Music for a New Society

Album by John Cale

Music for a New Society is John Cale’s studio album released in 1982, marked by minimalist, avant-garde and art rock approaches centred on voice, piano and sparse instrumentation. Recorded largely through improvisatory sessions and tape manipulation, it explores themes of isolation, disintegration and personal turmoil.

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  1. 1.
    Taking Your Life in Your Hands
    4:46
  2. 2.
    Thoughtless Kind
    2:41
  3. 3.
    Sanities
    5:58
  4. 4.
    If You Were Still Around
    3:29
  5. 5.
    (I Keep a) Close Watch
    3:09
  6. 6.
    Broken Bird
    4:44
  7. 7.
    Chinese Envoy
    3:10
  8. 8.
    Changes Made
    3:14
  9. 9.
    Damn Life
    5:15
  10. 10.
    Rise, Sam and Rimsky-Korsakov
    2:13
  11. 11.
    In the Library of Force
    5:57

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