''Asylum Years'' is the second "best of" compilation covering

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' Asylum Records years. The album retreads more than half of the track-listing of ''

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''. While never officially released in the US during its initial run, the compilation is readily available on the

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since Anti- Records acquired the rights to Waits's Asylum catalog in 2017.

Track listing (CD version)

Songs written by Tom Waits, except where noted. # "Diamonds on My Windshield" - 3:08 # "(Looking For) The Heart of Saturday Night" - 3:55 # "Martha" - 4:29 # "The Ghosts of Saturday Night (After Hours at Napoleone's Pizza House)" - 3:14 # "Grapefruit Moon" - 4:49 # "Small Change" - 5:05 # "Burma Shave" - 6:33 # "I Never Talk to Strangers" - 3:41 # "Tom Traubert's Blues" - 6:34 # "Blue Valentines" - 5:54 # "Potter's Field" (

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, Waits) - 8:44 # " Kentucky Avenue" - 4:51 # " Somewhere (From ''

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'')" (

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