Album Info
| Artist: | Tom Waits |
| Album: | Franks Wild Years |
| Released: | Europe, 22 Sept 2023 |
Tracklist:
| Act I | ||
| A1 | Hang On St. Christopher | 2:44 |
| Alto Horn, Arranged By [Horns] - Greg Cohen | ||
| Drums - Michael Blair | ||
| Effects [Leslie Bass Pedals] - William Schimmel | ||
| Guitar - Marc Ribot | ||
| Tenor Saxophone [Tenor Sax] - Ralph Carney | ||
| Vocals - Tom Waits | ||
| Written-By - Kathleen Brennan, Tom Waits | ||
| A2 | Straight To The Top (Rhumba) | 2:30 |
| Congas [Conga] - Michael Blair | ||
| Double Bass [Upright Bass] - Larry Taylor | ||
| Effects [Leslie Bass Pedals] - Greg Cohen | ||
| Pump Organ - William Schimmel | ||
| Saxophone [Saxes] - Ralph Carney | ||
| Vocals, Organ [Optigon], Congas [Conga] - Tom Waits | ||
| Written-By - Greg Cohen, Tom Waits | ||
| A3 | Blow Wind Blow | 3:34 |
| Alto Horn - Greg Cohen | ||
| Glockenspiel - Michael Blair | ||
| Pump Organ - Francis Thumm | ||
| Vocals [Vocal], Pump Organ - Tom Waits | ||
| Written-By - Tom Waits | ||
| A4 | Temptation | 3:53 |
| Arranged By [Vocals] - Kathleen Brennan | ||
| Bass, Arranged By [Horns] - Greg Cohen | ||
| Guitar - Morris Tepper, Marc Ribot | ||
| Organ [Optigon], Vocals, Guitar - Tom Waits | ||
| Percussion, Congas [Conga], Maracas [Marachas] - Michael Blair | ||
| Saxophone - Ralph Carney | ||
| Written-By - Tom Waits | ||
| A5 | Innocent When You Dream (Barroom) | 4:15 |
| Bass - Greg Cohen | ||
| Piano - William Schimmel | ||
| Pump Organ, Vocals - Tom Waits | ||
| Violin - Ralph Carney | ||
| Written-By - Tom Waits | ||
| A6 | I'll Be Gone | 3:12 |
| Accordion - William Schimmel | ||
| Baritone Horn - Ralph Carney | ||
| Bass - Greg Cohen | ||
| Guitar - Morris Tepper | ||
| Marimba - Michael Blair | ||
| Vocals [Vocal], Performer [Rooster] - Tom Waits | ||
| Written-By - Kathleen Brennan, Tom Waits | ||
| A7 | Yesterday Is Here | 2:31 |
| Bass - Larry Taylor | ||
| Vocals, Guitar, Tambourine - Tom Waits | ||
| Written-By - Kathleen Brennan, Tom Waits | ||
| A8 | Please Wake Me Up | 3:35 |
| Baritone Horn - Ralph Carney | ||
| Bass - Greg Cohen, Jay Anderson | ||
| Vocals [Vocal], Mellotron, Organ [Optigon] - Tom Waits | ||
| Written-By - Kathleen Brennan, Tom Waits | ||
| A9 | Franks Theme | 1:50 |
| Vocals, Pump Organ - Tom Waits | ||
| Written-By - Tom Waits | ||
| Act II | ||
| B1 | More Than Rain | 3:52 |
| Accordion - William Schimmel | ||
| Baritone Horn - Ralph Carney | ||
| Bass - Greg Cohen | ||
| Bells [Orquestra Bells] - Michael Blair | ||
| Guitar - Morris Tepper | ||
| Piano [Prepared Piano] - Francis Thumm | ||
| Vocals [Vocal], Keyboards [Optigon] - Tom Waits | ||
| Written-By - Tom Waits | ||
| B2 | Way Down In The Hole | 3:30 |
| Backing Vocals [Background Vocals] - Angela Brown, Leslie Holland, Lynne Jordan | ||
| Bass - Greg Cohen | ||
| Guitar - Marc Ribot | ||
| Percussion - Michael Blair | ||
| Saxophone [Saxes] - Ralph Carney | ||
| Vocals - Tom Waits | ||
| Written-By - Tom Waits | ||
| B3 | Straight To The Top (Vegas) | 3:24 |
| Arranged By, Bass - Greg Cohen | ||
| Drums - Michael Blair | ||
| Piano [Cocktail Piano] - William Schimmel | ||
| Tenor Saxophone [Tenor Sax] - Ralph Carney | ||
| Vocals [Vocal Stylings] - Tom Waits | ||
| Written-By - Greg Cohen, Tom Waits | ||
| B4 | I'll Take New York | 4:00 |
