Music for a New Society

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Music for a New Society
Studio album by John Cale
Released	August 1982]]
Genre	Art rock
Length	44:12
Label	Rhino Records
Producer(s)	John Cale
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
John Cale chronology
Honi Soit (1981)	Music for a New Society (1982)	Caribbean Sunset (1983)

Music for a New Society is an album by former Velvet Underground member John Cale. It was released in August 1982 on Island Records. It went in stark contrast with his previous few albums, which were packed with as much avant-garde noise as could be afforded, as it contained very minimalist instrumentation and a great deal of sonic space. All Music Guide has called it "Spare, understated, and perhaps a masterpiece."

[edit] Track listing

1. "Taking Your Life in Your Hands"
2. "Thoughtless Kind"
3. "Sanities"
4. "If You Were Still Around"
5. "Close Watch"
6. "Broken Bird"
7. "Chinese Envoy"
8. "Changes Made"
9. "Damn Life"
10. "Rise, Sam and Rimsky-Korsakov"
11. "In the Library of Force" (included on CD reissues since 1993)