Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
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Free Music Review: Excellent - One of the Top 5 Albums of All Time
Hit: 5 Stars
Tom Waits perfects his style on this record, possibly one of the best albums ever produced. Rain Dogs includes "Jockey Full of Bourbon", the theme song from the underground film "Down by Law" in which Waits was an actor. "Time" is one of the most sad and beautiful songs I have ever heard, it goes straight to the soul. The title cut is one that sears itself into the listeners head and refuses to leave; it has a sleazy backbeat to it that gives it that unique suave tone, while at the same time it remains honest and simple. "Downtown Train" was later covered by Rod Stewart and received much radio play; however, it should be noted that Tom Waits was the original songwriter and in my opinion his version, found on this album, is a hundred times better than the one Stewart produced. Any Tom Waits fan needs this album in their collection; anyone unfamiliar with Waits' music would do well to listen to this album; it is an excellent in! troduction to his work and one of my all time favorite records.Free Music Review: Carnival Barker Gutter Poet
Hit: 5 Stars
I mean the title of this review as a complete compliment. This album undresses my socks with a furious punch and leaves me wandering in Singapore, Hong Kong, New York wondering why I left my heart on the subway, on the elevated train, and if maybe that harlot in purple may be coming back to me with more lip gloss and cheap cigarettes. An acquired taste for some I guess, but I find Tom Waits and this album in particular to be one of the most astounding artistic statements ever made in rock music, an art form dying for truly profound artistic statements. "9th and Hennepin" is one of the greatest marriages of poetry and words ever achieved in rock music, when Waits says that steam is rising out of the belly of the city you really SEE it, just as you really see the downtown trains, grimy old dimes and Cincinnati jackets his musky, creaky old voice wails of. A brilliant downtown album (at least a downtown late 19th early 20th century album) that will enlighten and confound your brain without cessation.Free Music Review: Dang 'ol creepy carnival music!
Hit: 5 Stars
While I wait in agony for "Blood Money" & "Alice" to hit the stores in May, the best I can do is turn to the uncountable number of albums Tom Waits has already put out. Among the best of them is "Rain Dogs". Tom Waits, who has the voice of a 'Muppet' & a flair for genius as a writer, gives another top notch look at bottom-of-the-barrel characters. Right from the start of "Rain Dogs" we hear a blanket of jaunty tunes of all shapes, sizes, & colors. The title track is just one of the wonderful glimpses we get into Waits' world. Right from the 1st track, "Singapore", the listener gets to cavort & carouse & rabble-rouse alongside Waits' various nighthawks until the end. We even get to hear the original version of Rod Stewart's hit "Downtown Train". (Waits' version is better, duh!)I've never heard Tom Waits put out a bad album, but if you're looking for one of his best, "Rain Dogs" is it.
Free Music Review: DON'T ANALYZE, JUST LISTEN
Hit: 5 Stars
Waits' work is impossible to categorize, his writing so perfectly imperfect, his sound (well, where DOES that sound come from anyway?)While too many artists play it close to the vest, Waits never holds back, clamoring, clanking, screaming and grumbling his way through such gems as "Jockey Full Of Bourbon," the title cut, and "Singapore." Then, just when it's least expected, he hits you with the song "Time," and it just jerks your heart out. And let's not forget the gritty "Downtown Train," which was later covered artfully by The Boss and overdone by Rod Stewart. Waits' original is by far the best.
I'll leave it to the professionals to make the proper references to Jack Keraouc, William Burroughs, Bob Dylan, whomever. I wouldn't even pretend to understand the enigmatic Waits' motivation. It's as if he's thrown every sound known to man into a giant blender and taken off the lid.
All I do know is that it works.
Free Music Review: The album by which I judge all others...
Hit: 5 Stars
What can I say about this record that hasn't already been said?....Very little i'm afraid. Rain Dogs is easily my most favorite of all of Tom Waits' albums..(a tall order indeed). It is ground-breaking and esoteric yet beautiful and technically flawless. Mr Waits pushes the envelope in every song and constantly changes the scope of music. This album employs not only conventional percussion, but also some interesting variations. In the first track "singapore", the percussionist beats a chest of drawers (found in the trash) with a 2X4. The lyrics are somewhat obscure but at the same time meaningful....the music is beautiful and twisted..there is no way to describe this album to one who has never heard it but needless to say it will change your life as it has changed mine. The themes range from a carnival of bones and surrealistic late night ramblings to golden lullabys and waltzes. This is the album by which i judge all others.