Tom Waits Mule Variations ( 180g vinyl 2LP )

Release: 2017 ( origianally released in 1999)

2017 EU reissue on 180g 2LP + download-1999's Gold-certified Mule Variations offers up a full dose of signature Tom Waits and then some. Edgy stomps, humor and experimentation are interspersed with some of the most beautiful and personal songs he's ever written. The Grammy Award winner for Best Contemporary Folk Album features the iconic songs "Hold On" and "What's He Building in There" along with the groove heavy, "Get Behind The Mule."  

Tracks:
A1 Big In Japan
A2 Lowside Of The Road
A3 Hold On
A4 Get Behind The Mule

B1 House Where Nobody Lives
B2 Cold Water
B3 Pony
B4 What's He Building?

C1 Black Market Baby
C2 Eyeball Kid
C3 Picture In A Frame
C4 Chocolate Jesus

D1 Georgia Lee
D2 Filipino Box Spring Hog
D3 Take It With Me
D4 Come On Up To The House

Tom Waits is one of the most innovative artists in popular music His singular vision embraces everything from blues to tinpanalley to jazz to just about anything else you can think of Grammy winner actor poet a master of the musical collage and lyrical surprise Tom Waits is simply a giant

Mule Variations offers the most complete picture of Tom Waits of any of his albums Edgy stomps humor and experimentation are interspersed with some of the most beautiful and personal songs hes ever written

Tom Waits has had a career in music that is mercurial at best His 1973 debut CLOSING TIME was probably the closest he got to recording a triedandtrue singersongwriter album but the followup 1974s HEART OF SATURDAY NIGHT proved that lyrically at least Tom was beginning to make changes that would drastically alter his sound & image It was a slow process but by 1978s BLUE VALENTINE the fruits of that change were starting to show Toms voice was just beginning to get more edgy & his lyrics were starting to go off into other dimensions altogether Yet there was still melody high up in the mix making BLUE VALENTINE a good way to ease into the more experimental stuff