| Bass - Greg Cohen | ||
| Drums - Michael Blair | ||
| Pump Organ - William Schimmel | ||
| Saxophone [Sax] - Ralph Carney | ||
| Vocals [Vocal] - Tom Waits | ||
| Written-By - Tom Waits | ||
| B5 | Telephone Call From Istanbul | 3:12 |
| Banjo - Marc Ribot | ||
| Bass - Greg Cohen | ||
| Drums - Michael Blair | ||
| Guitar - Morris Tepper | ||
| Vocals, Keyboards [Farfisa], Drums - Tom Waits | ||
| Written-By - Tom Waits | ||
| B6 | Cold Cold Ground | 4:07 |
| Accordion - David Hidalgo | ||
| Bass - Larry Taylor | ||
| Guitar [Guitars], Vocals [Vocal] - Tom Waits | ||
| Written-By - Tom Waits | ||
| B7 | Train Song | 3:20 |
| Accordion - David Hidalgo | ||
| Alto Horn - Greg Cohen | ||
| Bass - Larry Taylor | ||
| Piano, Vocals [Vocal], Pump Organ - Tom Waits | ||
| Written-By - Tom Waits | ||
| B8 | Innocent When You Dream | 3:00 |
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Description
Originally released in 1987 on Island Records, Franks Wild Years is Tom Waits' 10th studio album. Titled for a play of the same name and authored by
Waits and his wife, Kathleen Brennan, Franks Wild Years was performed by Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre Company in 1986. Franks Wild Years is an
iteration of the track ''Frank's Wild Years'' from Waits' 1983 album Swordfishtrombones.
The album divides the story neatly into two acts and although titled ''un operachi romantic'', there is no opera in Franks. There is a hilarious touch of
operatic styling by Waits himself in the song ''Temptation.'' His vocal character varies wildly throughout the work's 17 songs, and is no more impressive
than when the gruff, growly singer turns to impeccable Sinatra-esque phrasing on the Vegas number, ''Straight To The Top.'' While Franks featured a 14-
member cast on stage, the album is all-Waits-yet suggests a multitude of characters by virtue of his chameleon vocals. The album is a startling group of
lost dreams, bad dreams, dreams that might not even be dreams. The music is nightmarish, ethereal, beautiful. Think broken calliopes played by genius
children, horns played at dawn in a graveyard, banjos leaking through practice room walls. Titles evoke Frank's dime-store Odyssey: ''Straight To The
Top,'' ''Blow Wind Blow,'' ''Temptation,'' ''I'll Be Gone.'' NME ranked the work the number five album of 1987.
Newly remastered for the first time ever from the original ?'' flat master tape and personally overseen by Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan. Mastered by
Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman Mastering under the guidance of Waits' longtime audio engineer, Karl Derfler. The album packaging has also been
restored. Franks Wild Years includes tracks such as ''Cold Cold Ground,'' ''Way Down In The Hole'' - versions of which were used as the theme music of
HBO's series The Wire - and ''Temptation.'' Available on 180g black vinyl.
Track Listing
1.Hang On St. Christopher, 2.Straight To The Top (Rhumba), 3.Blow Wind Blow, 4.Temptation, 5.Innocent When You Dream (Barroom), 6.I'll Be Gone,
7.Yesterday Is Here, 8.Please Wake Me Up, 9.Franks Theme 1.More Than Rain, 2.Way Down In The Hole, 3.Straight To The Top (Vegas), 4.I'll Take
New York, 5.Telephone Call From Istanbul, 6.Cold Cold Ground, 7.Train Song, 8.Innocent When You Dream (78)
