Description:Rain Dogs is the 9th album by American singer-songwriter Tom Waits, released in August 1985 on Island Records. A loose concept album about "the urban dispossessed" of New York City, Rain Dogs is generally considered the middle album of a trilogy that includes Swordfishtrombones and Franks Wild Years.
The album, which inclRain Dogs is the 9th album by American singer-songwriter Tom Waits, released in August 1985 on Island Records. A loose concept album about "the urban dispossessed" of New York City, Rain Dogs is generally considered the middle album of a trilogy that includes Swordfishtrombones and Franks Wild Years.
The album, which includes appearances by guitarists Keith Richards and Marc Ribot, is noted for its broad spectrum of musical styles and genres, described by Rolling Stone as merging "Kurt Weill, pre-rock integrity from old dirty blues, [and] the elegiac melancholy of New Orleans funeral brass, into a singularly idiosyncratic American style."... (more)(less)
Manufacturer : Island Release date : 30 September 1985 Number of discs : 1 EAN: 0042282638229 UPC: 042282638229
"We sail tonight for Singapore
We're all as mad as hatters here
I've fallen for tawny moor
Took off to the land of Nod
Drank with all the Chinamen
Walked the sewers of Paris
I danced along a colored wind
Dangled from a rope of sand
You must say goodbye to me
We sail tonight for Singapore
Don't fall asleep while you're ashore
Cross your heart and hope to die
When you hear the children cry.
Let marrow bone and cleaver choose
While making feet for children shoes
Through the alley
Ba"
Jamie M. added this to a list 1 year, 3 months ago
"Tom Waits makes me feel like a man. His lyrics touch something primal, dark and human. Like a walk down roads of past Americana with a man who gargles razorblades, chain smokes Lucky Strikes and swallows a gallon of bourbon a day. "
Ruisperkele added this to a list 1 year, 7 months ago
"1985
Favourite song: "Tango Till They're Sore"
Favourite moment: FULL of them. From the banging sounds of "Big Black Mariah" to the barking vocals of "Singapore", the heavenly accordion intro of the title track and the salvation army band fading out on the last track."
ToniJJJ added this to a list 3 years, 2 months ago