- Audio CD (23 April 2001)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: Manifesto
- ASIN: B00004SWC0
- Other Editions: Audio CD
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 222,933 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Track Listings
| 1. Whistlin' Past The Graveyard - Screamin' Jay Hawkins |
| 2. Pasties And A G-String - Andre Williams |
| 3. Heartattack And Vine - Lydia Lunch |
| 4. Virginia Avenue - Knoxville Girls |
| 5. Romeo Is Bleeding - Dexter Romweber's Infernal Racket |
| 6. New Coat Of Paint - Lee Rocker |
| 7. Broken Bicycles - Botanica |
| 8. Old Boyfriends - Preacher Boy |
| 9. Please Call Me, Baby - Sally Norvell |
| 10. On The NIckel - Carla Bozulich |
| 11. Muriel - Eleni Mandell |
| 12. Poncho's Lament - The Blacks |
| 13. Christmas Card From A Hooker In Minneapolis - Neko Case |
| 14. Blue Skies - Floyd Dixon |
Product Description
Amazon.co.uk Review
Forget that bit about imitation being the most sincere form of flattery: in music at least, an artist truly pays tribute to another by fully appropriating his work and making it his own. Such is the case on New Coat of Paint: Songs of Tom Waits, easily one of the best releases in the frequently tiresome genre of tribute albums. Indeed, the late Screamin' Jay Hawkins' delirious take on Waits's voodoo classic "Whistlin' past the Graveyard" is so dead-on that it's almost inconceivable he didn't write it. The same could be said for soul-man Andre Williams' sleazy version of "Pasties and a G-string", Flat Duo Jets' Dexter Romweber's manic "Romeo Is Bleeding" and Knoxville Girls' supremely tacky "Virginia Avenue". Lydia Lunch has been rewriting and singing "Heartattack And Vine" for at least 20 years, whether she wrote the original or not. Perhaps the single most impressive act of re-appropriation comes from one-man band Christopher Watkins, aka Preacher Boy, with a mournful, near-orchestral version of "Old Boyfriends". And a trio of torchy ballads from Congo Norvell's Sally Norvell, Geraldine Fibbers' Carla Bozulich and Eleni Mandell further illustrate the breadth of Waits' huge body of work. New Coat of Paint is given an inner cohesion by the incestuous connections of several of the acts, all veterans (appropriately) of LA's outlaw underground music scene. Perhaps the greatest compliment is that most of these tracks don't compare to the originals at all, but simply stand alone as classic compositions from the songbook of an iconoclastic American master of gutter-poetry. --Carl Hanni
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
It's good, but it's not Tom,
By A Customer
This review is from: New Coat of Paint: Songs of Tom Waits (Audio CD)
Though there are some spine-tingling performances on this album (Screamin' Jay Hawkins and Botanica especially), this album only serves to show that Tom Waits is one of the finest songwriters alive today. This is definitely an album for hard-core Tom fans only- some of my friends have heard it are not convinced- like seeing a sequel without seeing the original, it's tricky to navigate Heart Attack and Vine sung by Lydia Lunch- her lazy delivery takes all the Heart Attack out.
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3.0 out of 5 stars (8 customer reviews) 15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
So it's not Tom...,
By T. J. Clark - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: New Coat of Paint: Songs of Tom Waits (Audio CD)
Nobody can be Tom but Tom. (Just listen to John Hammond's attempts to sound dangerous, and you'll know what I mean.) That said, these are some damn creative interpretations of Tom's work. Not just creative, because it can be creative and still [bad]. This stuff is creative and sounds good.In my collection, I have four different covers of Heartattack and Vine, and Lydia Lunch's is still my favorite. Muriel is great done in prayerful whispers, and the guy that sings Broken Bicycles lays down a dirge for a vocal track. Screamin' Jay opens the throttle up wide on Whistlin', and the call-and-answer format of Virginia Avenue is really neat. I like music that doesn't sound like everything else. That's why I like Tom. If that's why you listen, you owe it to yourself to pick up both this and "Step Right Up," which, in its own way, is even weirder and more wonderful than this one. 7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
...and some varnish, too.,
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: New Coat of Paint: Songs of Tom Waits (Audio CD)
I like Tom Waits' newer (Island years) stuff better than his old, so I was nervous about picking this album up. I'm glad I overcame those fears. The tracks here are closer to the Island material, even though they are sung by a hodgepodge of musicians. Screamin' Jay Hawkins' grooving 'Whistlin' Past the Graveyard' is almost worth the price of the CD in itself. Its motion flows directly into Andre Williams' 'Pasties and a G-String,' a track that makes up the change for the album if Hawkins' effort didn't do it for you. The motion halts and lurches at Lydia Lunch's 'Heartattack and Vine,' but in a good way. Lunch yowls like a wounded cat, always a good tactic for a Tom Waits song. If Tom was born a Tomitta, s/he'd sound a lot like Lunch, I reckon. Dexter's Romweber's Infernal Racket produces, besides a long band name, a great version of 'Romeo is Bleeding.' You can feel the scuz. Other highlights include Lee Rocker's 'New Coat of Paint,' smooth and cool like it should be, Preacher Boy's 'Old Boyfriends,' folky and soulfull, and Carla Bozulich mournful 'On the Nickel.' In short, if you're like me and tired of trying to find rare Waits bootlegs and strapping for something similar, this tribute is a great place to start. I'd never heard of Andre Williams before picking 'New Coat of Paint' up, but now, I'm ready to go out and buy some of his albums.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Cool album!,
By Wendy Rudo "Wendy" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: New Coat of Paint: Songs of Tom Waits (Audio CD)
This collection of songs and the artists that perform them are great! I purchased this for my dad who was praising a song he heard on XM Radio in the cafe music channel. He loves it!! Some rockabilly,some blues, punk interpretation! Some of the best of both worlds are involved with this cd!
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