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Swordfishtrombones
Swordfishtrombones | ||
Album by Tom Waits | ||
Released | September 1983 | |
Recorded | August 1982 Sunset Sound, Hollywood |
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Genre | Experimental rock | |
Length | 40:31 | |
Label | Island | |
Producer(s) | Tom Waits | |
Tom Waits chronology | ||
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One from the Heart (1982) |
Swordfishtrombones (1983) |
Rain Dogs (1985) |
Professional ratings | |
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Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [Swordfishtrombones at All Music Guide link] |
Blender | link |
Mojo | |
Robert Christgau | (A-) link |
Swordfishtrombones is an album by American singer-songwriter Tom Waits, released in September 1983. It was the first album that Waits produced himself and is marked by a sense of artistic freedom that would increasingly characterize his later work.
Stylistically different from his previous LPs, the album moves away from the piano and string orchestra arrangements of the late 1970s, replacing them instead with unusual instrumentation and a somewhat more abstract songwriting approach.
The album peaked at #164 on the Billboard Pop Albums and 200 albums charts. In 1989, Spin Magazine named Swordfishtrombones the second greatest album of all time. In 2006, Q placed the album at #36 in its list of "40 Best Albums of the '80s."[1]
Italian songwriter Davide Van De Sfroos often plays his own rendition of Frank's Wild Years during his live exhibition; the Van De Sfroos's studio version of the song was also inserted in the live album [Laiv].
Track listing
All tracks written by Tom Waits. Arranger Frances Thumm. Recorded by Tim Boyle and Biff Dawes. Mixed by Biff Dawes at Sunset Sound Studios, Hollywood, CA.
Side One
# | Title | Length |
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1. | "Underground" | 1:58 |
2. | "Shore Leave" | 4:12 |
3. | "Dave the Butcher" (Instrumental) | 2:15 |
4. | "Johnsburg, Illinois" | 1:30 |
5. | "16 Shells from a Thirty-Aught Six" | 4:30 |
6. | "Town with No Cheer" | 4:22 |
7. | "In the Neighborhood" | 3:04 |
Side Two
# | Title | Length |
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1. | "Just Another Sucker on the Vine" (Instrumental) | 1:42 |
2. | "Frank's Wild Years" | 1:50 |
3. | "Swordfishtrombone" | 3:00 |
4. | "Down, Down, Down" | 2:10 |
5. | "Soldier's Things" | 3:15 |
6. | "Gin Soaked Boy" | 2:20 |
7. | "Trouble's Braids" | 1:18 |
8. | "Rainbirds" (Instrumental) | 3:05 |
Personnel
- Tom Waits - Vocal (1, 2, 4, 5-7, 9-14), Chair (2), Hammond B-3 Organ (3), Piano (4, 15), Harmonium (6, 8), Synthesizer (6), Freedom Bell (6)
- Victor Feldman - Bass Marimba (1, 2), Marimba (2,10), Shaker (2), Bass Drum with Rice (2), Bass Boo Bams (3), Brake Drum (5), Bell Plate (5), Snare (5, 11), Hammond B-3 Organ (7), Snare Drum (7), Bells (7), Conga (10), Bass Drum (10), Dabuki Drum (10), Tambourine (11), African Talking Drum (14)
- Larry Taylor - Acoustic Bass (1, 2, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 14), Electric Bass (10)
- Randy Aldcroft - Baritone Horn (1, 7), Trombone (2)
- Stephen Taylor Arvizu Hodges - Drums (1, 2, 5, 11, 13), Parade Drum (7), Cymbals (7), Parade Bass Drum (14), Glass Harmonica (15)
- Fred Tackett - Electric Guitar (1, 5, 13), Banjo Guitar (2)
- Francis Thumm - Metal Aunglongs (2), Glass Harmonica (15)
- Greg Cohen - Bass (4), Acoustic Bass (10, 12, 15)
- Joe Romano - Trombone (5), Trumpet (8)
- Anthony Clark Stewart - Bagpipes (6)
- Clark Spangler - Synthesizer Program (6)
- Bill Reichenbach - Trombone (7)
- Dick (Slyde) Hyde - Trombone (7)
- Ronnie Barron - Hammond Organ (9)
- Eric Bikales - Organ (11)
- Carlos Guitarlos - Electric Guitar (11)
- Richard Gibbs - Glass Harmonica (15)
Notes
Tom Waits | |
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Discography | Major releases: Closing Time The Heart of Saturday Night Nighthawks at the Diner Small Change Foreign Affairs Blue Valentine Heartattack and Vine One from the Heart Swordfishtrombones Rain Dogs Franks Wild Years Big Time Night on Earth Bone Machine The Black Rider Mule Variations Blood Money Alice Real Gone Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards Compilations: Bounced Checks Anthology of Tom Waits The Asylum Years The Early Years, Volume One The Early Years, Volume Two Beautiful Maladies Used Songs, 1973-1980 |
Notable songs | Jersey Girl Downtown Train Heartattack and Vine I Hope That I Don't Fall in Love With You Ol' '55 Young at Heart |
Recent tours | Real Gone Tour The Orphans Tour |
Related musicians |
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