Fragments of a Rainy Season

Fragments of a Rainy Season
Fragments of a Rainy Season
Live album by John Cale
Released	25 September 1992
Genre	Art rock
Length	70:58
Label	Hannibal
Producer	John Cale, Jean-Michel Reusser
John Cale chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
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.

Track listing[]

All songs composed by John Cale; except where indicated

Original 1992 Release
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"A Child's Christmas in Wales"		3:06
2.	"Dying on the Vine"	Words: Larry Sloman	3:51
3.	"Cordoba"		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: Thomas	1:21
14.	"Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night"	Words: Thomas	3:38
15.	"Buffalo Ballet"		2:50
16.	"Chinese Envoy"		3:15
17.	"Style It Takes"	Lou Reed, John Cale	2:58
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.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"On a Wedding Anniversary"	Words: Thomas	3:43
2.	"Lie Still, Sleep Becalmed"	Words: Thomas	1:21
3.	"Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night"	Words: Thomas	3:38
4.	"Cordoba"		3:22
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: Sloman	3:51
14.	"Fear (Is a Man's Best Friend)"		4:07
15.	"Heartbreak Hotel"	Axton, Durden, Presley	6:14
16.	"Style It Takes"	Reed, Cale	2:58
17.	"Paris 1919"		3:29
18.	"(I Keep A) Close Watch"		2:33
19.	"Thoughtless Kind"		2:40
20.	"Hallelujah"	Cohen	5:16

2016 Re-release Track Listing (Disc 2)
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Version	Length
1.	"Fear (Is a Man's Best Friend)"		Outtake	4:29
2.	"Amsterdam"		Outtake	3:01
3.	"Broken Hearts"	Bob Neuwirth, Cale	Outtake	3:04
4.	"I'm Waiting for the Man"	Reed	Outtake	4:31
5.	"Heartbreak Hotel"	Axton, Durden, Presley	Outtake - Strings	6:00
6.	"Fear (Is a Man's Best Friend)"		Outtake - Strings	3:40
7.	"Paris 1919"		Outtake - Strings	3:52
8.	"Antarctica Starts Here"		Outtake - Strings	2:29

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[]

John Cale - vocals, piano, guitar

Soldier String Quartet

Dave Soldier - violin and metal violin on "Heartbreak Hotel", string arrangements
Todd Reynolds, violin
Martha Mooke, viola
Dawn Avery, cello

with:

B.J. Cole - steel guitar

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

References[]

^ Allmusic review
^ Grant, Steven; Sheridan, David; Robbins, Ira. "TrouserPress.com :: John Cale". TrouserPress.com. Retrieved July 5, 2016.
^ "Ultratop.be – John Cale – Fragments of a Rainy Season" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
^ "NZ Heatseekers Albums Chart". Recorded Music NZ. 9 January 2017. Retrieved 6 January 2017.

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[1] Allmusic review

[Trouser_Press-2] Grant, Steven; Sheridan, David; Robbins, Ira. "TrouserPress.com :: John Cale". TrouserPress.com. Retrieved July 5, 2016.

[ac_Flanders_John_Cale-3] "Ultratop.be – John Cale – Fragments of a Rainy Season" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 6 January 2017.

[4] "NZ Heatseekers Albums Chart". Recorded Music NZ. 9 January 2017. Retrieved 6 January 2017.

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