- Audio CD
- Number of Discs: 1
- Format: Import
- Label: Japan
- ASIN: B00006HBCE
- Other Editions: Audio CD | Audio Cassette | Vinyl | MP3 Download
- Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
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Track Listings
| 1. 16 Shells from a Thirty-Ought-Six |
| 2. Red Shoes |
| 3. Underground |
| 4. Cold Cold Ground |
| 5. Straight to the Top |
| 6. Yesterday Is Here |
| 7. Way Down in the Hole |
| 8. Falling Down |
| 9. Strange Weather |
| 10. Big Black Mariah |
| 11. Rain Dogs |
| 12. Train Song |
| 13. Johnsburg, Illinois |
| 14. Ruby's Arms |
| 15. Telephone Call from Istanbul |
| 16. Clap Hands |
| 17. Gun Street Girl |
| 18. Time |
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Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
If you are a fan of Tom Waits, or have even dabbled slightly, then this CD is recommended to you. Slotting neatly into Wait's post Jazz experimental phase (between Frank's Wild Years and the Black Rider, as I recall) this is a whistlestop tour of Waits' best moments. Guiding the crowd through anecdotes between songs, and instantly being able to switch moods between Preacher-Rock (Down in The Hole) and achingly sad blues (The Train Song). This performance is nothing short of fantastic. There are reinterpretations of some of his favourites (16 Shells and Clap Hands) that are a little rough, but otherwise, this is unreservedly recommended.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This is a thoroughly enjoyable twisted mess, just as you would want a Tom Waits live album to be. Worth getting if you enjoyed the Swordfishtrombones/Rain Dogs/Franks Wild Years trilogy. It's just a shame there aren't more spoken clips: when he tells the story about the soldier and the pregnant girl, it makes you realise he could pretty much wipe the floor with most stand-up comics.
As one reviewer pointed out, the sound quality isn't great and you may find yourself lungeing for the volume control sometimes.
As one reviewer pointed out, the sound quality isn't great and you may find yourself lungeing for the volume control sometimes.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Fantastic live set by the modern master of lyrical ballads and Harry Partch style microtonal madness.
-1 star for sound quality
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
of interest if you're a committed fan
not so much if you're new to waits, the sound quality's not great, but if you're a fan, this is a good live album with some great renditions of certain songs. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Biffer Spice
Absolutely amazing album
A great album! One of the best! Im a big fan of Tom Waits and I have been looking to buy Big Time from the record shops for quite a while, you can rarely find it in stock. Read more
Published 21 months ago by D. M. Andino
you may be disappointed...
I bought this cd on the strength of a review that stated Tom talked between numbers and his comic timing was as good as any stand-up comic. Read more
Published on 24 May 2009 by Marlandpictures
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