Fragments of a Rainy Season is a 1992 live album by John Cale

John Cale

John Davies Cale, OBE is a Welsh musician, composer, singer-songwriter and record producer who was a founding member of the experimental rock band The Velvet Underground....

, 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

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ist Joseph Kosuth

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Track listing

All songs composed by John Cale; except where indicated

1. "Child's Christmas in Wales"
2. "Dying on the Vine" (Words: Larry Sloman
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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 Anniversary" (Words: Dylan Thomas
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13. "Lie Still, Sleep Becalmed" (Words: Dylan Thomas)
14. "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
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    " (Words: Dylan Thomas)
15. "Buffalo Ballet"
16. "Chinese Envoy"
17. "Style It Takes" (Lou Reed
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    , John Cale)
18. "Heartbreak Hotel
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    " (Mae Boren Axton
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    , Tommy Durden, Elvis Presley
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19. "(I Keep A) Close Watch"
20. "Hallelujah" (Leonard Cohen
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