Author: Waits, Tom

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• Brand Name: UMGD Mfg#: 731452451927
• Shipping Weight: 1.00 lbs
• Manufacturer: POLYGRAM LABEL GROUP
• Genre: Popular Music
• All music products are properly licensed and guaranteed authentic.

Format: Best of

Release Date: 30-06-1998

Details: Amazon.ca Tom Waits pulled off a neat trick with the 1983 release of Swordfishtrombones: he disengaged himself from the present (and his own recent achievements) and allied himself with the past. And yet no one could accuse him of becoming mired in nostalgia. A decade before the lo-fi phrase gained favor, Waits purposely ravaged his songs by stomping them into peculiar shapes and utilizing arcane instruments and recording techniques to further bend them into new kinds of aural sculptures. The result was a genuine musical breakthrough. Beautiful Maladies gathers 23 tracks from Waits's seven post-Swordfish trombones Island LPs. These pretty/ugly tracks provide a riveting view of Tom's wild years. While at least four Waits Island titles qualify as essentials, Beautiful Maladies and the 1988 live set, Big Time, provide compact introductions to a matchless body of work. --Steven Stolder Product Description 23 tracks taken from the seven albums Tom released on Island from 1983 to 1993, perhaps the most consistently interesting and challenging body of work by any solo artist of the period. Includes Clap Hands; Singapore; Shore Leave; Frank's Wild Years; Downtown Train; Temptation; The Black Rider; Jesus Gonna Be Here, and more.

UPC: 731452451927

EAN: 0731452451927

Model: 1820517

Languages: English

Binding: Audio CD

Item Condition: UsedVeryGood