Tom Waits – Swordfishtrombones (1983)
Island Records | 1983 | Rock Jazz Blues | EAC RIP | FLAC+CUE+LOG+HQ-Covers (400Dpi) | 209Mb+11Mb
Few artists ever seek to completely re-invent themselves on record, and fewer still make the transformation as completely successfully as did Tom Waits. His 70's albums are revered for their delicate, string-landen piano work with Waits croaking out lyrical strands of barstool philosophizing in a pseudo-Louis Armstrong growl. These albums are good, strong efforts, but they had become somewhat predictable by the time of 1980's Heart Attack & Vine (although that album, and it's predecessor, Blue Valentine, had started to introduce new elements into Waits's music.)……