John Cale - HoboSapiens

year: 04 - review: Cale has always been strongest when he's subverting pop rather than ignoring it altogether. But as it stands, those tracks provide sustenance for the stretches when he's not trying as hard to be pleasant. That part of the album deserves and rewards close listening, as does all of HoboSapiens, and indeed Cale's career as a whole. This album vis-a-vis Reed's monument to artistic bankruptcy, The Raven, makes as strong a case as we've had for some serious post-Velvets historical revision. download album mp3