Product description CD- Tom Waits - Blue Valentine -1978 - ELEKTRA - EAN 075596053327 .co.uk More hard-boiled tales from Tom Waits, who manages to sing lines like "Everyone I know is either dead or in prison" in a raw, whiskey-soaked rasp that sounds both comical and deadly serious. Waits doesn't break any new creative ground here but continues to refine his down-and-out persona. It's booze and broads, sex and violence, laughs and heartbreak. This 1978 album opens with an astonishingly desperate version of "Somewhere" (from "West Side Story"), performed like Louie Armstrong with a migraine. From there it's the usual Waits mix of crackpot wordplay and the cocktail lounge jazz likes of "Romeo Is Bleeding". --Steve Appleford
S**A
superb
This is easily one of my favorite records of all time. When I first heard it (aged 16) I didn't understand it and felt unsure why the person playing it rated it so highly. Intrigued, I bought a copy (aged 17) and played it 'round a friend's house on my way home from school. His dad cussed it and said "he's trying to sound like Louis Armstrong". Get it. Listen to it. It's wonderful, intense, beautiful, poetic, wistful, tragic,...and so much more. Its worth it for the orchestration on the opening track alone, especially the trumpet. Most of the songs contain a linear narrative with a unifying theme running throughout the album. For me, this is the culmination of his earlier work and there's not much on it that's not perfect.
S**E
Time for Tom?
Like many of the best pleasures; good Scotch, leaf tea, walking at night in rain, you have to find Tom Waits when it's time.'Blue Valentine' is as a good a place to start as anywhere. The songwriting is second to none, but its an easy album to listen to.This album is brilliant: the question is only ' are you ready for it, yet' ?
T**K
Fantastic CD
My Husband is over the moon with this purchase. It arrived well packaged and quickly was exactly as described. I would highly recommend this seller and product and will be placing further orders.
L**R
Four Stars
It's was good. Unfortunately the cover was broken, but everything else was fine.
G**Y
A classic!
This is my second CD copy, having first owned the vinyl copy. Love this album. It is a classic that transcends time and ‘popular’ music
W**9
Lovley
Very nice mellow album 👌
M**T
put it on and look forward to great music.
Pick it up, put it on and look forward to great music.v
P**P
Beautiful
What can i say, when you're in the mood, this album takes a lot of beating, Kentucky Avenue is wonderful & romantic
A**.
Lindo
Um repertório emocionante em uma sonoridade impecável.
A**R
The greatest songwriter
This is the last one I needed to complete my Tom Waits studio collection. Now I need the live albums and the bootlegs. I'm a little obsessed
J**
Excelente
Excelente
L**R
Disque parfait
Disque parfait - répond parfaitement à mes attentes.
R**H
Five Stars
love it,tjhanks!
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