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- Summary: The Velvet Underground founding member reworked the tracks from his 1982 solo debut, Music For A New Society.
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- Record Label: Domino
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock
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| If You Were Still Around | |
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| If you were still around I'd hold you I'd hold you I'd shake you by the knees Blow hard in both ears If you were still around You could write like a... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Positive: 11 out of 13
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Feb 3, 2016To hear the sonic progression between the two distinct albums is to hear an artist constantly evolving, reevaluating and creating at a vital pace. In this, Cale proves himself to be, if not the most culturally significant member of the Velvet Underground, certainly the most musically so.
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Q MagazineJan 7, 2016There are moments of real pathos. [Feb 2016, p.108]
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MojoJan 7, 2016It proves to be an oblique, sometimes outre, but always artistic reinvestigation rather than an indulgent lap of honour around erstwhile glories. [Feb 2016, p.94]
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Jan 22, 2016The original record’s improvisational nature is still here but hidden, its minimalist touches are scant.
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Jan 27, 2016If M:FANS represents a world that is colder and less forgiving than the time and place that spawned Music for a New Society, it also confirms that Cale is still a strong and vital artist, and one capable of offering two very different sets of perspectives on these songs that are both bold and compelling listening.
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Jan 27, 2016The palette of the acronymic M:FANS, issued with a handsomely remastered version of the original Music For A New Society, is largely electronic, the sound of a septuagenarian composer and rock dude using the past as a bridge to the present.
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The WireFeb 18, 2016M:FANS sounds way too much of its moment: it sounds just how you expect right now to sound. Worse, maybe: it actually sounds like a few years back. [Jan 2016, p.84]
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