M: FANS is the sixteenth studio album of Welsh musician and composer John Cale . The album was released on January 22, 2016 at Double Six Records - a sub label of Domino Recording Company . The release includes new versions of songs from his 1982 album Music for a New Society . A separate single in November 2015 released the song “Close Watch”. In this composition, Amber Coffman from the group Dirty Projectors was noted as a guest musician [7] .
| M: FANS | ||||
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| John Cale Studio Album | ||||
| Date of issue | January 22, 2016 | |||
| Recorded by | 2013–2015, ARM Studio, Los Angeles, California | |||
| Genre | Experimental rock , industrial rock , electronic music | |||
| Duration | 53:43 | |||
| Producer | John cale | |||
| Label | Double six | |||
| John Cale Timeline | ||||
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| Reviews | |
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| Cumulative rating | |
| A source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 80/100 [1] |
| Critics' ratings | |
| A source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
| The line of best fit | (8/10) [3] |
| Loud and quiet | (8/10) [4] |
| Pitchfork | (6.0 / 10) [5] |
| Under the radar | (8/10) [6] |
Content
List of Songs
The author of all songs is John Cale, except those noted.
- Prelude - 2:17
- “If You Were Still Around” (Cale, Sam Shepard ) - 5:18
- Taking Your Life in Your Hands - 5:43
- Thoughtless Kind 5:27
- Sanctus (Sanities Mix) - 5:19
- Broken Bird 5:10
- Chinese Envoy - 3:51
- "Changes Made" - 3:54
- “Library of Force” - 3:09
- Close Watch - 5:15
- “If You Were Still Around (Choir Reprise)” (Cale, Shepard) - 4:44
- “Back to the End” - 3:34
Record Members
- John Cale - vocals, voice, noise, keyboards, organ, piano, electric piano, guitar, electric guitar, guitar programming, bass, programming, synthesizer, drums, viola, samples, production, recording, mixing
- Dustin Boyer - guitar, synthesized guitar, bass, loops, programming, drum machine, drums programming, drums, mixing, recording
- Dintony Parks - keyboards, noise, loops
- Joey Maramba - Synthesized Bass
- Ralph Esposito - Synthesized Bass
- Alex Thomas - drums, samples
- Matt Fish - cello
- Miguel Artwood-Ferguson - viola
- Thomas Lee - Viola
- Jesse Green - violin
- Chris Batista - Trumpet
- Amber Coffman - vocals in the track "Close Watch"
- New Direction Church - choir
- Benjamin Goodman - choir director
- William Arthur George Cale - Voice
- Margaret Cale - voice
- Adam Mosley - mixing, recording
- Nita Scott - Mixing, Executive Producer
Charts
| Chart (2016) | Higher position |
|---|---|
| Belgium / Flanders ( Ultratop ) [8] | 74 |
| Belgium / Walloon ( Ultratop ) [9] | 188 |
Notes
- ↑ M: FANS - John Cale . Metacritic . Date of treatment January 23, 2016.
- ↑ Deming, Mark M: FANS - John Cale . Date of treatment February 25, 2016.
- ↑ John Cale's M: FANS offers a refreshingly barbed take on the much-sampled 'classic album' concept . The Line of Best Fit (January 21, 2016). Date of treatment January 23, 2016.
- ↑ John Cale: M: Fans . Loud and Quiet (January 2016). Date of treatment January 23, 2016. Archived January 22, 2016.
- ↑ Anderson, Stacey John Cale: M: FANS / Music for a New Society - Album Reviews (February 25, 2016). Date of treatment February 25, 2016.
- ↑ John Cale: FANS / Music For a New Society . Under the Radar (January 20, 2016). Date of treatment January 23, 2016.
- ↑ See John Cale Attend Dreamlike Masquerade in Eerie 'Close Watch' Video . Rolling Stone (November 17, 2015). Date of treatment January 23, 2016.
- ↑ " John Cale - Music for a New Society / M: FANS" (nid.) . Ultratop.be. Hung Medien. Retrieved January 30, 2016.
- ↑ " John Cale - Music for a New Society / M: FANS" (Fr.) . Ultratop.be. Hung Medien. Retrieved January 30, 2016.