David Bowie's first official compilation album, released in the wake of Station to Station and sharing that album's odd typography, Changesonebowie is a handy one-stop roundup of four years of hits.
I'm a huge fan of home recordings and this is the master at work. He's a little doped up on goofballs but still has all the magnetism of early velvet underground.
Cale describes this re-issue as not merely "something for the sake of an anniversary or racking up a catalogue favorite - but finding new treasures and highlighting what made it special in the first place."
In stark contrast to the mellow folky chelsea girl this john cale produced record is shrieking and complex. if you like transcendental meditations from purgatory or the lighthouse from robert eggers buy this!
If being avant-garde is the act of subverting common expectations, then Cale slyly crafted a brilliant achievement in Paris 1919 by utilizing a mournful gentility to catch his original target audience unaware and hiding in plain sight.
