Audio CD review:
Tom Waits - Small Change

Tom Waits - Small Change

Band: Tom Waits Title: Small Change Rating: Release Date: 1990-10-25 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Tom Traubert's Blues (Four Sheets to the Wind in Copenhagen) 2: Step Right Up 3: Jitterbug Boy 4: I Wish I Was in New Orleans 5: The Piano Has Been Drinking (Not Me) 6: Invitation to the Blues 7: Pasties and a G-String 8: Bad Liver and a Broken Heart 9: The One That Got Away 10: Small Change 11: I Can't Wait to Get off Work

An Amazing Album. His Best Work Ever. "Invitation to the Blues" and "Jitterbug Boy" are the albums highlights. This album commands your full attention and transports you to a world of Boozers, Prostitutes, Gamblers, and the true "Underbelly" of society. Listening to this collection of somber and morose selections actually bring you into these songs ,which are actually like short little stories. They rip your heart out and force you to visualize characters that only Tom Waits can introduce you to. Lets face it, Tom Waits is not for everyone but for anyone who enjoys great melodies and songs that tell stories, this is a must. This is nothing short than a wonderful album and a true piece of art. . Vintage Tom Waits For fans of the singer's more recent works, this CD will take them back to the strip clubs and night life described in his earlier songs. A little scat, a little be-bop, a little blues--but all Tom Waits. It took me a while to get acclimated to this album, but now I like it just fine. Tom Waits at his best....... In fact, this album is for everyone. For those of you unfamiliar with Tom Waits, the man with a voice that sounds like he has been swallowing the contents of many, many ashtrays over the period of decades; all the while maintaining the atmosphere of a truly masterful storyteller, this album is for you. (Well, anyone eighteen or older!) Some of the songs here would make modern day rap/hip hop fans a little shifty in their oversized sneakers. Two of the most popular tunes, here, are "Step Right Up" and "Small Change. " Tom Waits' gritty, unabashedly blunt portraits of urban street (and sewer) life are gritty, at times a little nauseating, but so charismatically delivered over minimalist accompaniment (only the blaring of a saxophone), that he commands your attention, and you can't help but listen. AMAZING My faviorte genre is metal but I cant stop listening to this guy. I love every kind of music and I recently was introduced to Tom Waits. His voice is amazing and all his songs are wonderful. Pasties And A G-String (At The Two O'Clock Club) and Step Right Up are my faviorte on this cd. I own a few other cds by Waits and I have yet to hear this guy make a bad song. es como en el medio de la soledad, hallar un bar abierto a la madrugada.... derroche de dolor, crudeza, abandono. sonido austero, soledad estridente, alcohol salpicando cada tecla, cada silencio. . . . obra maestra dibujada en cualquier mesa del bar mas oscuro que conozcas, encontrala en cualquier mirada perdida que escupa vino en vez de lagrimas, escuchala desde cualquier monton de teclas que vomite un piano borracho. You can see a complete list of all Tom Waits discography, or go back to the Tom Waits tabs