Tom Waits - Discography - 320 kbps

Thomas Alan "Tom" Waits (born December 7, 1949) is an American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor. Waits has a distinctive voice, described by critic Daniel Durchholz as sounding "like it was soaked in a vat of bourbon, left hanging in the smokehouse for a few months, and then taken outside and run over with a car." With this trademark growl, his incorporation of pre-rock music styles such as blues, jazz, and vaudeville, and experimental tendencies verging on industrial music, Waits has built up a distinctive musical persona. He has worked as a composer for movies and musical plays and has acted in supporting roles in films, including Paradise Alley and Bram Stoker's Dracula; he also starred in the 1986 film Down by Law. He was nominated for an Academy Award for his soundtrack work on One from the Heart.

Waits' lyrics frequently present atmospheric portraits of grotesque, often seedy characters and placesΓÇöalthough he has also shown a penchant for more conventional ballads. He has a cult following and has influenced subsequent songwriters despite having little radio or music video support. His songs are best-known through cover versions by more commercial artists: "Jersey Girl", performed by Bruce Springsteen, "Ol' '55", performed by the Eagles, and "Downtown Train", performed by Rod Stewart. Although Waits' albums have met with mixed commercial success in his native United States, they have occasionally achieved gold album sales status in other countries. He has been nominated for a number of major music awards and has won Grammy Awards for two albums, Bone Machine and Mule Variations. In 2011, Waits was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Waits lives in Sonoma County, California with his wife and musical collaborator Kathleen Brennan, and three children.


1. Studio Albums

1973 - Closing Time

1974 - The Heart Of Saturday Night

1976 - Small Change

1977 - Foreign Affairs

1978 - Blue Valentine

1980 - Heartattack and Vine

1983 - Swordfishtrombones

1985 - Rain Dogs

1987 - Franks Wild Years

1992 - Bone Machine

1993 - The Black Rider

1999 - Mule Variations

2002 - Alice

2002 - Blood Money

2004 - Real Gone

2011 - Bad As Me (2 Disc)


2. Live Albums

1975 - Live in Denver 1975 (Remastered)

1975 - Nighthawks at the Diner

1976 - Live at the New York Bottom Line - December 18th,1976

1977 - Live in Bremen, Germany - April 26,1977

1978 - Live in Washington D.C. - November 21, 1978

1979 - Live in New York - Beacon Theater - November 5, 1979

1979 - Live in Sydney, Australia - May 2nd, 1979

1987 - Hamburg 5 Dec 1987

1988 - Big Time

1999 - Live in Sweden - Cirkus Theater - July 14, 1999

1999 - VH1 Storytellers

2009 - Tom Waits - Glitter and Doom Live


3. Soundtrack Albums

1982 - One From The Heart

1992 - Night on Earth - Original Soundtrack


4. Tribute Alums

1995 - Step Right Up - The Songs of Tom Waits

2008 - VA - Female Tribute To Tom Waits Vol.1

2008 - VA - Female Tribute To Tom Waits Vol.2