Swordfishtrombones (1983)

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Title: Swordfishtrombones
Artist: Tom Waits
Genre: Rock
Released: 1983

Tracks:
1 - Underground - 2:01
2 - Shore Leave - 4:18
3 - Dave the Butcher - 2:21
4 - Johnsburg, Illinois - 1:34
5 - 16 Shells From a Thirty-Ought-Six - 4:33
6 - Town With No Cheer - 4:28
7 - In the Neighborhood - 3:07 -
8 - Just Another Sucker on the Vine - 1:47
9 - Frank's Wild Years - 1:54
10 - Swordfishtrombone - 3:08
11 - Down, Down, Down - 2:16
12 - Soldier's Things - 3:23
13 - Gin Soaked Boy - 2:24
14 - Trouble's Braids - 1:18
15 - Rainbirds - 3:15

Overview:
Swordfishtrombones is an album by American singer-songwriter Tom Waits, released in September 1983. It was the first album that Waits produced himself.

Stylistically different from his previous LPs, the album moves away from the piano and string orchestra arrangements of the late 1970s, replacing them instead with unusual instrumentation and a somewhat more abstract songwriting approach.

The album peaked at #164 on the Billboard Pop Albums and 200 albums charts. In 1989, Spin named Swordfishtrombones the second greatest album of all time. In 2006, Q placed the album at #36 in its list of "40 Best Albums of the '80s."

Pitchfork Media listed Swordfishtrombones as 11th best album of the 1980s. Slant Magazine listed the album at #26 on its list of "Best Albums of the 1980's".
Music information in first post provided by The AudioDB
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