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Rain Dogs
Rock · 1985 · 19 tracks

Rain Dogs

Tom Waits

A sprawling, junkyard odyssey of noir jazz and mutant blues. Clattering percussion and gravelly tales of the urban dispossessed in New York City.

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It's like a pirate ship docked in a 1940s New York alleyway and everyone started playing trash cans.

A surreal, gritty journey through urban loneliness and dark, whimsical storytelling.

Rain Dogs · vs · Tom Waits
Mysterious+1.9σ

Mysterious saturates this record notably more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 19 Tracks
01
Singapore
2:45
02
Clap Hands
3:49
03
Cemetery Polka
1:47
04
Jockey Full of Bourbon
2:47
05
Tango Till They’re Sore
2:52
06
Big Black Mariah
2:44
07
Diamonds & Gold
2:33
08
Hang Down Your Head
2:34
09
Time
3:56
10
Rain Dogs
2:57
11
Midtown (instrumental)
1:03
12
9th & Hennepin
1:57
13
Gun Street Girl
4:38
14
Union Square
2:25
15
Blind Love
4:20
16
Walking Spanish
3:07
17
Downtown Train
3:53
18
Bride of Rain Dog (instrumental)
1:10
19
Anywhere I Lay My Head
2:48
Moments Worth Waiting For
The skeletal marimba and clattering percussion that opens Clap Hands
Marc Ribot's jagged, angular guitar solo cutting through Jockey Full of Bourbon
The transition from the spoken word grit of 9th and Hennepin into the rhythmic drive of Gun Street Girl
The mournful brass processional that closes out Anywhere I Lay My Head
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