Franks Wild Years (1987)

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Title: Franks Wild Years
Artist: Tom Waits
Genre: Rock
Released: 1987

Tracks:
1 - Hang on St. Christopher - 2:41
2 - Straight to the Top (Rhumba) - 2:27
3 - Blow Wind Blow - 3:32
4 - Temptation - 3:44
5 - Innocent When You Dream (Barroom) - 4:14
6 - I'll Be Gone - 3:10
7 - Yesterday Is Here - 2:21
8 - Please Wake Me Up - 3:28
9 - Franks Theme - 1:45
10 - More Than Rain - 3:39
11 - Way Down in the Hole - 3:26
12 - Straight to the Top (Vegas) - 3:24
13 - I'll Take New York - 4:08
14 - Telephone Call From Istanbul - 3:08
15 - Cold Cold Ground - 4:04 -
16 - Train Song - 3:16
17 - Innocent When You Dream (78) - 3:07

Overview:
Franks Wild Years is an album by Tom Waits, released 1987 on Island Records. Subtitled "Un Operachi Romantico in Two Acts", the album contains songs written by Waits and collaborators (mainly his wife, Kathleen Brennan) for a play of the same name. The shared title of the album and the play is an iteration of "Frank's Wild Years", a song from Waits' 1983 album Swordfishtrombones.

The play had its world premiere at the Briar St. Theatre in Chicago, Illinois on June 22, 1986, performed by the Steppenwolf Theatre Company.

Various versions of "Way Down in the Hole" were used as the theme music for the HBO series The Wire, including Waits' original version for the second season. The songs "Temptation" and "Cold Cold Ground" were used in Jean-Claude Lauzon's film Léolo (1992). "Cold Cold Ground" was also used in the series Homicide: Life on the Street. "Temptation" and "Straight to the Top (Vegas)" featured in the film Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (2005).
Music information in first post provided by The AudioDB
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