 | Alice by Tom Waits
Buy new: £5.98 / Used from: £5.84 His magnum opus. Blurry, weazy, tearful songs of obsession and madness.
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 | Rain Dogs by Tom Waits
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £3.08 Follow up to Swordfishtrombones, and further steps down the bizarro path. Brilliant, and one of the 80s great albums.
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 | Mule Variations by Tom Waits
Buy new: £5.98 / Used from: £4.49 On first listen, a re-tread of familiar themes, but actually one of his very best and most rounded albums.
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 | Swordfishtrombones by Tom Waits
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £2.99 The first (and still one of his best) of a new career phase, and what a start! Stunningly original.
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 | The Black Rider by Tom Waits
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £3.00 A dark story (Deals with the devil, addiction, and, on Gospel Train, the sound of said locomotive slowly loping its way to hell...) and twisted story telling. And what a band! Great stuff.
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 | Blood Money by Tom Waits
Buy new: £5.98 / Used from: £4.14 His barking baritone is to the fore on these13 songs. "A Good Man Is Hard To Find" is the most Louis Armstrong-moment of his career.
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 | Franks Wild Years by Tom Waits
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £2.94 Pump organs and wierd percussion drive these wobbly, lovely broken-down songs.
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 | Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards by Tom Waits
Buy new: £12.98 / Used from: £12.77 Like Clint Eastwood and Bob Dylan, Waits seems to be in a phase where everything he creates is openly loved by all critics, and rightly so. Pick your own favourite Waits on these 3 excellent discs.
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 | Small Change by Tom Waits
Buy new: £3.98 / Used from: £3.70 His best from the 70s. The street hustlers and broken hearted bums in these songs could soundtrack a Bogart film.
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 | Blue Valentine by Tom Waits
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £2.97 Slow blues, Stories populated with prostitutes, ingenues and various shady characters.
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 | Heartattack and Vine by Tom Waits
Buy new: £3.98 / Used from: £2.01 More guitar based than his other 70s Lps, this one features the great Jersey Girl.
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 | The Heart Of Saturday Night by Tom Waits
Buy new: £3.98 / Used from: £2.38 Another boozed up weekend. Album cover and early morning feel reflect Waits' love of Sinatra's Wee Small Hours.
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