John Cale rare '75 1st press LP Helen Of Troy on Island EX+ Velvet Undergroud

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Band/Record: John Cale - Helen Of Troy

Label/Matrix: NL 1975 Island 89 690 XOT

Condition Record/Sleeve: EX+/VG+ 

Extra Info: Fantastic Album !! Original Dutch 1st press LP on Island + inner sleeve ..wow ..ex+ dream audio ... 

~~ Helen Of Troy is a stylistically diverse album containing gentle ballads, angry rock and plenty of experimentation. My Maria is a slow elegy with lovely operatic harmony vocals, whilst the atmospheric title track has a complex arrangement with spoken vocal in parts.

China Sea is an almost singalong pop number with a catchy tune, whilst the rock number Engine has striking lyrical imagery and a dissonant tone. There is tempo variation in the jerky Save Us whilst Cable Hogue is a mournful ballad. Reminiscent of Cale's work on the album Paris 1919, I Keep A Close Watch is a moving ballad, one of the highlights on the album.

His version of The Modern Lovers song Pablo Picasso gets a fierce treatment, similar to a track like Guts on Slow Dazzle. Leaving It Up To You is in the same mould, a rock ballad with angry vocal outbursts that end in sonic dissonance. Baby What You Want Me To Do is standard rock and the album concludes with Sudden Death, an eerie slow song.
Chris Spedding, Brian Eno and Phil Collins contribute their talents to the album, making it musically superb.

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