Swordfishtrombones is the record where Tom Waits blew up his own sound and started over. This 1983 LP was his first self-produced album and his first for Island after Asylum passed on it — turns out that rejection freed him up completely. Marimba, junkyard percussion, and Kathleen Brennan’s influence turned the boozy piano balladeer into something closer to a mad composer, and “16 Shells From A Thirty-Ought-Six” and “Frank’s Wild Years” still don’t sound like anything else from 1983.
Genre: Rock / Jazz / Jazz-Rock
Year: 1983
Label: Island Records — 90095-1
Country: US
Condition: Media: VG+ / Sleeve: VG+
Notes: SRC pressing. Die-cut notch in bottom left corner of sleeve. Includes original inner sleeve. Shrink wrap removed.
Swordfishtrombones is the record where Tom Waits blew up his own sound and started over. This 1983 LP was his first self-produced album and his first for Island after Asylum passed on it — turns out that rejection freed him up completely. Marimba, junkyard percussion, and Kathleen Brennan’s influence turned the boozy piano balladeer into something closer to a mad composer, and “16 Shells From A Thirty-Ought-Six” and “Frank’s Wild Years” still don’t sound like anything else from 1983.
Genre: Rock / Jazz / Jazz-Rock
Year: 1983
Label: Island Records — 90095-1
Country: US
Condition: Media: VG+ / Sleeve: VG+
Notes: SRC pressing. Die-cut notch in bottom left corner of sleeve. Includes original inner sleeve. Shrink wrap removed.
