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| Name = Fragments of a Rainy Season
| name = Fragments of a Rainy Season
| Type = Live
| type = Live
| Artist = [[John Cale]]
| artist = [[John Cale]]
| cover = Fragments-of-a-rainy-season-album-cover.jpeg
| Cover =
| alt =
| Released = 25 September 1992
| released = 25 September 1992
| Recorded =
| recorded =
| Genre = [[Art rock]]
| venue =
| Length = 70:58
| studio =
| Label = [[Hannibal Records]]
| genre = [[Art rock]]
| length = 70:58
| Producer = John Cale, Jean-Michel Reusser
| label = [[Hannibal Records|Hannibal]]
| Reviews = *[[Allmusic]] {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>[http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:0vftxqr5ldte Allmusic review]</ref>
| producer = John Cale, Jean-Michel Reusser
| Last album = ''Paris S'eveille, Suivi d'Autres Compositions''<br/>(1991)
| prev_title = [[Paris s'eveille - suivi d'autres compositions]]
| This album = '''''Fragments of a Rainy Season'''''<br/>(1992)
| prev_year = 1991
| Next album = ''23 Solo Pieces pour La Naissance de L'Amour''<br/>(1993)
| next_title = [[23 Solo Pieces for La Naissance de L'Amour]]
| next_year = 1993
}}
}}
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|rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref>[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r65957|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Trouser Press]]''
| rev2score = favourable<ref name="Trouser Press">{{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=[[Trouser Press|TrouserPress.com]] |accessdate=July 5, 2016}}</ref>
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'''''Fragments of a Rainy Season''''' is a 1992 live album by [[John Cale]], performed at various locations during his 1992 tour. A 16-track DVD, recorded at the Palais des Beaux-Arts in [[Brussels, Belgium]], that features the tracks in the order they were performed in, was also released. The album cover was designed by noted [[conceptual art]]ist [[Joseph Kosuth]].
'''''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 art]]ist [[Joseph Kosuth]].


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
All songs composed by John Cale; except where indicated
All songs composed by John Cale; except where indicated


{{Track listing
# "Child's Christmas in Wales"
| headline = Original 1992 release
# "Dying on the Vine" (Words: [[Larry Sloman]])
| title12 = On a Wedding Anniversary
# "Cordoba"
| writer12 = Words: [[Dylan Thomas]]
# "Darling I Need You"
| extra12 =
# "Paris 1919"
| length12 = 3:43
# "Guts"
| title13 = Lie Still, Sleep Becalmed
# "Fear (Is A Man's Best Friend)"
| writer13 = Words: Thomas
# "Ship of Fools"
| extra13 =
# "Leaving It Up To You"
| length13 = 1:21
# "The Ballad of Cable Hogue"
| title14 = [[Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night]]
# "Thoughtless Kind"
# "On A Wedding Anniversary" (Words: [[Dylan Thomas]])
| writer14 = Words: Thomas
| extra14 =
# "Lie Still, Sleep Becalmed" (Words: Dylan Thomas)
| length14 = 3:38
# "[[Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night]]" (Words: Dylan Thomas)
| title3 = Cordoba
# "Buffalo Ballet"
| writer3 = John Cale, [[Brian Eno]]
# "Chinese Envoy"
| extra3 =
# "Style It Takes" ([[Lou Reed]], John Cale)
| length3 = 3:22
# "[[Heartbreak Hotel]]" ([[Mae Boren Axton]], Tommy Durden, [[Elvis Presley]])
| title15 = Buffalo Ballet
# "(I Keep A) Close Watch"
| note15 =
# "[[Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen song)|Hallelujah]]" ([[Leonard Cohen]])
| 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 (Leonard Cohen song)|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==
==Personnel==
*John Cale: [[singer|vocals]], [[piano]], [[guitar]]
*John Cale - [[singing|vocals]], [[piano]], [[guitar]]
;[[Soldier String Quartet]]
*[[Dave Soldier]] - violin and metal violin on "Heartbreak Hotel", string arrangements
*[[Todd Reynolds (musician)|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==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (2016–17)
! scope="col"| Peak<br /> position
|-
{{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 ([[Recorded Music NZ|RMNZ]])<ref>{{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}}</ref>
| 6
|}


==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}

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Latest revision as of 04:18, 20 November 2024

Fragments of a Rainy Season
Live album by
John Cale
Released25 September 1992
GenreArt rock
Length70:58
LabelHannibal
ProducerJohn 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
AllMusic[1]
Trouser Pressfavourable[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

[edit]

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 Sloman3:51
3."Cordoba"John Cale, Brian Eno3:22
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 Thomas3:43
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 Presley6:14
19."(I Keep A) Close Watch" 2:33
20."Hallelujah"Leonard Cohen5:16
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

Singles

[edit]

"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

[edit]
Soldier String Quartet
  • Dave Soldier - violin and metal violin on "Heartbreak Hotel", string arrangements
  • Todd Reynolds - violin
  • Martha Mooke - viola
  • Dawn Avery - cello

with:

Notes

[edit]

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

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

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ Grant, Steven; Sheridan, David; Robbins, Ira. "TrouserPress.com :: John Cale". TrouserPress.com. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  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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