Music For A New Society
by John Cale
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John Cale bestography
Music For A New Society is ranked 2nd best out of 42 albums by John Cale on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by John Cale is Paris 1919 which is ranked number 765 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,242.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Music For A New Society track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Music For A New Society rankings
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Music For A New Society ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/26/2026 19:38 |  flamingyesdept | 2,942 | 77/100 |
| ! | 04/08/2026 00:53 |  Purplepash | 4,957 | 75/100 |
| ! | 04/03/2026 22:28 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,324 | 70/100 |
| ! | 03/04/2026 08:52 | Hyggevinyl | 4,446 | 72/100 |
| ! | 12/09/2025 07:06 | MaxStorm98 | 3,798 | 89/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.2/100, a mean average of 76.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.4.
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flamingyesdept 11/30/2016 16:04 | #179372 | TOP COMMENT
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A lost masterpiece. Raw, uncompromising and powerful.
apeiron 03/14/2015 23:58 | #136843 | TOP COMMENT
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Another diamond still to be discovered...
Cale's best alongside with Paris 1919.
lancashirearab 08/29/2012 07:13 | #49530 | TOP COMMENT
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This is my favourite John Cale album. The sounds are amazing.
A very intense & personal album. I prefer this one above 'Paris 1919' wich is more accessive.
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