John Cale - Music for a New Society (1982)
Tracklist front / back album covers
Side A
1. "Taking Your Life in Your Hands" 4:45
2. "Thoughtless Kind" 2:45
3. "Sanctus" ("Sanities") 5:56
4. "If You Were Still Around" 3:24
5. "Close Watch" 2:11
6. "Mama's Song" 0:58
Side B
7. "Broken Bird" 4:43
8. "Chinese Envoy" 3:11
9. "Changes Made" 3:12
10. "Damn Life" 5:11
11. "Risé, Sam and Rimsky-Korsakov" 2:12
Original CD release
1. "Taking Your Life in Your Hands" 4:45
2. "Thoughtless Kind" 2:45
3. "Sanities" 5:56
4. "If You Were Still Around" 3:24
5. "(I Keep A) Close Watch" (includes "Mama's Song") 3:06
6. "Broken Bird" 4:43
7. "Chinese Envoy" 3:11
8. "Changes Made" 3:12
9. "Damn Life" 5:11
10. "Risé, Sam and Rimsky-Korsakov" 2:12
11. "In the Library of Force" 5:56
John Cale Band Members / Musicians
John Cale – vocals, guitars, keyboards
Allen Lanier – guitar
David J. Young – guitar, assistant engineer
David Lichtenstein – drums, engineer
John Wonderling – autoharp
Mike McClintock – background vocals
Robert Elk – bagpipes
Pipe Major Thomas FitzGibbon – bagpipes
Chris Spedding – acoustic guitar
Risé Irushalmi Cale – vocal on "Risé, Sam and Rimsky-Korsakov"
Rob O'Connor – design
Betsey Johnson – photography
Music for a New Society is the 8th solo studio album by Welsh musician John Cale, released in September 1982 by ZE Records and Island Records. With the suggestion from ZE Records owner Michael Zilkha, Cale performed the album mostly improvised live at Sky Line Studios in New York City.
