John Cale
Fear Is A Man's Best Friend - John Cale

Solo albums

Fragments of A Rainy Season

Fragments Of A Rainy Season

About this album

Live album released on September 28, 1992. All tracks were recorded at the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels on April 12, 1992. USA: Hannibal Records HNCD 1372; Belgium: Fnac Music, Play It Again Sam [PIAS] Fnac Music 592087.

Tracks:

  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. Ships Of Fools
  9. Leaving It Up To You
  10. The Ballad Of Cable Hogue
  11. Thoughtless Kind
  12. On A Wedding Anniversary
  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

Credits:
Producers: John Cale and Jean-Michel Reusser
Live recording: Carlos Albrecht and Philippe Kergus
Mixing engineers: Anne-Dominique Fermont and Carlos Albrecht
Cover design: Joseph Kosuth
Photo: Lee Yanor

French CDEPs with outtakes

Two CDEPs with outtakes were released in France in 1992.

Heartbreak Hotel

The CDEP Heartbreak Hotel (FNAC Music 593087) contains four tracks:

  1. Heartbreak Hotel
  2. (I Keep A) Close Watch
  3. You Know More Than I Know
  4. Heartbreak Hotel

Track 2, 3 and 4 are alternate versions. You Know More Than I Know is also to be found on Medium Rare, 10th anniversary sampler of the Rykodisc label released in 1993.

More Fragments

The December 1992 isssue of the French music magazine Les Inrockuptiles came with a free four track CD, More Fragments:

  1. Where There's A Will
  2. (I Keep A) Close Watch
  3. You Know More Than I Know
  4. Heartbreak Hotel

Trac 2, 3 and 4 are alternate versions. You Know More Than I Know can also to be found on Medium Rare, 10th anniversary sampler of the Rykodisc label released in 1993.


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