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Tom Waits Audio CD
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Product details

  • 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)

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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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.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Hits the mark 25 Jun 2006
By RF
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.
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Great live show 14 Nov 2000
By A Customer
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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