| Name | Artist | Time | Price | ||
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Ol' 55 | Tom Waits | 3:57 | $1.69 | View In iTunes |
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I Hope That I Don't Fall In Love With You | Tom Waits | 3:54 | $1.69 | View In iTunes |
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3 |
Virginia Avenue | Tom Waits | 3:10 | $1.69 | View In iTunes |
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4 |
Old Shoes [& Picture Postcards] | Tom Waits | 3:40 | $1.69 | View In iTunes |
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Midnight Lullaby | Tom Waits | 3:26 | $1.69 | View In iTunes |
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Martha | Tom Waits | 4:30 | $1.69 | View In iTunes |
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7 |
Rosie | Tom Waits | 4:03 | $1.69 | View In iTunes |
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8 |
Lonely | Tom Waits | 3:12 | $1.69 | View In iTunes |
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9 |
Ice Cream Man | Tom Waits | 3:05 | $1.69 | View In iTunes |
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10 |
Little Trip to Heaven [On the Wings of Your Love] | Tom Waits | 3:38 | $1.69 | View In iTunes |
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11 |
Grapefruit Moon | Tom Waits | 4:50 | $1.69 | View In iTunes |
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12 |
Closing Time | Tom Waits | 4:20 | $1.69 | View In iTunes |
| Total: 12 Songs |
Album Review
Tom Waits' debut album is a minor-key masterpiece filled with songs of late-night loneliness. Within the apparently narrow range of the cocktail bar pianistics and muttered vocals, Waits and producer Jerry Yester manage a surprisingly broad collection of styles, from the jazzy "Virginia Avenue" to the up-tempo funk of "Ice Cream Man" and from the acoustic guitar folkiness of "I Hope That I Don't Fall in Love With You" to the saloon song "Midnight Lullaby," which would have been a perfect addition to the repertoires of Frank Sinatra or Tony Bennett. Waits' entire musical approach is stylized, of course, and at times derivative — "Lonely" borrows a little too much from Randy Newman's "I Think It's Going to Rain Today" — and his lovelorn lyrics can be sentimental without being penetrating. But he also has a gift for gently rolling pop melodies, and he can come up with striking, original scenarios, as on the best songs, "Ol' 55" and "Martha," which Yester discreetly augments with strings. Closing Time announces the arrival of a talented songwriter whose self-conscious melancholy can be surprisingly moving.
Biography
Born: 07 December 1949 in Pomona, CA
Genre: Rock
Years Active: '70s, '80s, '90s, '00s, '10s
Top Albums and Songs By Tom Waits
| Name | Album | Time | Price | ||
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1 |
I Hope That I Don't Fall In Love With You | Closing Time | 3:54 | $1.69 | View In iTunes |
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2 |
Downtown Train | Rain Dogs | 3:50 | $2.19 | View In iTunes |
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3 |
Going Out West | Bone Machine | 3:20 | $2.19 | View In iTunes |
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4 |
Jersey Girl | Heartattack and Vine | 5:11 | $1.69 | View In iTunes |
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5 |
Christmas Card from a Hooker In Minneapolis | Blue Valentine | 4:33 | $1.69 | View In iTunes |
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6 |
Tom Traubert's Blues (Four Sheets to the Wind In Copenhagen) | The Asylum Years | 6:35 | $1.69 | View In iTunes |
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7 |
Hold On | Mule Variations | 5:33 | $1.69 | View In iTunes |
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8 |
Blue Valentines | Blue Valentine | 5:50 | $2.19 | View In iTunes |
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Come On Up to the House | Mule Variations | 4:36 | $1.69 | View In iTunes |
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Way Down In the Hole | Franks Wild Years | 3:30 | $2.19 | View In iTunes |
- $9.99
- Genres: Rock, Music, Singer/Songwriter
- Released: 1973
- ℗ 1973 Elektra Entertainment Group for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States. Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company.
