Fragments of a Rainy Season

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Fragments of a Rainy Season
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Live album by
Released25 September 1992
Genre Art rock
Length70:58
Label Hannibal
Producer John Cale, Jean-Michel Reusser
John Cale chronology
Paris s'eveille - suivi d'autres compositions
(1991)
Fragments of a Rainy Season
(1992)
23 Solo Pieces for La Naissance de L'Amour
(1993)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Trouser Press favourable [2]

Fragments of a Rainy Season is a 1992 live solo album by John Cale, performed at various locations during his 1992 tour. A 16-track DVD, recorded at the Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels (Palais des Beaux-Arts, now BOZAR) in Brussels, Belgium, that features the tracks in the order in which they were performed, was also released. The album cover was designed by noted conceptual artist Joseph Kosuth.

Contents

Track listing

All songs composed by John Cale; except where indicated

Original 1992 release
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."A Child's Christmas in Wales" 3:06
2."Dying on the Vine"Words: Larry Sloman 3:51
3."Cordoba"John Cale, Brian Eno 3:22
4."Darling I Need You" 3:22
5."Paris 1919" 3:29
6."Guts" 3:03
7."Fear (Is a Man's Best Friend)" 4:07
8."Ship of Fools" 3:44
9."Leaving It Up to You" 3:32
10."The Ballad of Cable Hogue" 2:55
11."Thoughtless Kind" 2:40
12."On a Wedding Anniversary"Words: Dylan Thomas 3:43
13."Lie Still, Sleep Becalmed"Words: Thomas1:21
14."Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night"Words: Thomas3:38
15."Buffalo Ballet" 2:50
16."Chinese Envoy" 3:15
17."Style It Takes" Lou Reed, John Cale2:58
18."Heartbreak Hotel" Mae Boren Axton, Tommy Durden, Elvis Presley 6:14
19."(I Keep A) Close Watch" 2:33
20."Hallelujah" Leonard Cohen 5:16
2016 re-release track listing (disc 1)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."On a Wedding Anniversary"Words: Thomas3:43
2."Lie Still, Sleep Becalmed"Words: Thomas1:21
3."Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night"Words: Thomas3:38
4."Cordoba"Cale, Eno3:22
5."Buffalo Ballet" 2:50
6."A Child's Christmas in Wales" 3:06
7."Darling I Need You" 3:22
8."Guts" 3:03
9."Ship of Fools" 3:44
10."Leaving It Up to You" 3:32
11."The Ballad of Cable Hogue" 2:55
12."Chinese Envoy" 3:15
13."Dying on the Vine"Words: Sloman3:51
14."Fear (Is a Man's Best Friend)" 4:07
15."Heartbreak Hotel"Axton, Durden, Presley6:14
16."Style It Takes"Reed, Cale2:58
17."Paris 1919" 3:29
18."(I Keep A) Close Watch" 2:33
19."Thoughtless Kind" 2:40
20."Hallelujah"Cohen5:16
2016 re-release track listing (disc 2)
No.TitleWriter(s)VersionLength
1."Fear (Is a Man's Best Friend)" Outtake4:29
2."Amsterdam" Outtake3:01
3."Broken Hearts" Bob Neuwirth, CaleOuttake3:04
4."I'm Waiting for the Man"ReedOuttake4:31
5."Heartbreak Hotel"Axton, Durden, PresleyOuttake - strings6:00
6."Fear (Is a Man's Best Friend)" Outtake - strings3:40
7."Paris 1919" Outtake - strings3:52
8."Antarctica Starts Here" Outtake - strings2:29

Single

"Heartbreak Hotel" / "(I Keep A) Close Watch" / "You Know More Than I Know" / "Heartbreak Hotel" CD-EP France 1992. (2,3,4: previously unreleased performances)

"Where There's a Will" / "(I Keep A) Close Watch" / "You Know More Than I Know" / "Heartbreak Hotel" CD-EP France 1992. (all previously unreleased performances; came with the French music magazine Les Inrockuptiles, titled "More Fragments")

Personnel

Soldier String Quartet

with:

Notes

The album features a cover version of Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah. Cale's abridged version of Cohen's lyrics now form the basis of most other cover versions of the song, with the Cohen version being 15 verses long.

Charts

Chart (2016–17)Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [3] 102
New Zealand Heatseekers Albums (RMNZ) [4] 6

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