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Tom Waits – Swordfishtrombones (VG+/VG+) – LP, AU 1983
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Swordfishtrombones is an LP by Tom Waits from 1983 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 – L 38135Format: LP, AlbumUnits: 1Country: AustraliaReleased: 1983Genre: Pop & RockA1 Underground
A2 Shore Leave
A3 Dave The Butcher
A4 Johnsburg, Illinois
A5 16 Shells From A Thirty-Ought-Six
A6 Town With No Cheer
A7 In The Neighborhood
B1 Just Another Sucker On The Vine
B2 Frank'S Wild Years
B3 Swordfishtrombone
B4 Down, Down, Down
B5 Soldier'S Things
B6 Gin Soaked Boy
B7 Trouble'S Braids
B8 Rainbirds