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Swordfishtrombones marks the beginning of an obvious trilogy that saw the emergence of waits as a designer of soundscapes this was the first of his albums waits produced himself, with an overall tone that blends equal parts german cabaret, the patina of old 78s, and the sentimental power of a john mccormack ballad. Little trip to heaven, the early years vol 1, tom waits 1991. Swordfishtrombones is an album by american singersongwriter tom waits, released in september 1983. Waits ended his 1999 album, mule variations, with the song, come on up to the house. Ive never heard swordfishtrombones and ive always been kinda curious about it. Tom waits sheet music downloads from swordfishtrombones. What im getting at is that tom waits is not for everyone, in fact the music probably wont appeal to very many people at all. Whats most remarkable about tom waitss 1973 debut album, closing. This release comes in a jewel case with a 4 panel folder. May 29, 2015 tom waits licensed to youtube by umg on behalf of island records.
Thomas alan waits born december 7, 1949 is an american singer, songwriter, musician. Stylistically different from his previous lps, the album moves away from the piano and string orchestra arrangements of the late 1970s, replacing them instead with unusual instrumentation and a somewhat more abstract songwriting. The performances date back to 1973, the same year tom s debut record. My brother introduced me to this song, describing it as beautiful. Between the release of heartattack and vine in 1980 and swordfishtrombones in 1983, tom waits got rid of his manager, his producer, and his record company.
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Tom waits swordfishtrombones remastered 180 gram vinyl. In 1984, following the release of his seventh studio album swordfishtrombones, tom waits holed himself up in lower manhattan for two months to write rain dogs. The thing is that if strange music is what you are looking for then swordfishtrombones delivers. In the 1970s, tom waits combined a lyrical focus on desperate, lowlife characters with a persona that seemed to embody the same lifestyle, which he sang about in a raspy, gravelly voice. If the simply vinyl swordfishtrombones is going cheap, why not buy it and then get yourself an original, you will see a huge difference. Find album credit information for swordfishtrombones tom waits on allmusic. Someone tried to vandalise the database by deleting about 76k entries.
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And thats what i want to show with this blog, music dont have no boundaries, like george clinton once said free your mind. If swordfishtrombones found waits branching out into new experimentations musically. The first album of the loose trilogy that also includes rain dogs and franks wild years, swordfishtrombones marked a radical departure for waits, whose avantgarde ambitions became plain not so much in his lyrics or subject matterthe songs here deal, as do his older albums, with hard life on the wrong side of the tracks and dreams of escape and transcendencebut in. The move to island records gave tom waits the opportunity to make a jazz inflected gem of an album that sounds spectacular. His wifes exorcism has worked, and waits is finally free of his demons. Five discs of rarities, some vinyl only tracks, studio demos, outtakes and live tracks. Tom waits born thomas alan waits, in pomona, california, on december 7, 1949 is a prolific american singer, songwriter, composer, and actor.
Swordfishtrombones has none of the strings and much less of the piano work that waits previous albums had employed. An absolute classic from tom waits, this superb high quality performance was included among the wolf hqr remaster series. Tom waits swordfishtrombones page 2 steve hoffman music. Bad as me 2011 glitter and doom live 2009 orphans 2006 real gone 2004 alice 2002 blood money 2002 used songs 2001 mule variations 1999 the. My brother, who is your typical hockeyplaying, rumdrinking boy, actually used the word beautiful. Tom waits licensed to youtube by umg on behalf of island records. Though best known for his guttural, moon dog drawl, tom waits is also an accomplished and varied composer. Find album credit information for swordfishtrombones tom waits on allmusic allmusic. We and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. Tom waits is widely regarded as an excellent songwriter, but these covers showcase tom waits power as a song interpreter. Waits has a distinctive voice, described by critic daniel durchholz as sounding like it was soaked in a vat of bourbon, left hanging in the smokehouse for a few months, and then taken outside and run over with a car.
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