MFANS

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The correct title of this article is M:FANS. The omission of the colon is due to technical restrictions.
M:FANS
Studio album by
John Cale
Released22 January 2016
Recorded2013–2015
StudioA.R.M. Studio, Los Angeles, CA
GenreExperimental rock, industrial rock, electronic music
Length53:43
LabelDomino/Double Six, Electric Drone
ProducerJohn Cale
John Cale chronology
Shifty Adventures in Nookie Wood
(2012) 		M:FANS
(2016) 		Mercy
(2023)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic76/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStarStar[2]
The Line of Best Fit8/10[3]
MojoStarStarStarStar[4]
musicOMHStarStarStarStar[5]
Pitchfork6.0/10[6]
PopMatters9/10[7]
QStarStarStarStar[8]
Record CollectorStarStarStarStar[9]
Rolling StoneStarStarStarStar[10]
Under the Radar8/10[11]

M:FANS is the sixteenth solo studio album by Welsh musician and composer John Cale. It was released in January 2016 on the Double Six Records imprint of Domino Recording Company. Produced by Cale, it features new versions of songs from his 1982 album Music for a New Society. "Close Watch" was the album's lead single. It was released in November 2015 and features Amber Coffman from Dirty Projectors.[12]

Background

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In a statement Cale recounted the process of making the album, and how the 2013 death of former bandmate and collaborator Lou Reed had informed it:

Losing Lou [too painful to understand] forced me to upend the entire recording process and begin again...a different perspective - a new sense of urgency to tell a story from a completely opposite point of view - what was once sorrow, was now a form of rage. A fertile ground for exorcism of things gone wrong and the realization they are unchangeable. From sadness came the strength of fire!!![13]

Accolades

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Publication Accolade Year Rank
The Quietus Albums of the Year 2016 2016
92[14]

Track listing

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All tracks composed by John Cale; except where indicated.

  1. "Prelude" – 2:17
  2. "If You Were Still Around" (Cale, Sam Shepard) – 5:18
  3. "Taking Your Life in Your Hands" – 5:43
  4. "Thoughtless Kind" – 5:27
  5. "Sanctus (Sanities Mix)" – 5:19
  6. "Broken Bird" – 5:10
  7. "Chinese Envoy" – 3:51
  8. "Changes Made" – 3:54
  9. "Library of Force" – 3:09
  10. "Close Watch" – 5:15
  11. "If You Were Still Around (Choir Reprise)" (Cale, Shepard) – 4:44
  12. "Back to the End" – 3:34

Personnel

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  • John Cale – vocals, voice, noises, keyboards, organ, piano, electric piano, guitar, electric guitar, programmed guitar, bass, programming, synthesizer, drums, viola, samples, production, recording, mixing
  • Dustin Boyer – guitar, guitar synthesizer, bass, loops, programming, drum machine, drum programming, drums, mixing, recording
  • Deantoni Parks – keyboards, noises, loops
  • Joey Maramba – synth bass
  • Ralph Esposito – synth bass
  • Alex Thomas – drums, samples
  • Matt Fish – cello
  • Miguel Atwood-Ferguson – viola
  • Thomas Lea – viola
  • Jessy Greene – violin
  • Chris Bautista – trumpet
  • Amber Coffman – vocals on "Close Watch"
  • New Direction Church – choir
  • Benjamin Goodman – choir director
  • William Arthur George Cale – voice
  • Margaret Cale – voice
Technical
  • Adam Moseley – mixing, recording
  • Nita Scott – mixing, executive producer

Charts

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Chart (2016) Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[15] 74
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[16] 188

References

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  15. ^ "Ultratop.be – John Cale – Music for a New Society / M:FANS" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved January 30, 2016.
  16. ^ "Ultratop.be – John Cale – Music for a New Society / M:FANS" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved January 30, 2016.

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