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Swordfishtrombones by Tom Waits (CD, Jun-1990, Island Records USA) 
Swordfishtrombones by Tom Waits (CD, Jun-1990, Island Records USA)

 
Swordfishtrombones by Tom Waits (CD, Jun-1990, Island Records USA)

Artist: Tom Waits
Release Date: Jun 1990
Format: CD
Record Label: Island Records (USA)
Genre: Rock & Pop, Singer/Songwriter
UPC: 042284246927
Product ID: EPID3145573
Description: Personnel: Tom Waits (vocals, Hammond B-3 organ, vocal harmonium, synthesizer, harmonium, keyboards, percussion); Fred Tackett (guitar, banjo); Carlos Guitarlos (guitar); Anthony Clark Stewart (bag pipes); Francis Thumm, Richard Gibbs (g...
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Track Listing
1. Underground
2. Shore Leave
3. Dave the Butcher - (TRUE instrumental)
4. Johnsburg, Illinois
5. 16 Shells From a Thirty-Ought Six
6. Town With No Cheer
7. In the Neighborhood
8. Just Another Sucker on the Vine - (TRUE instrumental)
9. Frank's Wild Years
10. Swordfishtrombone
11. Down, Down, Down
12. Soldier's Things
13. Gin Soaked Boy
14. Trouble's Braids
15. Rainbirds - (TRUE instrumental)

Details
Playing Time:41 min.
Contributing Artists:Fred Tackett, Victor Feldman
Producer:Tom Waits
Distributor:Universal Distribution
Recording Type:Studio
Recording Mode:Stereo
SPAR Code:n/a

Album Notes
Personnel: Tom Waits (vocals, Hammond B-3 organ, vocal harmonium, synthesizer, harmonium, keyboards, percussion); Fred Tackett (guitar, banjo); Carlos Guitarlos (guitar); Anthony Clark Stewart (bag pipes); Francis Thumm, Richard Gibbs (glass harmonica); Joe Romano (trumpet, trombone); Randy Aldcroft, Joe Romano, Bill Reichenbach, Dick "Slyde" Hyde (trombones); Ronnie Barron (Hammond organ); Victor Feldman (Hammond B-3 organ, percussion); Larry Taylor (acoustic bass, bass); Greg Cohen (acoustic bass); Stephen Taylor, Arvizu Hodges (drums, percussions); Carl Spangler (programming).
Recorded in August 1982.
Though Tom Waits had spent most of the '70s establishing himself as one of America's most distinctive singer-songwriters, SWORDFISHTROMBONES found him reinventing himself and creating one of the most original sounds in popular music. Leaving behind his Kerouac-influenced lyrics and lounge-lizard piano-bar stylings for an unprecedented eclecticism that merged Brecht-Weill artsong, Captain Beefheart-style avant blues, Harry Partch-inspired junkyard percussion, along with a healthy dose of everything else but the kitchen sink.
All this sonic exoticism would be for naught where it not accompanied by equally striking, arch songwriting. SWORDFISHTROMBONES moves from the Ken Nordine-style recitative of "Frank's Wild Years" and the demented Delta blues of "Gin Soaked Boy" to the marimba-laced shaggy-dog tale "Shore Leave" and the crazed, Loony Tunes instrumental "Dave the Butcher."
The blazed a trail that Waits (and countless imitators) would follow fruitfully for years to come, and remains one of the most impressive recordings not just of Waits's career, but of anyone's.

Editorial Reviews
5 Stars - Indispensable - ...one of the pivotal albums of the '80s...an American melting-pot music such as had never been heard before...
Q (10/01/1992)

Ranked #16 among The 50 Greatest Albums Of The '80s.
NME (09/25/1993)

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