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Tom Waits has released seventeen studio albums throughout his legendary musical career. He is considered one of the most innovative songwriters of the classic rock era. His first album was released in 1973. The same years Bruce Springsteen and Billy Joel released their debut albums.
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- Rain Dogs (1985) Keith Richards joined Waits’ growing ensemble of collaborators in 1985. The fact that the Rolling Stones icon is not really the guitarist people discuss when they talk about Rain Dogs, however, is a testament to just how distinctive and inspired Marc Ribot’s performances on the album are.
- Blue Valentine (1978) It’s to Waits’ credit that he could sing famous songs in his wildly unique voice like a parlor trick, but he’s fairly selective with covers, particularly on his proper albums.
- Swordfishtrombones (1983) Swordfishtrombones is Waits’ first self-produced album and a departure point where his musical world seemed to rapidly expand.
- Small Change (1976) Small Change was Waits’ most successful album in the 1970s, reaching No. 89 on the Billboard 200 — his highest chart peak for 22 years.
- Swordfishtrombones. After Heartache and Vine, Waits made some big changes. He dumped his manager, his record label, and his producer, and found a wife (script analyst Kathleen Brennan) who encouraged him to abandon the strings, tone down the piano and start experimenting with texture, sound, and style.
- Rain Dogs. Just missing out on a place at number one is Rain Dogs. While Swordfishtrombones wasn’t much of a commercial success, it was a critical sensation, setting expectations high for its follow-up.
- Closing Time. Of all his albums, Waits’ 1973 debut is arguably his most straightforward. Waits has said he intended Closing Time to be a “jazz, piano-led album.”
- Bone Machine. After taking a five-year break from the recording studio following the release of Frank’s Wild Years, Waits returned in 1992 with his eleventh studio album, Bone Machine.
Dec 26, 2023 · Tom Waits albums: From boozy beat poet to avant garde conductor of the ‘Junkyard Orchestra’ – a guide to the work of a musical maverick.
Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet. 1993 • Tom Waits & Gavin Bryars. 79. user score. (9) I Don't Wanna Grow Up. 1992. Goin' Out West. 1992.
He may have made a dozen great albums, but even the other albums that I consider his best don't hit me as hard emotionally as this one does, nor are they as consistently outstanding, keeping you gripping on for more and keeping you returning time and time again for you to be destroyed.
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Sep 20, 2023 · As Waits’ acclaimed series of albums on Island Records from the ‘80s and ‘90s are being reissued in remastered form — some for the first time on vinyl in decades — GRAMMY.com revisits the legendary singer/songwriter’s significant body of work via each of his studio albums.
