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- Original Release Date: 27 Jan 2004
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| Song Title | Artist | Time | Price | |||
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| Play | 1. Opening Montage | Tom Waits;Crystal Gayle | 5:17 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 2. Is There Any Way Out Of This Dream? | Crystal Gayle | 2:12 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 3. Picking Up After You | Tom Waits;Crystal Gayle | 3:55 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 4. Old Boyfriends | Crystal Gayle | 5:54 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 5. Broken Bicycles | Tom Waits | 2:51 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 6. I Beg Your Pardon | Tom Waits | 4:27 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 7. Little Boy Blue | Tom Waits | 3:42 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 8. Instrumental Montage | Tom Waits;Crystal Gayle | 3:00 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 9. You Can't Unring A Bell | Tom Waits | 2:22 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 10. This One's From The Heart | Tom Waits;Crystal Gayle | 5:46 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 11. Take Me Home | Crystal Gayle | 1:37 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 12. Presents | Tom Waits;Crystal Gayle | 1:04 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 13. Candy Apple Red | Tom Waits | 2:44 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 14. Once Upon A Town/Empty Pockets | Tom Waits | 5:22 | £0.89 |
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24 of 24 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Just had to weigh in with a quick reviewlet for the sole purpose of contradicting the previous reviewer, who had identified Crystal Gayle as being 'too Mariah Carey' and so spoiling the whole album. Not so. Quite the opposite. The controlled clarity of Miss Gayle (whose performances bear no similarity WHATSOEVER to the showy, shallow, up-and-down the scales trills of Pariah Carey) acts a perfect counterpoint to Tom's gruff growls. It is a match made in heaven and perhaps my favourite Tom Waits album of all. And I speak as a fan. It works from start to finish; it is witty, stylish, sassy, sentimental, delightful.
14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
A Fantastic if unexpected collaboration. An absolute must for all those waits fans who appreciate the lyrical subtleties of a literary genius mingled with the typical twists and turns of his unique musical style. This is one you can listen to all night long, very seductive!!
39 of 43 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Nice to see this LP back in circulation after being unavailable for quite a long time. And with two extra tracks, no less!
Perhaps its scarcity has something to do with the connected film a)not being much cop, and, if memory serves, b)said film's abysmal failure at the box office being the part of the reason for the collapse of Coppolla's Zoetrope Studios?
But don't let that put you off...
Perhaps its scarcity has something to do with the connected film a)not being much cop, and, if memory serves, b)said film's abysmal failure at the box office being the part of the reason for the collapse of Coppolla's Zoetrope Studios?
But don't let that put you off...
Originally released in 1982 this LP slots in, continuity-wise, immediately following Waits' period of superb jazz-inflected albums released on the famous Asylum label (1973 - 1976, also home to Joni Mitchell, Tim Buckley etc) and Elektra Records (1977 - 1980), and prior to the later, more abstract/experimental - but still jazzy - noodlings on Island Records (1983 - 1993), and more recently, Anti/Epitaph Records label offerings (1999 to present).
This is certainly a good album, but don't buy it expecting either typical jazz or typical Waits, because it's both and neither.
To my untrained ear, these are just some great show tunes, composed and performed by a pair of gifted artists. Some of the songs are a bit soppy (awww...) but Tom's gravelly voice and playful lyrics keep the more sacharin numbers just this side of credible:
"Looks like you spent the night in a trench,
Tell me .. how long have you been combing your hair with a wrench?" (from 'Picking Up After You')
Eat your hearts out, Messrs Lloyd-Webber & Rice..!
Being a soundtrack, some of the songs on this album are instrumental and some feature solo vocal performaces by Crystal Gayle, as noted in the tracklistings. Whilst not the highlights of this cd, they're not to be overlooked as accomplished as they are in their own right.
No need for a blow-by-blow account of Tom's performances here, but take it as read they are up to his usual high standard. If, however, as a 'Waits-virgin', the bargain price-point (at a gobsmacking £5.99) draws you in, there are worse places to start collecting (trust me, those who discover Waits very rarely stop with one LP).
Suggested follow-up/alternative purchases would be:
- Nighthawks At The Diner (80 excellent minutes of live performance)
- The Heart of The Saturday Night
- Rain Dogs
- Small Change
- Alice
Most of the above cds have sound clips provided by Amazon.
Also,
- Used Songs 1973-1980 (compilation)
- Beautiful Maladies 1983-1993 (compilation)
Or, if you're more interested in continuing along the soundtrack groove, here are a few titles that feature new and original Tom Waits' tracks:
- Night On Earth
- Sea Of Love
- Dead Man Walking (there are two UK versions of this soundtrack, both of which have original Waits' tracks on them)
There maybe more but I'm too tired to look them up...
Me? I own the old version of this cd - and every other bit of Waits' I've been lucky enough to find - but I've just ordered this re-issue for the two bonus tracks on the end. So it can't be all THAT bad, can it?
Hope this info helped.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Old boyfriends & broken bicycles
What a great idea it was, asking Tom Waits to compose songs for a `Coppola musical` and getting Loretta Lynn`s younger sister Crystal Gayle to sing some of them, as well as singing... Read more
Published 1 month ago by GlynLuke
one of his best, and most overlooked, albums
for some reason, this rarely gets a mention when fans talk about waits, and that's a shame. absolutely fantastic songwriting, class exudes from the performances, the musicians,... Read more
Published 7 months ago by Biffer Spice
Musical magic from an unlikely pairing
The music Waits made for One From The Heart is amongst his best. It's also interesting as a strangely anachronistic coda to his first decade of music making: already moving away... Read more
Published 11 months ago by Sebastian Palmer
A Hidden Tom Waits Gem
I'm a long-time Tom Waits fan and have most of his albums but up until now I overlooked his music for films and plays. Read more
Published 23 months ago by Old Dozen
Late night stuff par excellence
Easily my favourite Original Soundtrack to a film. I know some hard core Tom Waits fans may disparage the Crystal Gayle collaboration, but for my money this is what he does best -... Read more
Published on 1 Dec 2008 by C. L. Hayes
One of TW's best
Right up there with Nighthawks, Saturday Night and Blue Valentine. Chrystal Gayle is a perfect foil with her sweet vocals to the gravel of Waits. Read more
Published on 15 Nov 2007 by Menefreghista
Get that woman out of here!
Like many Waits fans, I'm late to this one, but also am used to listening to his albums without interuptions. Read more
Published on 28 Oct 2005 by "jgigraham"
lovely
Buy it just for the duet between Tom Waits and Crystal Gale 'This One's From the Heart'. Magical!
Published on 26 Oct 2005
Rough Cut Diamond
Tom Wait's gruff rumblings and Jazz highnotes are eased to a sublime level by Crystal Gayle. A natural combination of rough and smooth, this album will suprise with its complexity... Read more
Published on 24 Jan 2004 by Ms. Katie King
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