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Rain Dogs (CD)

By: Tom Waits (Artist)

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Tom Waits Artist Snapshot:

Tom Waits started out in the early 1970s as a piano-based barroom balladeer with a penchant for beat poetry and West Coast jazz. By the late '80s he had mutated into a brilliantly adventurous artist whose style suggested an amalgam of Howlin' Wolf, Kurt Weill, and Captain Beefheart. Ever the theatrical figure, Waits also found success as an actor in several films. He's also worked on numerous theatrical/musical projects with avant-garde theater king Robert Wilson. Though generally regarded as a cult artist, he's widely respected, and everyone from Rod Stewart to the Eagles to the Ramones has covered his songs.

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DISC 1 for Rain Dogs (CD) Album By Tom Waits (Artist)
1   Singapore
2   Clap Hands
3   Cemetery Polka
4   Jockey Full Of Bourbon
5   Tango Till They're Sore
6   Big Black Mariah
7   Diamonds & Gold
8   Hang Down Your Head
9   Time
10   Rain Dogs
11   Midtown
12   Ninth & Hennepin
13   Gun Street Girl
14   Union Square
15   Blind Love
16   Walking Spanish
17   Downtown Train
18   Bride Of A Rain Dog
19   Anywhere I Lay My Head
 

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Review

Rolling Stone (11/89) - Ranked #21 in Rolling Stone's "100 Best Albums Of The Eighties" survey (November 1989).
Q (10/92, p.101) - 5 Stars - Indispensable - "...[Waits has] thrust spiky tendrils out to the hidden corners of the continent and sucked their influences into his own bourbon-soaked worldview..."
NME (Magazine) (9/25/93, p.19) - Ranked #21 in NME's list of the `50 Greatest Albums Of The '80s.'
NME (Magazine) (10/2/93, p.29) - Ranked #70 in NME's list of the `Greatest Albums Of All Time.'

Title Note

Personnel: Tom Waits (vocals, guitar, banjo, piano, Farfisa organ, pump organ, harmonium); Keith Richards (vocals, guitar); Chris Spedding, Robert Quine, G.E. Smith, Marc Ribot (guitar); Robert Musso (banjo); Ross Levinson (violins); William Shimmel (accordion); Ralph Carney (clarinet, bass saxophone); John Lurie (alto saxophone); Arno Hecht (tenor saxophone); Crispin Cioe (baritone saxophone); Hollywood Paul Litteral (trumpet); Bob Funk (trombone); Robert Kilgore (organ); Larry Taylor, Tony Garnier, Greg Cohen (acoustic bass); Tony Levin (bass); Stephen Arvizu, Taylor Hodges, Micky Curry (drums); Robert Previte (percussion, marimba); Michael Blair (percussion, marimba, congas, drums, bowed saw).

Recorded at RCA Studios, Los Angeles, California.

Tom Waits discarded his bohemian sage persona with the radical Swordfishtrombones, and this follow-up release synthesized and developed themes from that groundbreaking album. Ever-shifting percussive textures are supported, where applicable, by horns or Farfisa organ and several guest musicians, including Rolling Stone Keith Richards, contribute to its melange. Waits' bourbon-laced voice is as riveting as ever, intoning lyrics that are, at various times, touching, evocative, sly or simply funny. His off-kilter perceptions encompass country, polkas and heart-rending ballads, each of which he expresses with consummate ease. Rain Dogs is yet another strong statement from a highly innovative artist.

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