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Tom Waits
Thomas Alan "Tom" Waits is an American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor. Waits has a distinctive voice, described by critic Daniel Durchholz as sounding "like it was soaked in a vat of bourbon, left hanging in the smokehouse for a few months, and then taken outside and run over with a car."...

 compilation album, consisting of previously-released songs from his years recording with Island Records
Island Records
Island Records is a record label that was founded by Chris Blackwell in Jamaica. It was based in the United Kingdom for many years and is now owned by Universal Music Group...

, most notably from the albums Swordfishtrombones
Swordfishtrombones
Swordfishtrombones is an album by American singer-songwriter Tom Waits, released in September 1983. It was the first album that Waits produced himself....

, Rain Dogs
Rain Dogs
Rain Dogs is the 9th album by American singer-songwriter Tom Waits, released in August 1985 on Island Records. A loose concept album about "the urban dispossessed" of New York City, Rain Dogs is generally considered the middle album of a trilogy that includes Swordfishtrombones and Franks Wild...

, Big Time and Franks Wild Years
Franks Wild Years
Franks Wild Years is an album by Tom Waits, released 1987 on Island Records. Subtitled "Un Operachi Romantico in Two Acts", the album contains songs written by Waits and collaborators for a play of the same name...

. The tracks were selected by Tom Waits. The album was released in 1998, but represents Waits's output from 1983 to 1993.

Track listing

  1. "Hang On St. Christopher" (originally on the album Franks Wild Years
    Franks Wild Years
    Franks Wild Years is an album by Tom Waits, released 1987 on Island Records. Subtitled "Un Operachi Romantico in Two Acts", the album contains songs written by Waits and collaborators for a play of the same name...

    )
    - 2:44
  2. "Temptation" (originally on the album Franks Wild Years) - 3:53
  3. "Clap Hands" (originally on the album Rain Dogs
    Rain Dogs
    Rain Dogs is the 9th album by American singer-songwriter Tom Waits, released in August 1985 on Island Records. A loose concept album about "the urban dispossessed" of New York City, Rain Dogs is generally considered the middle album of a trilogy that includes Swordfishtrombones and Franks Wild...

    )
    - 3:48
  4. "The Black Rider" (originally on the album The Black Rider
    The Black Rider (album)
    The Black Rider is an album by Tom Waits, released in 1993 on Island Records. The album contains studio versions of songs Waits wrote for the play The Black Rider, directed by Robert Wilson and co-written by William S. Burroughs...

    )
    - 3:23
  5. "Underground" (originally on the album Swordfishtrombones
    Swordfishtrombones
    Swordfishtrombones is an album by American singer-songwriter Tom Waits, released in September 1983. It was the first album that Waits produced himself....

    )
    - 1:59
  6. "Jockey Full Of Bourbon" (originally on the album Rain Dogs) - 2:47
  7. "Earth Died Screaming" (originally on the album Bone Machine
    Bone Machine
    Bone Machine is a critically acclaimed and award-winning album by Tom Waits, released in 1992 on Island Records. It won a Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album, and features guest appearances by Los Lobos' David Hidalgo, Primus' Les Claypool, and The Rolling Stones' Keith Richards.Bone...

    )
    - 3:38
  8. "Innocent When You Dream (78)" (originally on the album Franks Wild Years) - 3:09
  9. "Straight To The Top" (originally on the album Franks Wild Years) - 2:28
  10. "Frank's Wild Years" (originally on the album Swordfishtrombones) - 1:52
  11. "Singapore" (originally on the album Rain Dogs) - 2:45
  12. "Shore Leave" (originally on the album Swordfishtrombones) - 4:18
  13. "Johnsburg, Illinois
    Johnsburg, Illinois
    Johnsburg is a northwest suburban Chicago village in McHenry County, Illinois, United States. The population was 5,391 at the 2000 census.-History:...

    " (originally on the album Swordfishtrombones) - 1:34
  14. "Way Down In The Hole" (originally on the album Franks Wild Years) - 3:30
  15. "Strange Weather (Live)" (originally on the album Big Time) - 3:34
  16. "Cold, Cold Ground (Live)" (originally on the album Big Time) - 3:27
  17. "November" (originally on the album The Black Rider) - 2:55
  18. "Downtown Train
    Downtown Train
    "Downtown Train" is a song by Tom Waits released on his album Rain Dogs in 1985.The promo video for the song was directed by Jean-Baptiste Mondino and features the boxer Jake LaMotta....

    " (originally on the album Rain Dogs) - 3:51
  19. "16 Shells From A Thirty-Ought Six" (originally on the album Swordfishtrombones) - 4:33
  20. "Jesus Gonna Be Here" (originally on the album Bone Machine) - 3:19
  21. "Good Old World (Waltz)" (originally on the album Night on Earth) - 3:55
  22. "I Don't Wanna Grow Up" (originally on the album Bone Machine) - 2:32
  23. "Time" (originally on the album Rain Dogs) - 3:53
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