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Tom Waits’ seminal 1985 album Rain Dogs still stands as one of the most significant moments in his discography.
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TOM WAITS – RAIN DOGS / 1985 / ISLAND / SINGER-SONGWRITER, EXPERIMENTAL ROCK, BLUES ROCK, DARK CABARET
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Rain Dogs
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Tom Waits' Rain Dogs: Solo Piano
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I know these are classic reviews, but I’d still prefer there to be a Fav/Least Fav section in the D-box. Perhaps Anthony could add that part back for the next batch of classic reviews?
Listened to this awful crap. 1/10.
Got into Tom Waits in sixth grade after watching “the Outsiders”. Playing this greaser that has seen the world one too many times. Only a thirty second cameo. My teacher told me the guy had a music career which I’m still surprised he has the appetite for. The fucking record collection is in the classroom. I remember a lot of 80s dad rock (Police, Dire Straits, Huey Lewis, Foreigner)
Thanks Mr. Hale.
Keith Richards plays guitar on “Big Black Marriah.”
Corey Feldman should take the Tom Waits route
A great album! and I know I’ll get crucified for this. But I like Rod Stewart’s version of downtime train better….
nice death records
RAIN dogs was the first tom waits album a ever had…rain dogs(the song) ….i used to cry myself to sleep to
best thing you said “he’s all over the place vocally”, that is like always so true.
please review nighthawks.
the rhythm guitar on downtown train is played though on overdriven vintage amp with tom’s thumb, literally the least 80s thing thinkable
tom waits is my favorite!!!i mean…just listen to he’s voice…
dark side of the moon
Tom Waits’ best albums: Swordfishtrombones, Rain Dogs, Bone Machine, Mule Variations….if he’d just made those four albums he’d be one of the greatest ever!
Well…you almost ruined Rain Dogs for me…
Great review of Rain Dogs. Tom Waits = Genius!!!
How can you talk about this album for 16 minutes and NOT mention it is the first time Marc Ribot ever played on a Tom Waits album?
Yeezus, i didn’t know that i have to love all the classics. Seems like i’m going to jail because i really hate the wall, it’s obnoxious
i’ve been listening to this a lot this past week and today i’ve barely stopped myself from dancing to singapore in the grocery store while buying cereal.
Just bought myself this on vinyl so fucking happy this album is so insanely good.
This album sounds like willy wonka 0/10
Solid review. Tom is something like an actor doing a play in each song. And this is the first of the “junkyard orchestra” albums. My favorite album of his is “Alice.”
reviewing both raindogs AND chocolate and cheese in one week? very nice.
Best to worst is what Tom Waits at least deserves.
there aren’t any synths on cemetery polka you idiot
I don’t really think singapore is literally about singapore, i think he’s using it as a metaphor for the abandon of travel, specifically here in the context of naughty boys, merchant sailors.. he mentions paris, a moorish woman, italy, etc…
to me the song is kind of like a revisit of the title track from ‘foreign affair’, or ‘share leave’ from swordfish trombones, from from a different perspective..
If you say anything bad, I’ll sick a cursed, one-armed circus performer on your family’s coal mine.
There is no way that Anywhere I Lay My Head is meant as an honestly warm goodbye. It comes across much more as something sung from the perspective of a delusional tramp who’s lost everything and is desperately trying to convince himself that his place in life hasn’t hit rock bottom
If the world is upside down and your pockets are filled up with gold then that gold probably isn’t going to stay with you very long after your inebriation wears off
That’s a damn good review.
We are all entitled to our opinion when it comes to art, but I don’t know how you couldn’t appreciate “downtown train” on this album. Yes, it is a bit more “produced” and traditional for Waits, but it is a really well written song! It adds to the sheer versatility of the album as a whole, IMO.
This is one of my top 5 albums of all time.
Tom knows how to hit ya in the feels when he wants to my man
WORST TO BEST PLEASE!
As a comment on your very accurate review, I would like to add, that the clunky, more raw and stumbelin sound and feel, that´s on the album, is already apparent on “Heartattck and wine”. He is still in his old barflypersona, but at the same time the titletrack is showing, where he will be going on the next two albums…..
also worth noting that parts of this album was the soundtrack to the Jim Jarmusch film “Down by Law” from 1986, where Tom acted a major role.
in any case “Rain Dogs” is my favourite Tom Waits album by far and has a lot of my favourite songs by him.
Cal: For what?
Anthony : What?
Cal: What he waits for?
Remember from the Hopsin and Joanna Newsom review?
I could listen to Anthony saying clap hands all day
Down town train sounds like a Bruce Springstein number, that’s where the oddity is. It’s so odd in the whole of raindogs
Where is my “The Black Rider” shout out?
Why do you put those stupid max headroom edits in your videos? Its distracting and ridiculous.
I thought you were gonna shit on Tom but you came around and followed him up the road, great review!
I’ve known every word to every song off of this album since I was 15, for better or worse.
One of my favorite albums.
Whats the rating???
Best. Album. Ever.