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Tom Waits – Franks Wild Years (VG+/VG+) – LP, AU 1987
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Franks Wild Years is an LP by Tom Waits from 1987 released on the Island Records label.
About this album
Franks Wild Years is one of Tom Waits’ most distinctive late-80s albums, fusing blues rock, jazz, lounge and avant-garde detours into a darkly comic song cycle. Released in 1987, it extends the theatre-piece world of his mid-decade work while sharpening his taste for haunted ballads, ragged rhythms and carnival-noir textures. Waits’ gravelled voice and skewed storytelling turn songs such as Way Down in the Hole and Innocent When You Dream into unforgettable character studies. The album helped confirm his move away from conventional rock towards a stranger, more cinematic style that would become central to his reputation.
Genre: Pop & Rock
Review
AllMusic rating:AllMusic users:Artist: Tom WaitsLabel: Island Records – L 38655Format: LP, AlbumUnits: 1Country: Australia & New ZealandReleased: 1987Genre: Pop & RockA1 Hang On St. Christopher
A2 Straight To The Top (Rhumba)
A3 Blow Wind Blow
A4 Temptation
A5 Innocent When You Dream (Barroom)
A6 I'Ll Be Gone
A7 Yesterday Is Here
A8 Please Wake Me Up
A9 Franks Theme
B1 More Than Rain
B2 Way Down In The Hole
B3 Straight To The Top (Vegas)
B4 I'Ll Take New York
B5 Telephone Call From Istanbul
B6 Cold Cold Ground
B7 Train Song
B8 Innocent When You Dream (78)