Tom Waits – Nighthawks At The Diner (VG/VG) – 2xLP, US 2018
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Nighthawks At The Diner is an LP by Tom Waits from 2018 released on the Anti- label.
About this album
Nighthawks at the Diner shows Tom Waits turning performance into theatre. Issued in 1975, this loose live-in-the-studio set frames his gravelly voice, noir imagery and streetwise humour in a smoky nightclub setting, with spoken introductions and audience banter folded into the songs. The album helped establish Waits as one of rock’s most distinctive songwriters, drawing on blues, jazz and beat-poet monologue to create a fully realised late-night world. Highlights such as Emotional Weather Report and Big Joe and Phantom 309 underline his gift for turning small scenes, drifters and barroom details into character studies.
Genre: Pop & Rock
Review
AllMusic rating:AllMusic users:Artist: Tom WaitsLabel: Anti- – 87567-1Format: LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered, StereoUnits: 2Country: USReleased: 2018Genre: Pop & RockStyle: Art Rock1a (Opening Intro)
1b Emotional Weather Report
1c (Intro)
1d On A Foggy Night
1e (Intro)
1f Eggs And Sausage
2a (Intro)
2b Better Off Without A Wife
2c Nighthawk Postcards
3a (Intro)
3b Warm Beer And Cold Women
3c (Intro)
3d Putnam County
3e Spare Parts I
4a Nobody
4b (Intro)
4c Big Joe And Phantom 309
4d Spare Parts II And Closing