''Anthology of Tom Waits'' is the first "best of" compilation of

Tom Waits Thomas Alan Waits (born December 7, 1949) is an American musician, composer, songwriter, and actor. His lyrics often focus on the underbelly of society and are delivered in his trademark deep, gravelly voice. He worked primarily in jazz during ...

recordings, with tracks taken from his albums for

Asylum Records Asylum Records is an American record label, founded in 1971 by David Geffen and partner Elliot Roberts. It was taken over by Warner Communications (now the Warner Music Group) in 1972, and later merged with Elektra Records to become Elektra/As ...

. The cover is by

Matt Mahurin Matthew S. Mahurin (born January 31, 1959) is an American illustrator, photographer and film director. Mahurin's illustrations appear in ''Time'', ''Newsweek'', ''Mother Jones'', ''Rolling Stone'', ''Esquire'', ''Forbes'', and ''The New York Time ...

Track listing

Songs written by Tom Waits, except where noted. #"

Ol' '55 "Ol' '55" is a song by American musician Tom Waits. It is the opening track and lead single from Waits' debut studio album, '' Closing Time'', released in March 1973 on Asylum Records. Written by Waits and produced by Jerry Yester, "Ol' '55" was ...

" (from '' Closing Time'') – 3:55 #"Diamonds on My Windshield" (from ''

The Heart of Saturday Night ''The Heart of Saturday Night'' is the second studio album by singer and songwriter Tom Waits, released on October 15, 1974, on Asylum Records. The title song was written as a tribute to Jack Kerouac. The album marks the start of a decade-long co ...

'') – 3:10 #"Heart of Saturday Night" (from ''The Heart of Saturday Night'') – 3:50 #"I Hope That I Don't Fall in Love With You" (from ''Closing Time'') – 3:52 #"Martha" (from ''Closing Time'') – 4:26 #"Tom Traubert's Blues (Four Sheets to the Wind in Copenhagen)" (from '' Small Change'') – 6:32 #"The Piano Has Been Drinking (Not Me)" (from ''Small Change'') – 3:37 #"I Never Talk to Strangers" (from ''

Foreign Affairs ''Foreign Affairs'' is an American magazine of international relations and U.S. foreign policy published by the Council on Foreign Relations, a nonprofit, nonpartisan, membership organization and think tank specializing in U.S. foreign policy and ...

'') – 3:37 #"Somewhere (From ''

West Side Story ''West Side Story'' is a musical conceived by Jerome Robbins with music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and a book by Arthur Laurents. Inspired by William Shakespeare's play ''Romeo and Juliet'', the story is set in the mid-1 ...

'')" (Bernstein, Sondheim) (from '' Blue Valentine'') – 3:50 #"Burma Shave" (from ''Foreign Affairs'') – 6:40 #" Jersey Girl" (from ''

Heartattack and Vine ''Heartattack and Vine'' is the seventh studio album by Tom Waits, released on September 9, 1980, and his final album to be released on the Asylum Records, Asylum label. "On the Nickel" was recorded for On the Nickel, the Ralph Waite film of the ...

'') – 5:08 #"San Diego Serenade" (from ''The Heart of Saturday Night'') – 3:25 #"A Sight for Sore Eyes" (from ''Foreign Affairs'') – 4:39

References

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