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  • Tom Waits – Heartattack and Vine (LP Vinyl)
  • Tom Waits – Heartattack and Vine (LP Vinyl)
  • Tom Waits – Heartattack and Vine (LP Vinyl)
  • Tom Waits – Heartattack and Vine (LP Vinyl)

Tom Waits – Heartattack and Vine (LP Vinyl)

Tom Waits Vinyl Records

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$ 24.95
$ 24.95
Est. 1974, Curated by Heads
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By 1980, Waits had fully shed his Tropicana Motor Inn troubadour persona and was digging deep into electric blues, street-level grit, and American noir. Heartattack and Vine marked the end of his Elektra/Asylum era and pointed directly toward the radical reinvention that would follow with Swordfishtrombones. The bones of everything Waits would become are right here, raw and unpolished.

Released in 1980, Heartattack and Vine was Waits’ final album on Elektra /Asylum Records and it built on the raw blues approach of Blue Valentine with the incendiary title track, the funky, organ driven “Downtown” and the stomping NOLA blues of “Mr. Siegal”. This album also contains some of Waits most popular ballads, including “Jersey Girl” which was famously a hit for Bruce Springsteen. “On the Nickle” is a moving song about the homeless people who lived on 5th street in downtown LA, and “Ruby’s Arms” is a beautiful song with a lovely Bach-like melody.

Tracklist

Side A

1. Heartattack And Vine (4:42)
2. In Shades (4:04)
3. Saving All My Love For You (3:39)
4. Downtown (4:43)
5. Jersey Girl (5:09)

Side B

1. ‘Til The Money Runs Out (4:20)
2. On The Nickel (6:17)
3. Mr. Siegal (5:13)
4. Ruby’s Arms (5:35)

UPC: 045778757114
Label: Anti
Release Date: 9.14.18
Format: LP Vinyl