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Tom Waits pulled off a neat trick with the 1983 release of Swordfishtrombones: he disengaged himself from the present (and his own recent achievements) and allied himself with the past. And yet no one could accuse him of becoming mired in nostalgia. A decade before the phrase lo-fi gained favor, Waits purposely ravaged his songs by stomping them into peculiar shapes and utilizing arcane instruments and recording techniques to further bend them into new kinds of aural sculptures. The result was a genuine musical breakthrough. Beautiful Maladies gathers 23 tracks from Waits's seven post-Swordfishtrombones Island LPs. Th
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Manufacturer: Island
Release date: 16 June 1998
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 0731452451927 UPC: 731452451927
Release date: 16 June 1998
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 0731452451927 UPC: 731452451927
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500 CDs You Must Own Before You Die! (500 music items)"The world awaits a compilation bringing Waits’s ISLAND output together with his earlier Asylum period, but this illuminates most of the darker corners of the human psyche via his classic songwriting and avant-garde doodling. Standout track: “Downtown Train”"
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Best Albums of 1998
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