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.

1. "Taking Your Life in Your Hands"
2. "Thoughtless Kind"
3. "Santies"
4. "If You Were Still Around"
5. "Close Watch"
6. "Mamas Song"
7. "Broken Bird"
8. "Chinese Envoy"
9. "Changes Made"
10. "Damn Life"
11. "Risé, Sam and Rimsky-Korsakov"
12. "In the Library of Force"

• 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"