the comic's twelfth issue (October 1987). The epigraph is paraphrased by Adrian Veidt ("I envision a stronger, loving world") in the fifth episode of the Watchmen television series (2019). In a retrospective review, Mark Deming of AllMusic described Music for a New Society as "among the most compelling music of his career; the open spaces of the arrangements are at once ambient and melodically compelling, and the songs have an emotional resonance that communicates on a deeper and more emotional level... Spare, understated, and perhaps a masterpiece." In May 2010, Uncut listed Music for a New Society at number 10 in their list of great "lost" albums, with the review highlighting "Sanities" as the album's centerpiece: "...Over an aloof, majestic keyboard drone and fragmenting percussion, Cale's possessed narration evoked disaster on all fronts, ending with an ominous prediction of terrible things to come, the bleak promise of 'a stronger world, a stronger loving world... to die in. Twenty years after the album's release, Cale said in Uncut magazine about the album's continued popularity: "Maybe what people are seeing there is the pain involved. People like watching suffering. I just have painful memories of it. There's only so much heroism you can milk from a situation like that. I think it's really passionate, really interested in the humanity of people. It is something I am proud of." Track listing Release history Personnel Musicians John Cale – vocals; guitars; keyboards Allen Lanier – guitar David Young – guitar; keyboards David Lichtenstein – drums John Wonderling – autoharp Mike McClintock – backing vocals Robert Elk – bagpipes Pipe Major Thomas Fitzgibbon – bagpipes Chris Spedding – acoustic guitar Risé Irushalmi Cale – vocals on "Risé, Sam and Rimsky-Korsakov" Production and artwork John Cale – producer David Lichtenstein – engineer David Young – assistant engineer Rob O'Connor – design Betsey Johnson – photography References External links 1982 albums John Cale albums Albums produced by John Cale ZE Records albums Island Records albums Rhino Records albums