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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!!! ==Accolades==

All tracks composed by John Cale; except where indicated. • "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 ==Personnel==

• 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 ==