Only the Second Review?

Review Score: (8/10)
It still amazes me how many people can be so well-versed in rock n'roll history/politics, yet consistently overlook Cale as basically the founder of modern music. As if making the Velvet Underground art rock instead of just rock - (just look what Lou did with the band after he was kicked out) - then going on to make the quintessential "alternative" album "Paris 1919" in 1973 (for God's sake!) as well as producing the first Stooges album, the first Patti Smith album, and creating punk almost single-handedly in his subsequent 70s albums ("Slow Dazzle", "Helen of Troy", "Fear") and tours - were not enough proof! Sadly, "Music For a New Society" seems to have been the last real innovation Cale has come up with - luckily, it is one of the most interesting and challenging albums to have appeared in the 1980's, along with Waits' "Frank Trilogy", and Springsteen's "Nebraska", it should go down in history as being one of the few albums of the 80s to almost top an already brilliant career - and in the case of those already mentioned - surpass anything the artist has accomplished since.

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• This Is The New Society
• Not Cale's best by far
• Scary, realistic music
• Introspective, maybe?
• BLEAK AND DESOLATE
• Not a "happy end"
• Difficult to Digest
• Powerful stuff
• magnificent piece of art