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Tom Waits – Swordfishtrombones (E/VG+) – LP, UK 1987

Tom Waits – Swordfishtrombones (E/VG+) – LP, UK 1987

Condition: Second Hand
Ships from: Melbourne
Media: Excellent (E)
Cover: Very Good Plus (VG+)
Comments: '87 UK reissue in clean condition. Old price sticker on front cover.
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  • Swordfishtrombones is an LP by Tom Waits from 1987 released on the Island Records label.

    About this album

    Swordfishtrombones is the album that transformed Tom Waits from late-night barroom balladeer into one of rock’s most singular experimental voices. Released in 1983, it abandoned his earlier piano-led style for clattering percussion, deconstructed arrangements and surreal, street-level storytelling. The record’s off-kilter sound and stark imagery helped set the course for the rest of his career, influencing generations of alternative and avant-garde artists. Songs such as 16 Shells From a Thirty-Ought-Six, Johnsburg, Illinois and Frank’s Wild Years show how Waits turned eccentric detail, blues fragments and theatrical instincts into a bleakly funny, deeply human vision.

    Genre: Pop & Rock

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  • Artist: Tom Waits
    Label: Island Records – ILPM 9762
    Format: LP, Album, Reissue
    Units: 1
    Country: UK
    Released: 1987
    Genre: Pop & Rock
    Style: Art Rock, Avantgarde

  • A1 Underground
    A2 Shore Leave
    A3 Dave The Butcher
    A4 Johnsburg, Illinois
    A5 16 Shells From A 30.6
    A6 Town With No Cheer
    A7 In The Neighborhood
    B1 Just Another Sucker On The Vine
    B2 Franks Wild Years
    B3 Swordfishtrombone
    B4 Down, Down, Down
    B5 Soldier'S Things
    B6 Gin-Soaked Boy
    B7 Trouble'S Braids
    B8 Rainbirds

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Condition: Second Hand
Ships from: Melbourne
Media: Excellent (E)
Cover: Very Good Plus (VG+)
Comments: '87 UK reissue in clean condition. Old price sticker on front cover.
  • Description
  • Release details
  • Tracklist

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

    About this album

    Swordfishtrombones is the album that transformed Tom Waits from late-night barroom balladeer into one of rock’s most singular experimental voices. Released in 1983, it abandoned his earlier piano-led style for clattering percussion, deconstructed arrangements and surreal, street-level storytelling. The record’s off-kilter sound and stark imagery helped set the course for the rest of his career, influencing generations of alternative and avant-garde artists. Songs such as 16 Shells From a Thirty-Ought-Six, Johnsburg, Illinois and Frank’s Wild Years show how Waits turned eccentric detail, blues fragments and theatrical instincts into a bleakly funny, deeply human vision.

    Genre: Pop & Rock

    Review

    AllMusic rating:
    AllMusic users:
    (2,273 votes)
    Read the AllMusic.com review
  • Artist: Tom Waits
    Label: Island Records – ILPM 9762
    Format: LP, Album, Reissue
    Units: 1
    Country: UK
    Released: 1987
    Genre: Pop & Rock
    Style: Art Rock, Avantgarde

  • A1 Underground
    A2 Shore Leave
    A3 Dave The Butcher
    A4 Johnsburg, Illinois
    A5 16 Shells From A 30.6
    A6 Town With No Cheer
    A7 In The Neighborhood
    B1 Just Another Sucker On The Vine
    B2 Franks Wild Years
    B3 Swordfishtrombone
    B4 Down, Down, Down
    B5 Soldier'S Things
    B6 Gin-Soaked Boy
    B7 Trouble'S Braids
    B8 Rainbirds

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