Tom Waits
Greatest Hits (2008)





In the 1970s, Tom Waits combined a lyrical focus on desperate, low-life characters with a persona that seemed to embody the same lifestyle, which he sang about in a raspy, gravelly voice. From the '80s on, his work became increasingly theatrical as he moved into acting and composing. Growing up in Southern California, Waits attracted the attention of manager Herb Cohen, who also handled Frank Zappa, and was signed by him at the beginning of the 1970s, resulting in the material later released as The Early Years and The Early Years, Vol. 2. His formal recording debut came with Closing Time (1973) on Asylum Records, an album that contained "Ol' 55," which was covered by labelmates the Eagles for their On the Border album. Waits attracted critical acclaim and a cult audience for his subsequent albums, The Heart of Saturday Night (1974), the two-LP live set Nighthawks at the Diner (1975), Small Change (1976), Foreign Affairs (1977), Blue Valentine (1978), and Heart Attack and Vine (1980). His music and persona proved highly cinematic, and, starting in 1978, he launched parallel careers as an actor and as a composer of movie music. He wrote songs for and appeared in Paradise Alley (1978), wrote the title song for On the Nickel (1980), and was hired by director Francis Coppola to write the music for One from the Heart (1982), which earned him an Academy Award nomination. While working on that project, Waits met and married playwright Kathleen Brennan, with whom he later collaborated. 




Format:			Mp3
Bitrate:		320 CBR
Contains:		Album Art & ID Tags




Audio-Info:


Disc 1


01. Singapore
02. Rain Dogs
03. I'll Be Gone
04. Strange Weather
05. Clap Hands
06. Telephone Call From Istanbul
07. Jockey Full Of Bourbon
08. Down, Down, Down
09. Lie To Me
10. Hang On St. Christopher
11. Yesterday Is Here
12. Romeo Is Bleeding
13. Little Boy Blue
14. Whistlin' Past The Graveyard
15. 'Til The Money Runs Out
16. Blue Valentines
17. The Black Rider
18. Big In Japan
19. Black Wings
20. Starving In The Belly Of A Whale
21. Just The Right Bullets
22. Alice


Disc 2


01. Once Upon A Town
02. Somewhere
03. Broken Bicycles
04. Christmas Card From A Hooker In Minneapolis
05. Muriel
06. The Piano Has Been Drinking (Not Me)
07. Foreign Affair
08. On The Other Side Of The World
09. Cold Cold Ground
10. Downtown
11. Frank's Wild Years
12. Underground
13. Cemetery Polka
14. Misery Is The River Of The World
15. Swordfishtrombone
16. Way Down In The Hole
17. Sea Of Love
18. Dead And Lovely
19. Crossroads
20. Hold On
21. Time










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