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Tom Waits – Franks Wild Years (VG+/VG+) – LP, AU 1987

Tom Waits – Franks Wild Years (VG+/VG+) – LP, AU 1987

Condition: Second Hand
Media: Very Good Plus (VG+)
Cover: Very Good Plus (VG+)
Comments: Light buckling to sleeve spine.
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  • Franks Wild Years is an LP by Tom Waits from 1987 released on the Island Records label.

    About this album

    Franks Wild Years is one of Tom Waits’ most distinctive late-80s albums, fusing blues rock, jazz, lounge and avant-garde detours into a darkly comic song cycle. Released in 1987, it extends the theatre-piece world of his mid-decade work while sharpening his taste for haunted ballads, ragged rhythms and carnival-noir textures. Waits’ gravelled voice and skewed storytelling turn songs such as Way Down in the Hole and Innocent When You Dream into unforgettable character studies. The album helped confirm his move away from conventional rock towards a stranger, more cinematic style that would become central to his reputation.

    Genre: Pop & Rock

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  • Artist: Tom Waits
    Label: Island Records – L 38655
    Format: LP, Album
    Units: 1
    Country: Australia & New Zealand
    Released: 1987
    Genre: Pop & Rock
    Style: Avantgarde, Contemporary Jazz, Lounge

  • A1 Hang On St. Christopher
    A2 Straight To The Top (Rhumba)
    A3 Blow Wind Blow
    A4 Temptation
    A5 Innocent When You Dream (Barroom)
    A6 I'Ll Be Gone
    A7 Yesterday Is Here
    A8 Please Wake Me Up
    A9 Franks Theme
    B1 More Than Rain
    B2 Way Down In The Hole
    B3 Straight To The Top (Vegas)
    B4 I'Ll Take New York
    B5 Telephone Call From Istanbul
    B6 Cold Cold Ground
    B7 Train Song
    B8 Innocent When You Dream (78)

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Condition: Second Hand
Media: Very Good Plus (VG+)
Cover: Very Good Plus (VG+)
Comments: Light buckling to sleeve spine.
  • Description
  • Release details
  • Tracklist

  • Franks Wild Years is an LP by Tom Waits from 1987 released on the Island Records label.

    About this album

    Franks Wild Years is one of Tom Waits’ most distinctive late-80s albums, fusing blues rock, jazz, lounge and avant-garde detours into a darkly comic song cycle. Released in 1987, it extends the theatre-piece world of his mid-decade work while sharpening his taste for haunted ballads, ragged rhythms and carnival-noir textures. Waits’ gravelled voice and skewed storytelling turn songs such as Way Down in the Hole and Innocent When You Dream into unforgettable character studies. The album helped confirm his move away from conventional rock towards a stranger, more cinematic style that would become central to his reputation.

    Genre: Pop & Rock

    Review

    AllMusic rating:
    AllMusic users:
    (1,158 votes)
    Read the AllMusic.com review
  • Artist: Tom Waits
    Label: Island Records – L 38655
    Format: LP, Album
    Units: 1
    Country: Australia & New Zealand
    Released: 1987
    Genre: Pop & Rock
    Style: Avantgarde, Contemporary Jazz, Lounge

  • A1 Hang On St. Christopher
    A2 Straight To The Top (Rhumba)
    A3 Blow Wind Blow
    A4 Temptation
    A5 Innocent When You Dream (Barroom)
    A6 I'Ll Be Gone
    A7 Yesterday Is Here
    A8 Please Wake Me Up
    A9 Franks Theme
    B1 More Than Rain
    B2 Way Down In The Hole
    B3 Straight To The Top (Vegas)
    B4 I'Ll Take New York
    B5 Telephone Call From Istanbul
    B6 Cold Cold Ground
    B7 Train Song
    B8 Innocent When You Dream (78)