MIND BLOWING ROCK

Review Score: (10/10)
As a unit, this is Cale's best album. The sequence of Dirtyass Rock 'n Roll, Darling I Need You & Rollaroll is out of this world, a hypnotic tour de force with disturbing cinematic imagery e.g. "... Chuch of Christ Jesus Kentucky/Rattlesnakes and strychnine and prayer ..." Guts is an amazing piece of psychotic rock. Ski Patrol is a haunting ballad that reminds me of a John Berryman poem, "Song Of The Tortured Girl." Other favourites include I'm Not The loving Kind and Taking It All Away, both slow sad songs. I'm not crazy about Mr Wilson or his gut-wrenching take on Heartbreal Hotel but most of the critics and his fans are! Buy this album but also investigate the compilation "Seducing Down The Door."

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