Album Info
| Artist: | Tom Waits |
| Album: | Swordfishtrombones |
| Released: | Europe, 22 Sept 2023 |
Tracklist:
| A1 | Underground | 1:58 |
| Baritone Horn - Randy Aldcroft | ||
| Electric Guitar - Fred Tackett | ||
| Marimba [Bass], Bass - Victor Feldman | ||
| A2 | Shore Leave | 4:12 |
| Banjo, Guitar - Fred Tackett | ||
| Marimba, Marimba [Bass], Shaker, Bass Drum [With Rice] - Victor Feldman | ||
| Percussion [Metal Aunglongs] - Francis Thumm | ||
| Performer [Chair] - Tom Waits | ||
| Trombone - Randy Aldcroft | ||
| A3 | Dave The Butcher (Instrumental) | 2:15 |
| Drums [Bass Boo Bams] - Victor Feldman | ||
| Organ [Hammond B-3] - Tom Waits | ||
| A4 | Johnsburg, Illinois | 1:30 |
| Bass - Greg Cohen | ||
| Piano - Tom Waits | ||
| A5 | 16 Shells From A Thirty-Ought Six | 4:30 |
| Drums [Brake], Snare, Bells [Bell Plate] - Victor Feldman | ||
| Trombone - Joe Romano | ||
| A6 | Town With No Cheer | 4:22 |
| Bagpipes - Anthony Clark Stewart | ||
| Harmonium [Vocal], Synthesizer, Bells [Freedom Bell] - Tom Waits | ||
| Programmed By [Synthesizer Program] - Clark Spangler | ||
| A7 | In The Neighborhood | 3:04 |
| Baritone Horn - Randy Aldcroft | ||
| Drum [Parade], Cymbal - Stephen Taylor Arvizu Hodges | ||
| Organ [Hammond B-3], Snare [Snaredrum], Bells - Victor Feldman | ||
| Trombone - Bill Reichenback, Dick (Slyde) Hyde | ||
| B1 | Just Another Sucker On The Vine (Instrumental) | 1:42 |
| Harmonium - Tom Waits | ||
| Trumpet - Joe Romano | ||
| B2 | Frank's Wild Years | 1:50 |
| Organ [Hammond] - Ronnie Barron | ||
| B3 | Swordfishtrombone | 3:00 |
| Electric Bass - Larry Taylor | ||
| Marimba, Congas, Bass Drum, Drum [Dabuki Drum] - Victor Feldman | ||
| B4 | Down, Down, Down | 2:10 |
| Organ - Eric Bikales | ||
| Snare, Tambourine - Victor Feldman | ||
| B5 | Soldier's Things | 3:15 |
| B6 | Gin Soaked Boy | 2:20 |
| B7 | Trouble's Braids | 1:18 |
| Bass Drum [Parade] - Stephen Taylor Arvizu Hodges | ||
| Talking Drum [African] - Victor Feldman | ||
| B8 | Rainbirds (Instrumental) | 3:05 |
| Glass Harmonica - Francis Thumm, Richard Gibbs, Stephen Taylor Arvizu Hodges | ||
| Piano - Tom Waits |
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Description
2023 Marks forty years since Tom Waits released Swordfishtrombones, ushering in a new and critically acclaimed musical era for Waits and his longtime
songwriting and production partner, Brennan. Waits went from '70's-era ''bluesy, boozy'' wordsmith and melodist with seven albums behind him to sound
sculptor, miner of the subconscious, abstract orchestrator, sonic cubist-while retaining his innate lyricism, melodic invention, humanity. As he put it in a
1983 interview: ''I tried to listen to the noise in my head and invent some junkyard orchestral deviation-a mutant apparatus to drive this noise into a
wreck collection.'' It's a Waits-arranged pastiche, a variety of atmospheres from different sound planets. There is the warped, marching-army-ants music
of ''Underground,'' an impressionist chant about people living below cities, but there was also the poignancy of the spare piano ballad, ''Soldier's Things,''
the good bar yarn, ''Frank's Wild Years'', the tender, minimalist paean to Waits' wife and muse, Kathleen, ''Johnsburg, Illinois,'' and the raggedy anthem
to neighborhood chaos, ''In the Neighborhood.''
''On Swordfishtrombones, Waits has made a breakthrough - he's found music as evocative as his words. Waits's grumble of a voice now bounces off a
peculiar assortment of horns and percussion and organ and keyboards, as if he'd led a Salvation Army band into a broken-down Hong Kong disco. It's
as if he's shifted from monologues to screenplays...'' - Jon Parales January 1984 - GQ Magazine
The album is newly remastered for the first time ever from the original EQ'ed ?'' production 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. Available on 180g black vinyl.
Track Listing
1.Underground, 2.Shore Leave, 3.Dave The Butcher, 4.Johnsburg, Illinois, 5.16 Shells From A 30.6, 6.Town With No Cheer, 7.In The
Neighbourhood, 1.Just Another Sucker On The Vine 2.Frank's Wild Years, 3.Swordfishtrombone, 4.Down, Down, Down, 5.Soldier's Things, 6.Gin
Soaked Boy, 7.Trouble's Braids, 8.Rainbirds