- Audio CD (3 Sep 1992)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Format: CD
- Label: Hannibal
- ASIN: B000000624
- Other Editions: Audio CD | Audio Cassette
- Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 136,131 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Track Listings
| 1. A Child's Christmas In Wales |
| 2. Dying On The Vine |
| 3. Cordoba |
| 4. Darling I Need You |
| 5. Paris 1919 |
| 6. Guts |
| 7. Fear (Is A Man's Best Friend) |
| 8. Ship Of Fools |
| 9. Leaving It Up To You |
| 10. The Ballad Of Cable Hogue |
| 11. Thoughtless Kind |
| 12. On A Wedding Anniversay |
| 13. Lie Still, Sleep Becalmed |
| 14. Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night |
| 15. Buffalo Ballet |
| 16. Chinese Envoy |
| 17. Style It Takes |
| 18. Heartbreak Hotel |
| 19. (I Keep A) Close Watch |
| 20. Hallelujah |
Product Description
The original CD issue on the Hannibal label, manufactured and marketed by Rykodisc, catalogue number HNCD 1372 with a 4 page (8 side) front insert lyric booklet and the following tracks: 1> A Child's Christmas In Wales [3:02], 2> Dying On The Vine [3:49], 3> Cordoba [3:14], 4> Darling I Need You [3:10], 5> Paris 1919 [3:21], 6> Guts [2:45], 7> Fear (Is A Man's Best Friend) [3:42], 8> Ship Of Fools [3:35], 9> Leaving It Up To You [3:27], 10> The Ballad Of Cable Hogue [2:51], 11> Thoughtless Kind [2:30], 12> On A Wedding Anniversary [3:36], 13> Lie Still, Sleep Becalmed [4:05], 14> Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night [3:31], 15> Buffalo Ballet [2:34], 16> Chinese Envoy [3:02], 17> Style It Takes [2:48], 18> Heartbreak Hotel [4:54], 19> (I Keep A) Close Watch [2:30], 20> Hallelujah [4:26].
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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Genius,
By PS (Edinburgh, United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Fragments of a Rainy Season (Audio CD)
I saw John Cale on the tour supporting this album back in 1993 having had no experience of his solo work. It was the best concert I have ever been to. Just Cale and a grand piano or acoustic guitar, but the power of his performance left me absolutely stunned. I bought the album the next day and it has remained one of my favourites ever since.Ther are some songs of true beauty like Paris 1919, Close Watch and Style It Takes , moments of pure ham as Cale concludes Guts and Fear with dischord and screams, and cover versions of Hallelujah and Heartbreak Hotel which Cale simply takes possession of. Truely great.
13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Buy This!,
By Jambo Viking (Edinburgh United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Fragments of a Rainy Season (Audio CD)
I saw what was effectively this CD live and it was one of the best concerts of my life. If it had been sold as miserable ex-velvet sits and sings piano toons, with a break for a few accoustic songs, I wouldn't have fancied it at all. I'd heard some of Songs Without Words (Carmen Miranda being a favourite), and obviously tons of Velvets stuff, but no other John Cale. This is a great mix, some slightly serious, some tongue in cheek, but all just slightly off beam and quirky.A music fan from Nottingham musn't get out much. Buying this just to get a Leonard Cohen cover (a good one) is missing the point. Have you tried any of the studio albums? You should get The Island Years!
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
I just wish I'd been at one of the concerts,
By Nicholas Brockbank (Barnham, West Sussex United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Fragments of a Rainy Season (Audio CD)
I caught a chance hour and a half of John Cale (and ex wife Rise) on German satellite TV singing all the songs from Fragments of a Rainy Season in what looked like a small, smoky, crowded club. I was so transfixed I didn't even think of recording it. I've been trying to locate a video ever since. This album is an equisite portrait of one of the best artists around singing and playing the pick of his own songs (plus one beauty from Leonard Cohen) from the past twenty years, accompanied by himself on piano or guitar. The original "unplugged". Delicious. If you can only afford to buy one John Cale album, go for this.
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