Tom Waits
Closing Time
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Tracklist
| Track | Duration | Listeners | ||||
| 1 | Ol'55 | 4:00 | 5,823 | |||
| 2 | I Hope That I Don't Fall in Love With.. | 3:56 | 50 | |||
| 3 |
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Virginia Avenue full track | 5:22 | 43,185 | ||
| 4 | Midnight Lulaby | 3:27 | 60 | |||
| 5 | Martha | 4:23 | 51,632 | |||
| 6 | Lonely | 3:13 | 36,649 | |||
| 7 |
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Little Trip to Heaven full track | 3:01 | 8,548 | ||
| 8 | Closing Time | 4:22 | 38,586 | |||
| 9 | Tom Traubers Blues | 6:40 | 13 | |||
| 10 |
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Step Right Up | 5:43 | 60,140 | ||
| 11 |
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Jitterbug Boy | 3:44 | 23,240 | ||
| 12 |
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I Wish I was in New Orleans | 4:53 | 22,970 | ||
| 13 |
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The Piano Has Been Drinking | 3:40 | 25,762 | ||
| 14 |
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Invitation to the Blues | 5:24 | 35,744 | ||
| 15 | Somewhere | 3:51 | 9,637 | |||
| 16 | Blue Valentine | 5:49 | 4,587 |
About this album
Closing Time is the debut album of Tom Waits, released in 1973 on Asylum Records, produced and arranged by former Lovin’ Spoonful member Jerry Yester.
Contrary to some belief, the song “Ice Cream Man” is a Waits original, not a cover of the John Brim blues standard of the same title. Waits’ version, however, was covered in 1993 by Screamin’ Jay Hawkins for his album Black Music for White People.
The song “Midnight Lullaby” borrows its opening line from the English nursery rhyme “Sing a Song of Sixpence”.
The album’s producer Jerry Yester described the recording process for Closing Time thus:
Tom’s real easy to work with, we had a real good relationship. I really wasn’t interested in telling him what to do. I just wanted to get the music out of him. That was the important thing. So, we talked about how he wanted to do it and I would make suggestions. There was a very good relationship between all of the band members. That album was absolutely the easiest one I’ve ever done in my life. It was done in, like, a week and a half … in the studio at Sunset Sound. One reason it was good, I think, was we couldn’t get the nighttime hours that I was looking for. We had to come in from ten to five every day. It took two days to get used to it, but once we did it was great. We were even awake when we got there, and it was like a job. Everybody was real alert and into it. We took our lunch breaks, came back and worked again. And we had the evening to do something with. It was like being human, you know?
Contrary to some belief, the song “
Ice Cream Man” is a Waits original, not a cover of the John Brim blues standard of the same title. Waits’ version, however, was covered in 1993 by Screamin’ Jay Hawkins for his album Black Music for White People.The song “Midnight Lullaby” borrows its opening line from the English nursery rhyme “Sing a Song of Sixpence”.
The album’s producer Jerry Yester described the recording process for Closing Time thus:
Tom’s real easy to work with, we had a real good relationship. I really wasn’t interested in telling him what to do. I just wanted to get the music out of him. That was the important thing. So, we talked about how he wanted to do it and I would make suggestions. There was a very good relationship between all of the band members. That album was absolutely the easiest one I’ve ever done in my life. It was done in, like, a week and a half … in the studio at Sunset Sound. One reason it was good, I think, was we couldn’t get the nighttime hours that I was looking for. We had to come in from ten to five every day. It took two days to get used to it, but once we did it was great. We were even awake when we got there, and it was like a job. Everybody was real alert and into it. We took our lunch breaks, came back and worked again. And we had the evening to do something with. It was like being human, you know?
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Shouts
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markozbod wrote:
this is so beautiful. Tom you are the man
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lovelyfacehuger wrote:
efiut: wtf indeed. haha
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efiut wrote:
9 Tom Traubers Blues 6:40 11 10 Step Right Up 5:43 56 218 11 Jitterbug Boy 3:44 22 114 12 I Wish I was in New Orleans 4:53 21 639 13 The Piano Has Been Drinking 3:40 24 693 14 Invitation to the Blues 5:24 33 194 15 Somewhere 3:51 8 868 16 Blue Valentine 5:49 4 391 WTF?
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TaxMonkey wrote:
It's alright, but you can hear that Waits hasn't quite found his own style yet.
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betavertion wrote:
Fantastic album.
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HerrSalami wrote:
First listen. Love it.
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yodro241 wrote:
First time listening and already I'm loving it. Cannpt believe how different Waits's voice is here!! Feels very nostalgic and melancholy. Ol' 55 makes me feel goosebumps.
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HenryRattlehead wrote:
Beautiful album.
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bowie_fan87 wrote:
Well, the album is perfect when it has the correct tracklisting.
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bowie_fan87 wrote:
This album is perfect.
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Loose_Screw wrote:
Holy shit. I'm just starting to listen to Tom Waits, and this could be the beginning of something amazing! Love this album.
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BraaainDamage wrote:
Is the tracklist right?! I dont think so... Anyway, this is my favorite album from tom waits. just awesome
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throwingshapes wrote:
my favourite of tom waits, martha is amazing.
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Viking36 wrote:
Just ordered it from my music store. I NEED all of his albums, i'm hooked....
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praisingfolly wrote:
Gorgeous, haunting album. A great debut. Not up to the level of his later work, IMO, but it's so different that it's worth listening to.
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psychbabble wrote:
Sit back..shut your eyes and invoke all those memories.."Lets have another stout..."..Liquid valium!!!
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AmenCorner wrote:
Charming.
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roapte wrote:
charming
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lm525 wrote:
Agre Margybee ...doing it right now
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doyone wrote:
WHAT A BEAUTIFUL RECORD
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