Fragments of a Rainy Season
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{{Infobox album
| name = Fragments of a Rainy Season
| type = Live
| artist = John Cale
| cover = Fragments-of-a-rainy-season-album-cover.jpeg
| alt =
| released = 25 September 1992
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Art rock
| length = 70:58
| label = Hannibal
| producer = John Cale, Jean-Michel Reusser
| prev_title = Paris s'eveille - suivi d'autres compositions
| prev_year = 1991
| next_title = 23 Solo Pieces for La Naissance de L'Amour
| next_year = 1993
}}
{{Music ratings
|rev1 = AllMusic
|rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r65957|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]
| rev2 = Trouser Press
| rev2score = favourable{{cite web |url=http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=john_cale |title=TrouserPress.com :: John Cale |last1=Grant |first1=Steven |last2=Sheridan |first2=David |last3=Robbins |first3=Ira |website=TrouserPress.com |accessdate=July 5, 2016}}
}}
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.
{{Track listing
| headline = Original 1992 release
| title12 = On a Wedding Anniversary
| writer12 = Words: Dylan Thomas
| extra12 =
| length12 = 3:43
| title13 = Lie Still, Sleep Becalmed
| writer13 = Words: Thomas
| extra13 =
| length13 = 1:21
| title14 = Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
| writer14 = Words: Thomas
| extra14 =
| length14 = 3:38
| title3 = Cordoba
| writer3 = John Cale, Brian Eno
| extra3 =
| length3 = 3:22
| title15 = Buffalo Ballet
| note15 =
| extra15 =
| length15 = 2:50
| title1 = A Child's Christmas in Wales
| note1 =
| extra1 =
| length1 = 3:06
| title4 = Darling I Need You
| note4 =
| extra4 =
| length4 = 3:22
| title6 = Guts
| note6 =
| extra6 =
| length6 = 3:03
| title8 = Ship of Fools
| note8 =
| extra8 =
| length8 = 3:44
| title9 = Leaving It Up to You
| note9 =
| extra9 =
| length9 = 3:32
| title10 = The Ballad of Cable Hogue
| note10 =
| extra10 =
| length10 = 2:55
| title16 = Chinese Envoy
| note16 =
| extra16 =
| length16 = 3:15
| title2 = Dying on the Vine
| writer2 = Words: Larry Sloman
| extra2 =
| length2 = 3:51
| title7 = Fear (Is a Man's Best Friend)
| note7 =
| extra7 =
| length7 = 4:07
| title18 = Heartbreak Hotel
| writer18 = Mae Boren Axton, Tommy Durden, Elvis Presley
| extra18 =
| length18 = 6:14
| title17 = Style It Takes
| writer17 = Lou Reed, John Cale
| extra17 =
| length17 = 2:58
| title5 = Paris 1919
| note5 =
| extra5 =
| length5 = 3:29
| title19 = (I Keep A) Close Watch
| note19 =
| extra19 =
| length19 = 2:33
| title11 = Thoughtless Kind
| note11 =
| extra11 =
| length11 = 2:40
| title20 = Hallelujah
| writer20 = Leonard Cohen
| extra20 =
| length20 = 5:16
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = 2016 re-release track listing (disc 1)
| title1 = On a Wedding Anniversary
| writer1 = Words: Thomas
| extra1 =
| length1 = 3:43
| title2 = Lie Still, Sleep Becalmed
| writer2 = Words: Thomas
| extra2 =
| length2 = 1:21
| title3 = Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
| writer3 = Words: Thomas
| extra3 =
| length3 = 3:38
| title4 = Cordoba
| writer4 = Cale, Eno
| extra4 =
| length4 = 3:22
| title5 = Buffalo Ballet
| note5 =
| extra5 =
| length5 = 2:50
| title6 = A Child's Christmas in Wales
| note6 =
| extra6 =
| length6 = 3:06
| title7 = Darling I Need You
| note7 =
| extra7 =
| length7 = 3:22
| title8 = Guts
| note8 =
| extra8 =
| length8 = 3:03
| title9 = Ship of Fools
| note9 =
| extra9 =
| length9 = 3:44
| title10 = Leaving It Up to You
| note10 =
| extra10 =
| length10 = 3:32
| title11 = The Ballad of Cable Hogue
| note11 =
| extra11 =
| length11 = 2:55
| title12 = Chinese Envoy
| note12 =
| extra12 =
| length12 = 3:15
| title13 = Dying on the Vine
| writer13 = Words: Sloman
| extra13 =
| length13 = 3:51
| title14 = Fear (Is a Man's Best Friend)
| note14 =
| extra14 =
| length14 = 4:07
| title15 = Heartbreak Hotel
| writer15 = Axton, Durden, Presley
| extra15 =
| length15 = 6:14
| title16 = Style It Takes
| writer16 = Reed, Cale
| extra16 =
| length16 = 2:58
| title17 = Paris 1919
| note17 =
| extra17 =
| length17 = 3:29
| title18 = (I Keep A) Close Watch
| note18 =
| extra18 =
| length18 = 2:33
| title19 = Thoughtless Kind
| note19 =
| extra19 =
| length19 = 2:40
| title20 = Hallelujah
| writer20 = Cohen
| extra20 =
| length20 = 5:16
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = 2016 re-release track listing (disc 2)
| extra_column = Version
| title1 = Fear (Is a Man's Best Friend)
| note1 =
| extra1 = Outtake
| length1 = 4:29
| title2 = Amsterdam
| note2 =
| extra2 = Outtake
| length2 = 3:01
| title3 = Broken Hearts
| writer3 = Bob Neuwirth, Cale
| extra3 = Outtake
| length3 = 3:04
| title4 = I'm Waiting for the Man
| writer4 = Reed
| extra4 = Outtake
| length4 = 4:31
| title5 = Heartbreak Hotel
| writer5 = Axton, Durden, Presley
| extra5 = Outtake - strings
| length5 = 6:00
| title6 = Fear (Is a Man's Best Friend)
| note6 =
| extra6 = Outtake - strings
| length6 = 3:40
| title7 = Paris 1919
| note7 =
| extra7 = Outtake - strings
| length7 = 3:52
| title8 = Antarctica Starts Here
| note8 =
| extra8 = Outtake - strings
| length8 = 2:29
}}
=Singles=
"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
- 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 stanzas long.
Charts
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| scope="col"| Chart (2016–17)
! scope="col"| Peak |
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| {{album chart|Flanders|102|artist=John Cale|album=Fragments of a Rainy Season|rowheader=true|accessdate=6 January 2017}} |
| scope="row"| New Zealand Heatseekers Albums (RMNZ){{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/albums/2017-01-06|title=NZ Heatseekers Albums Chart|publisher=Recorded Music NZ|date=9 January 2017|access-date=6 January 2017}}
| 6 |
References
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