Music for a New Society

Music for a New Society is the eighth studio album by multi-instrumentalist John Cale. It was released in October 1982. It was his first full-length album on ZE Records label. It was produced by Cale himself.

 Track listing 
 "Taking Your Life in Your Hands"
 "Thoughtless Kind"
 "Santies"
 "If You Were Still Around"
 "Close Watch"
 "Mamas Song"
 "Broken Bird"
 "Chinese Envoy"
 "Changes Made"
 "Damn Life"
 "Risé, Sam and Rimsky-Korsakov"
 "In the Library of Force"

 Personnel 
 John Cale − vocals, guitar, keyboards
 Allen Lanier − guitar
 David Young − guitar
 Chris Spedding − guitar
 David Lichtenstein − drums
 John Wonderling − autoharp
 Mike McLintock − background vocals
 Robert Elk − bagpipes
 Tom Fitzgibbon − bagpipes
 Risé Cale − vocals on "Risé, Sam and Rimsky-Korsakov"

Category:John Cale albums
Category:1982 albums