Tom Waits is a man who makes a living sounding as if he's always either just waking up or nodding off from the end of a bourbon binge. So perhaps unsurprisingly, it took him nine albums to find a college audience (with 1983'sSwordfishtrombones) and ...more
All Music Guide
With its jarring rhythms and unusual instrumentation -- marimba, accordion, various percussion -- as well as its frequently surreal lyrics,Rain Dogsis very much a follow-up toSwordfishtrombones, which is to say that it sounds for the most part like ...more
Adrian Denning.co.uk
The 'Swordfishtrombones' technique of unusual instrumentation and much percussion continues, but married to finer songs. In fact, for the first time since 'Small Change' Tom writes a clutch of absolute classic songs, and these are the songs that ...more
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