I'll never say I don't care what John Cale does. He is - unlike Lou Reed - still unpredictable. But I don't like this CD. No, not much at all. Cale produced the CD, and he has no one to blame but himself. This CD is alternately fussy, sentimental, dull, eh. Yes, eh. The best tunes are "Dancing Undercover" (too controlled), "Circus" (too cute), "Set Me Free" (just fine) & "Indistinct Notion of Cool" (beautiful). The rest just sinks into well-recorded blah. John Cale is a gamble - I'll always be a sucker to that bet. But this is easily one of his least-interesting albums. You'll find no musical adventure here.