Paris 1919

1	Child's Christmas in Wales 3:19
2	Hanky Panky Nohow 2:46
3	The Endless Plain of Fortune 4:12
4	Andalucia 3:54
5	Macbeth 3:06
6	Paris 1919 4:05
7	Graham Greene 3:00
8	Half Past France 4:19
9	Antarctica Starts Here 2:47

All Music Guide

One of John Cale's very finest solo efforts, Paris 1919 is also among his most accessible records, one which grows in depth and resonance with each successive listen. A consciously literary work -- the songs even bear titles like "Child's Christmas in Wales," "Macbeth," and "Graham Greene" -- Paris 1919 is close in spirit to a collection of short stories; the songs are richly poetic, enigmatic period pieces strongly evocative of their time and place. Chris Thomas' production is appropriately lush and sweeping, with many tracks set to orchestral accompaniment; indeed, there's little here to suggest either Cale's noisy, abrasive past or the chaos about to resurface in his subsequent work -- for better or worse, his music never achieved a similar beauty again. Jason Ankeny

The Independent

Sublime.... Cale has cannily couched these abstruse interests in the most gorgeous settings of his career, enabling the intriguing subject-matter to sidle into one's affections on the back of charming pop melodies. Andy Gill

The Guardian

It all sounds fresh and is the ideal place for new recruits to Cale's contrary charms to start to get to know him. Dave Simpson