly as Cale always has