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Tom Waits - Swordfishtrombones

Tom Waits
Swordfishtrombones

Tom Waits' new album is so weird that Asylum Records decided not to release it, but it's so good that Island was smart enough to pick it up. Half of the fifteen cuts–the dirty blues, poetry recitals and odd instrumentals–would not sound out of place on a Captain Beefheart album. The rest of the record consists of gorgeous Waitsian melodies, which haven't been collected in such quantity since his ten-year-old debut album.

It's easy to forget that Tom Waits is one of the great American pop songwriters. His voice is so ravaged that his albums have often been cluttered and overproduced in order to compensate. On the self-produced Swordfish trombones, Waits wisely sticks
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to spare accompaniment, which allows his rough-hewn voice to achieve a real tenderness. As for the songs, many of them feature men who are caught up, broken down or separated from loved ones by war. In "Soldier's Things," the saddest song on the album and Waits' most stunning composition in years, a mother is having a yard sale: "A tinker, a tailor/A soldier's things/His rifle, his boots full of rocks/And this one is for bravery, and this one is for me/Everything's a dollar in this box."

Of course, it wouldn't be a Tom Waits album without the rhymes ("He got twenty years for lovin' her/From some Oklahoma governor") and deadbeat humor. "Frank's Wild Years" contains a hilarious monologue about a guy cutting out on his wife, "a spent piece of used jet trash [with] a little Chihuahua named Carlos/That had some kind of skin disease/And was totally blind." The combination of weirdness, heartfelt lyrics and haunting instrumentals adds up to a superior LP and an opportunity to rediscover Tom Waits. (RS 409)

DON SHEWEY

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		Artist		Title	Condition	Format	Price USD [Change]	Seller	Location
		Waits, tom		Swordfishtrombones Island Ilpm 9762	Ex/Ex	LP	$19.10	VinylnetUK	UK
		Waits, tom		Swordfishtrombones		LP	$19.99	Alternativem	USA
		Waits, tom		Swordfishtrombones Waits, Tom - Swordfishtrombones Lp Label: Island Records. This Item Is Guaranteed To Be New And F...	ROCK/POP	LP	$22.20	METAMUSIC	USA
		Waits, tom		Swordfishtrombones Hard To Find Item	New	LP	$22.53	GrooveNet	USA
		Waits, tom		Swordfishtrombones Ilps 9762 insert Island, 83	nm	LP	$23.75	Haggle Vinyl	UK
		Waits, tom		Swordfishtrombones Simply Vinyl Records 15 Track Lp Of The 1983 Island Album Pressed On 100% Heavyweight Vinyl In Th...		LP	$24.72	Jack Wolak's	USA
		Waits, tom		Swordfishtrombones Island, Isl2469, 7/10/2009	SS	LP	$25.42	City Hall	USA
		Waits, tom		Swordfishtrombones 180 Gram Vinyl Remastered Uk, Island, 42284246910	sealed	LP	$27.00	Airpower	Canada
		Waits, tom		Swordfishtrombones Us 15-track Vinyl Re-issue. Island 50th Anniversary Edition. Island		LP	$31.93	Garden	Norway
		Waits, tom		Swordfishtrombones Usually Shipped After 2 Business Days. Number Of Media (discs, Tapes, Records…): 1. Usa, Island, ... Special Order	NEW/NEU! (	LP	$34.86	Total Recall	Germany
		Waits, tom		Swordfishtrombones Factory Sealed Original His 1983 Masterpiece Clean Coh A Truly Five Star Album Usa, Island, 90	SS	LP	$110.00	Audiophileus	USA
		Waits, tom		Swordfishtrombones (prev. Re. As Islc-95) (hx Pro) 1st Ed. Canada, Island, Ismc-95, 1983	M/M	Cassette	$12.10	Possessed	Quebec
		Waits, tom		Swordfishtrombones (island Masters) Usually Shipped After 2 Business Days. Number Of Media (discs, Tapes, Records…): 1. International... Special Order	NEW/NEU! (	CD	$19.81	Total Recall	Germany
		Waits, tom		Swordfishtrombones (mini Lp Vinyl Replica Digipack(sealed)) Russia	SEALED SEA	CD	$15.54	Apex Music	Belarus
		Waits, tom		Swordfishtrombones (reis (spe) Brand New! Factory Sealed! Ready To Ship! Isl842469	New	LP	$16.10	orbitmgm	USA
		Waits, tom		Swordfishtrombones - 180 Gm Hard Rock	New	LP	$26.41	GrooveNet	USA
		Waits, tom		Swordfishtrombones 15 Tracks Full Length Cd, Waits, Tom: Swordfishtrombones 15 Tracks, Island 422 842 469/stock/booklet Ps......	LIKE NEW	CD	$8.40	Music Obsess	USA
		Waits, tom		Swordfishtrombones [180 Gravm Vinyl Remaster] Originally Released In 1983 On The Island Label. The Album Is Now Fully Remastered For This Vinyl...		LP	$33.19	Road Records	Ireland
		Waits, tom		Swordfishtrombones-1 80gr- 1 00422 8424691 ! !! In Stock !!! Item Is Ready To Ship Within The Usual 9 Days. Eu, Islan, 6-4	NEW	LP	$48.65	Cdking24	Spain
		Waits, tom		Sworfishtrombones W/ Lyric Innersleeve Germany, Island, 205774, 1983	VG+/EX	LP	$4.73	Some Records	Portuga

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