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Rain Dogs
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Rain Dogs

(1985)
Rain Dogs is the eighth album by American singer-songwriter Tom Waits, released in September 1985 on Island Records. The album includes appearances by guitarists Keith Richards and Marc Ribot. The album peaked at #29 on the UK cha...
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Franks Wild Years
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Franks Wild Years

(1987)
Franks Wild Years is an album by Tom Waits, released 1987 on Island Records. Subtitled "Un Operachi Romantico in Two Acts", the album contains songs written by Waits and collaborators (mainly his wife, Kathleen Brennan) for a play...
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Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards
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Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards

(2006)
Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards is a limited edition three CD set by Tom Waits, released by the ANTI- label on November 17, 2006 in Europe and on November 21, 2006 in the United States. The album is divided into three sectio...
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Swordfishtrombones
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Swordfishtrombones

(1983)
Swordfishtrombones is an album by American singer-songwriter Tom Waits, released in September 1983. It was the first album that Waits produced himself. The cover art is a TinTone photograph by Michael A. Russ showing Waits with th...
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Heartattack and Vine
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Heartattack and Vine

(1980)
Heartattack and Vine was Tom Waits' last album on the Asylum label, released in September 1980. Bruce Springsteen has performed "Jersey Girl" as part of his live shows since the early 1980s, including it in his live retrospective...
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Blue Valentine
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Blue Valentine

(1978)
Blue Valentine is a studio album by the American musician Tom Waits, released in September 1978 on Asylum Records. The album was recorded over the course of six sessions from July to August 1978 with producer Bones Howe. The woman...
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Small Change
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Small Change

(1976)
Small Change is a studio album by Tom Waits, released in 1976 on Asylum Records. It was recorded in July 1976.
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The Heart of Saturday Night
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The Heart of Saturday Night

(1974)
The Heart of Saturday Night is the second studio album by singer and songwriter Tom Waits, released in 1974 on Asylum Records. The album cover is based on In the Wee Small Hours by Frank Sinatra. Cal Schenkel was the art director...
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Bad As Me
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Bad As Me

(2011)
Bad as Me is the seventeenth studio album by American rock musician Tom Waits, released on October 21, 2011 by ANTI- Records. The album is known to have been recorded as early as February 2011 and was officially announced for rele...
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Coming from Reality
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Coming from Reality

(1971)
Coming from Reality is the second and final studio album to date from American singer and songwriter Rodriguez, originally released by Sussex Records in 1971. It was later released in South Africa in 1976 with the alternate title...
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Let It Be
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Let It Be

(1970)
Let It Be is the twelfth and final studio album by the English rock band the Beatles. It was released on 8 May 1970, almost a month after the group's break-up. Like most of the band's previous releases, it was a number one album i...
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Foreign Affairs
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Foreign Affairs

(1977)
Foreign Affairs is an album by Tom Waits, released in 1977 on Elektra Entertainment. It was produced by Bones Howe, and featured Bette Midler singing a duet with Waits on "I Never Talk to Strangers"...
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Welcome to the Cruel World
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Welcome to the Cruel World

(1994)
Welcome to the Cruel World is Ben Harper's debut album from Virgin Records. Released in 1994, the album established Harper as a popular folk musician in the California area. After this release, Harper went on to add a permanent ba...
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Big Time
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Big Time

(1988)
Big Time is the first conventional live album by American musician Tom Waits, featuring performances from two shows on Waits' 1987 tour. The album was released less than a year later on Island Records. While Big Time was the first...
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