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Music for a New Society
Rock · 1982 · 11 tracks

Music for a New Society

John Cale

A harrowing, skeletal masterpiece of improvised piano and fractured vocals. It sounds like a man dismantling his own psyche in a dark, empty studio.

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It's the most beautiful, terrifying breakdown ever recorded on a piano.

A harrowing and skeletal descent into psychological isolation and existential vulnerability.

Music for a New Society · vs · John Cale
Minimalist+2.1σ

The production is built around minimalist than this artist usually allows.

Tracklist · 11 Tracks
01
Taking Your Life in Your Hands
4:47
02
Thoughtless Kind
2:42
03
Sanities
5:58
04
If You Were Still Around
3:30
05
(I Keep a) Close Watch
3:09
06
Broken Bird
4:44
07
Chinese Envoy
3:10
08
Changes Made
3:14
09
Damn Life
5:15
10
Rise, Sam and Rimsky-Korsakov
2:14
11
In the Library of Force
5:57
Moments Worth Waiting For
The unsettling rhythmic repetition of 'Tok tick' in the opening track that feels like a countdown to a breakdown.
The sudden, jarring shift into the full-band rock of 'Changes Made' which feels like a hallucination in the middle of a fever dream.
The haunting spoken-word delivery on 'Sanities' where the music almost disappears into a void of static and silence.
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