Artist: Tom Waits
Album: Swordfishtrombones (2023 Remaster)
Genre: Jazz Rock, Blues Rock, Experimental Rock
Release Date: 1983/2023
Audio Format:: FLAC (tracks) 24 bit, 192 kHz
Duration: 41:43
Total Tracks: 15
Total Size: 1,40 GB

Tracklist:

1-1. Tom Waits – Underground (2023 Remaster) (02:00)
1-2. Tom Waits – Shore Leave (2023 Remaster) (04:16)
1-3. Tom Waits – Dave The Butcher (2023 Remaster) (02:19)
1-4. Tom Waits – Johnsburg, Illinois (2023 Remaster) (01:33)
1-5. Tom Waits – 16 Shells From A 30.6 (2023 Remaster) (04:31)
1-6. Tom Waits – Town With No Cheer (2023 Remaster) (04:26)
1-7. Tom Waits – In The Neighbourhood (2023 Remaster) (03:06)
1-8. Tom Waits – Just Another Sucker On The Vine (2023 Remaster) (01:47)
1-9. Tom Waits – Frank’s Wild Years (2023 Remaster) (01:53)
1-10. Tom Waits – Swordfishtrombone (2023 Remaster) (03:08)
1-11. Tom Waits – Down, Down, Down (2023 Remaster) (02:15)
1-12. Tom Waits – Soldier’s Things (2023 Remaster) (03:22)
1-13. Tom Waits – Gin Soaked Boy (2023 Remaster) (02:23)
1-14. Tom Waits – Trouble’s Braids (2023 Remaster) (01:21)
1-15. Tom Waits – Rainbirds (2023 Remaster) (03:16)

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The first album on the Island Records label and the first album produced by Tom himself. Swordfishtrombones was a new milestone in Waits’ musical career. On this album, he departs from the usual piano accompanied by a string orchestra and replaces it with a variety of exotic instruments, nicknamed by him “junkyard orchestra”, that is, “dump orchestra”. The lyrics become more abstract. Jazz and blues with elements of folk and rock fade into the background, Tom’s new genre is defined as experimental rock, since his new music is not like any of the rock genres in its purest form. Swordfishtrombones has been recognized by many critics as one of Waits’ best albums, for example, Spin magazine ranked it second in the list of the “25 Greatest Albums of all time”Under a symbolic change in labels (Asylum for Island), Tom Waits is changing style! With this revolutionary masterpiece, the Californian moves away from his bluesy Randy Newman spirit, where Broadway is reignited by the originality of the violin and jazz piano pasodoble. We now see him incorporate a sense of European decadence,welcoming the cabaret spirit of the Brecht/Weill tandem into his music. UFO noises, atypical instruments, crazy vocal production; Swordfishtrombones is a carnival of sounds and atmospheres where the madness is never far (Captain Beefheart sometimes comes to mind). A grand barnum; Uncle Tom dons a costume he never will again. A ramshackle Mr Loyal, with a blues soul and an avant-garde pen, howling like a wolf. A Howlin’ Wolf, of course… – Marc Zisman