Tom Waits

cubbieblue82

I'd probably start with Mule Variations or Rain Dogs. Those two are pretty easy to get into.

Orphans would be another good place to start since it pretty much covers all of his styles.

glasshouse

yeah tom waits! :cool:

THE BAND

I enjoy Tom waits however, too really get the picture I feel it necessary for me to have had been there as the albums were coming out allowing time to digest the material. His work ethic was pretty charged placing an album out every year But he's one of the dangerous artists who created material quickly. Looking back through his catalog of music I find it hard to understand...Thats why I Love Tom Waits.

spnoone

favorites:
small change.
bone machine.
the heart of saturday night.
swordfishtrombones.

least favorites:
alice (mainly cause the finished product wasn't as good as the leaked demos.)
foreign affairs (the title track and sight for sore eyes being exceptions.)
both soundtracks.
early years (volumes 1 to infinity.)

mariposa

I haven't listened to Tom Waits in years, and because of Immagine in Cornice...it got me listening to Mule Variations a lot as of late. And I will eventually have go through his catalogs... Frank's Wild Years, Bone Machine..so many good ones.

I don't know what it is...but I find his voice to be quite comforting.

glasshouse

purchased bone machine and asylum years yesterday.
gave bone machine a good listen - i love it. this is the type of artist i'v been searching for many years now.

Dick Jones

16 shells from a thirty-ought six
clap hands
tango til they're sore
goin' out west
get behind the mule
cold water
earth died screaming
in the coliseum
big in japan
low side of the road
hold on
i don't wanna grow up
that feel
murder in the red barn
picture in a frame
jesus gonna be here

all those songs right there are pretty great.

"we can always find a millionaire to shovel all the coal."

RAT!

agreed tom waits is a genius. i love how he's changed evolved over the years

his 70's stuff to his current stuff. all amazing music.

Get_Right

I never understood why people like him
one of the worst voices ever

kinda like Dylan
the songs all sound a lot better when someone else is singing

AiCPearlJamWeen

Azwethinkweiz wrote:

My favorite solo-artist.

This man is pure genius who haven't released one bad album.

So, what are your favorite albums by him?

I say the same thing about Mark Lanegan all the time.....Have never heard a song by Tom Waits though but really want to.

Dick Jones

Get_Right wrote:

I've always understood why people like him,
one of the best voices ever

I feel the same way.

Lostdogsinthegarden

I'm listening to Bone Machine right now.. good stuff. I also have Blood Money which I think is quite cool too. His voice is straight up crazy.. in a good way.

Hitch-Hiker

Really diggin Tom Waits at the moment. I don't think he has a single bad song.

Anon

don't know why i'm saying this but i'm 27 right now and Waits & Springsteen are two artists i can see myself grow old with. i never get tired of them. especially all the early unreleased Springsteen stuff.

Cropduster84

My favourite solo artist of all time.....take him over Dylan, Springsteen Young, Beefheart any day.....


'Alice' is one of the most beautiful albums ever recorded.....