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Tom Waits – Swordfishtrombones (E/VG+) – LP, UK 1987
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Swordfishtrombones is an LP by Tom Waits from 1987 released on the Island Records label.
About this album
Swordfishtrombones is the album that transformed Tom Waits from late-night barroom balladeer into one of rock’s most singular experimental voices. Released in 1983, it abandoned his earlier piano-led style for clattering percussion, deconstructed arrangements and surreal, street-level storytelling. The record’s off-kilter sound and stark imagery helped set the course for the rest of his career, influencing generations of alternative and avant-garde artists. Songs such as 16 Shells From a Thirty-Ought-Six, Johnsburg, Illinois and Frank’s Wild Years show how Waits turned eccentric detail, blues fragments and theatrical instincts into a bleakly funny, deeply human vision.
Genre: Pop & Rock
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AllMusic rating:AllMusic users:Artist: Tom WaitsLabel: Island Records – ILPM 9762Format: LP, Album, ReissueUnits: 1Country: UKReleased: 1987Genre: Pop & RockStyle: Art Rock, AvantgardeA1 Underground
A2 Shore Leave
A3 Dave The Butcher
A4 Johnsburg, Illinois
A5 16 Shells From A 30.6
A6 Town With No Cheer
A7 In The Neighborhood
B1 Just Another Sucker On The Vine
B2 Franks Wild Years
B3 Swordfishtrombone
B4 Down, Down, Down
B5 Soldier'S Things
B6 Gin-Soaked Boy
B7 Trouble'S Braids
B8 Rainbirds