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Swordfishtrombones is the eighth studio album by American singer-songwriter Tom Waits, released in 1983 on Island Records.It was the first album that Waits self-produced. