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Closing Time by Tom Waits
3,449,248 plays (159,250 listeners)
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Tracklist
| Track | Duration | Listeners | ||||
| 1 | Ol'55 | 4:00 | 9,586 | |||
| 2 | I Hope That I Don't Fall in Love With.. | 3:56 | 232 | |||
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Virginia Avenue | 3:10 | 70,767 | ||
| 4 | Midnight Lulaby | 3:27 | 294 | |||
| 5 | Martha | 4:23 | 88,291 | |||
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Lonely | 3:11 | 61,116 | ||
| 7 | Little Trip to Heaven | 3:01 | 13,596 | |||
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Closing Time | 4:20 | 63,047 | ||
| 9 | Tom Traubers Blues | 6:40 | 29 | |||
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Step Right Up | 5:40 | 85,006 | ||
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Jitterbug Boy | 3:39 | 36,769 | ||
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I Wish I Was in New Orleans | 4:51 | 33,515 | ||
| 13 | The Piano Has Been Drinking | 3:40 | 36,659 | |||
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Invitation to the Blues | 5:21 | 53,382 | ||
| 15 |
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Somewhere | 3:49 | 16,963 | ||
| 16 | Blue Valentine | 5:49 | 5,968 |
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About this album
Tom Waits’ debut album is a minor-key masterpiece filled with songs of late-night loneliness. Within the apparently narrow range of the cocktail bar pianistics and muttered vocals, Waits and producer Jerry Yester manage a surprisingly broad collection of styles, from the jazzy “Virginia Avenue” to the up-tempo funk of “Ice Cream Man” and from the acoustic guitar folkiness of “I Hope That I Don’t Fall in Love With You” to the saloon song “Midnight Lullaby,” which would have been a perfect addition to the repertoires of Frank Sinatra or Tony Bennett.
Waits’ entire musical approach is stylized, of course, and at times derivative — “Lonely” borrows a little too much from Randy Newman’s “I Think It’s Going to Rain Today” — and his lovelorn lyrics can be sentimental without being penetrating. But he also has a gift for gently rolling pop melodies, and he can come up with striking, original scenarios, as on the best songs, “Ol’ 55” and “Martha,” which Yester discreetly augments with strings. Closing Time announces the arrival of a talented songwriter whose self-conscious melancholy can be surprisingly moving.
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Shouts
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DaJuWi wrote:
heavenly
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kelspooky wrote:
"I tried Rain Dogs first... I didn't really take to it. I'm only three tracks into this so far, but it sounds really really good." Happened the same with me. Now I like Rain Dogs, but this one is a lot easier to love. I feel like every song is a masterpiece.
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Pseudovolhv wrote:
without a choice
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velvet_a wrote:
well, I Hope That I Don't Fall in Love With you.
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kinemascopio wrote:
absolutely perfect! <3
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JvPutten wrote:
His voice is so different then on Small Changes. What the hell happened to him?
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Mutanteakordeon wrote:
Omg M A S T E R P I E C E, you HAVE to listen this
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dany_f87 wrote:
So underrated is crazy
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bacteriatastic wrote:
*_*
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ubermenschean wrote:
Pure gold.
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poliphili92 wrote:
Yes, it's masterpiece. I love the atmosphere of the album, melancholic evening songs, and of course Tom voice.
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WatEenKutMuziek wrote:
very atmospheric album.
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baacardi wrote:
I tried Rain Dogs first... I didn't really take to it. I'm only three tracks into this so far, but it sounds really really good.
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Waendor wrote:
This album is a musical perfection.
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PollyMcShane wrote:
Love, love, love, love this album.
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Paloten4eg wrote:
Ice Cream Man is mad, love it!
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Dead_Zeppelin wrote:
Not my first waits album, but my favorite.
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Poisonsoul wrote:
Очень красивый альбом
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dtismajesty wrote:
Great night-time music, really. It's \missing the signature raspy voice, though...
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IceCreamMan92 wrote:
I've just bought a CD. Absolutely fantastic ;)
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