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3 unusual facts about Music For A New Society


Music for a New Society

Music for a New Society is a studio album by John Cale, released in September 1982 by ZE Records and Island Records.

Following from the commercial success of his previous album Honi Soit, John Cale turned his label SPY Records, which had released singles from Marie et les Garçons, Lester Bangs, and Cale himself between 1977 and 1980, over to Michael Zilkha.

Cale's then-wife Risé co-wrote the track "Damn Life" and provided the voice for "Risé, Sam and Rimsky-Korsakov", while Cale's first wife Betsey Johnson took the photo on the album's cover.


SPY Records

John Cale then released three albums on ZE Records: Music For A New Society (1982), Caribbean Sunset (1983) and Comes Alive (1984).


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