TOM WAITS - SWORDFISHTROMBONES [LP]

1 Underground 2 Shore Leave 3 Dave The Butcher 4 Johnsburg, Illinois 5 16 Shells From A 30.6 6 Town With No Cheer 7 In The Neighborhood 8 Just Another Sucker On The Vine 9 Frank's Wild Years 10 Swordfishtrombone 11 Down,Down,Down 12 Soldier's Things 13 Gin Soaked Boy 14 Trouble's Braids 15 Rainbirds Swordfishtrombones was the start of a new artistic era for the acclaimed singer-songwriter Tom Waits, who both wrote and produced the now timeless album, his first for Island Records. Swordfishtrombones ushered in a new and critically-acclaimed musical era for Waits and his longtime songwriting and production partner, his wife, Kathleen Brennan. Waits went from ‘70's-era "bluesy, boozy" wordsmith and melodist with seven albums behind him to sound sculptor, miner of the subconscious, abstract orchestrator, sonic cubist-while retaining his innate lyricism, melodic invention, and humanity.