Tom Waits For Everyone

For those who didn't figure it out before, Tom Waits is my hero. Like, honestly. He's my all time favorite musician and this album is another testament to his pure genius. I can not recommend his music any higher than this. He is absolutely brilliant.

Tom Waits - Small Change (1976)

Okay, so a bunch of people got the other Tom Waits album I uploaded, Rain Dogs (isn't it AWESOME?), and I figured the natural progression would be my other favorite Tom Waits album and probably the most inviting out of all of them. Yeah, I know, the album cover features Mr. Waits himself... with a stripper... both looking sullen and lonely... That's... that's what this album feels like, to be honest. It's a jazz album at its heart, with Waits wailing in a lighter, younger version of his trademark growl, but with beautiful, beautiful backing music.

Songs are melodramatic and touching, with lyrics like "the large print giveth and the small print taketh away," "the piano has been drinking, not me," and "I don't have a drinking problem unless I can't get a drink," Waits' light humor really makes him sound like a down-on-his-luck bum from the 20's, just singin' a little song for you. I guess the real charm is how HONEST the whole cd is. Waits croons about lost love, strippers, advertisements, drinking, getting drunk, needing a drink, being drunk, and pretty much everything else. His song titles complete the image, with tracks like "Bad Liver And A Broken Heart," and "I Can't Wait To Get Off Work (So I Can See My Baby)," you know what you're in for. Tom Waits seems like a timeless character, and this album is what really established him as the genius that he is.

Oh yeah, and Tom Traubert's Blues is probably one of the greatest songs ever written by anyone. It's so unbelievably good.

Recommended Tracks: Step Right Up, The Piano Has Been Drinking, The One That Got Away, Tom Traubert's Blues
Genres: Jazz, Rock, Blues
Link: http://www.mediafire.com(SLASH)?dqwyyyyniwm