Tom Waits - Heart Attack & Vine (Audio CD - 1990) - [Canadian Import]

Heartattack and Vine, Tom Waits' first album in two years and his last of seven for Asylum Records, is a transitional album, with tracks like the rhythm-heavy title song and "'Til the Money Runs Out" foreshadowing the sonic experiments of the Island albums, while piano-with-orchestra tracks like "Saving All My Love for You" and "On the Nickel" (written as a motion-picture title tune) hark back to Waits' Randy Newman-influenced early days. It is just as well that Waits never entirely gave up on the ballad material; "Jersey Girl," a Drifters-style song, is a winner, and it was appropriated by Bruce Springsteen on his 1981 tour. Also, at least at this point, the rougher tunes all tended to sound the same.

Condition:NEW. Brand New Factory Sealed

TRACK LISTINGS

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
6 'til the Money Runs Out 4:20
7 On the Nickel 6:17
8 Mr. Siegal 5:13
9 Ruby's Arms 5:35