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TOM WAITS

with ROBERT QUINE, LARRY TAYLOR, MARC RIBOT, KEITH RICHARDS, 

JOHN LURIE, CRISPIN CIOE, GREG COEH, CHRIS SPEDDING, etc.

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 FrankZappa, 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...

"RAIN DOGS"

1985    LP     ISLAND RECORDS     207 085   STEREO

MADE IN GERMANY      EUROPEAN ORIGINAL PRESSING

      SINGLE COVER + INNER SLEEVE

NOTES: Very similar to  other European versions, but * without bass clef embossed on B-side label

* without etched roman numbers in runout.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode: 4 007192 070855

LABEL: ISLAND - LIGHT & DARK BLUE LABEL w/ LOGO at BOTTOM - BLACK & WHITE (rim) TEXT

Label Code: LC 0407

Catalog on cover : (spine) 207 085   (rear) 207 085-620

Catalog on inner: 207 085-8

Catalog on labels: 207 085 (S 207 085 A) / 207 085 (S 207 085 B)

Matrix / Runout (Side A, Stamped): DM 207085 A-1/85 S ll

Matrix / Runout (Side B, Stamped): DM 207085 B-1/85 S ll

On labels: top rim text reads "Alle urheber.........Ariola-Eurodisc GmbH, Munchen"

bottom rim text reads "All copyrights...............Eurodisc GmbH, Munich"

Produced by Tom Waits

℗ 1985 Original sound recording made by Island Records, Inc.

GEMA STEMRA BIEM (boxed)

On back cover: Photograph by Robert Frank 1985

℗ + © 1985 Island Record Ltd

Written and produced by Tom Waits

Distributed by the Ariola Group of Companies

Printed in Western Germany by TOPAC................

tracklisting

Side A: SINGAPORE - CEMENTARY POLKA - JOCKEY FULL OF BOURBON

TANGO THEY'RE SORE - BIG BLACK MARIAH - DIAMONDS AND GOLD

HANG DOWN YOUR HEAD - TIME

Side B: RAIN DOGS - MIDTOWN (instrumental) - 9TH & HENNEPIN

GUN STREET GIRL - UNION SQUARE - BLIND LOVE - WALKING SPANISH

DOWNTOWN TRAIN - BRIDE OF RAIN DOG (instrumental) - ANYWHERE I LAY MY HEAD

grading

RECORD EX but (please, read above description)

SLEEVE EX but (please, see pictures and read above description)

With its jarring rhythms and unusual instrumentation -- marimba, accordion, various percussion -- as well as its frequently surreal lyrics, Rain Dogs is very much a follow-up to Swordfishtrombones, which is to say that it sounds for the most part like The Threepenny Opera being sung by Howlin' Wolf. The chief musical difference is the introduction of guitarist Marc Ribot, who adds his noisy leads to the general cacophony. But Rain Dogs is sprawling where its predecessor had been focused: Tom Waits' lyrics here sometimes are imaginative to the point of obscurity, seemingly chosen to fit the rhythms rather than for sense. In the course of 19 tracks and 54 minutes, Waits sometimes goes back to the more conventional music of his earlier records, which seems like a retreat, though such tracks as the catchy "Hang Down Your Head," "Time," and especially "Downtown Train" (frequently covered and finally turned into a Top Ten hit by Rod Stewart five years later) provide some relief as well as variety. Rain Dogs can't surprise as Swordfishtrombones had, and in his attempt to continue in the direction suggested by that album, Waits occasionally borders on the chaotic (which may only be to say that, like most of his records, this one is uneven). But much of the music matches the earlier album, and there is so much of it that that is enough to qualify Rain Dogs as one of Waits' better albums...(AllMusic)