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Tom Waits’ Debut Album ‘Closing Time’ Turns 50 | Album Anniversary

March 3, 2023 Libby Cudmore
Tom Waits Debut Album Closing Time

Waits’ debut is heart-cracked, paperback poetry set on melodies soaked in rainwater and a lonely night’s last drink. No pretentions. No sarcasm.

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Celebrating 35 Years of Tom Waits’ ‘Franks Wild Years’ | Album Anniversary

August 14, 2022 Libby Cudmore
Tom Waits Franks Wild Years

Three-and-a-half decades on, ‘Franks Wild Years’ hasn’t aged a day. It's still new and wild and fresh as a ramble of tiger lily alongside the highway.

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Tom Waits’ ‘Alice’ & ‘Blood Money’ Turn 20 | Anniversary Retrospective

May 6, 2022 Brian Grosz

Both written to be soundtracks for theatrical productions, ‘Alice’ will lull you into a comfortable depression and ‘Blood Money’ will make you want to kill.

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