M:Fans

John Cale
Music for a new society/ M:FANS

This is a reissue of a 1982 album music for a new society with new versions added. The originals are minimalist Cale singing stories with church organs, and eerie noises. The remixes are more electronic techno industrial
The whole album is great the originals are gorgeous and eerie and the remixes are weird and cool. pick a song you can't go wrong

1.taking your life in your hands(4:45) Beautiful
2.thoughtless kind(2:47) lovely
3.Sanctus(sanities)(6:07) Darker beauty
4.if you were still around(3:27) Angelic
5.close watch(3:07) Magnificent doldrums with bagpipe ending
6.broken bird(4:46) Heavy hearted yet handsome
7.chinese envoy(3:13) In the dumps
8.changes made(3:16)The most upbeat song on the album full of instruments and gusto
9.damn life(5:14) Sad to uplifting rinse and repeat
10.ris’e Sam and Rimsky Korsakov(2:23) Female voice spoken word and classical tune behind
11.library of force(4:47)Dark and spacey
12.chinese envoy(outtakes)(3:39) acoustic version of the above
13.thoughtless kind (outtakes)(2:34)Acoustic version of above
14.prelude(2:17) Collage of phone conversations, noises,voices and sounds
15. If you were still around(5:19) Brooding and vindictive
16.taking your life in your hands(remix)(5:44)slow technoey version
17.thoughtless kind(5:28) Remix of above more electric
18.sanctus(sanities)( remix)(5:20)Techno version
19. Broken birds (just piano)(5:10)
20.chinese envoy(3:51) more upbeat version
21.changes made(3:55) electric version
22.library of force(feat.man in the book excerpt)(3:09)Spoken word version of above
23.close watch (remix)(5:15)Slow techno version of above
24.if you were still around(choir reprise)(4:45)choirish version
25.back to the end(3:35)Pretty tune