| Fragments of a Rainy Season | |
| Type: | Live |
| Artist: | John Cale |
| Cover: | Fragments-of-a-rainy-season-album-cover.jpeg |
| Released: | 25 September 1992 |
| 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 |
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.
All songs composed by John Cale; except where indicated
"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")
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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.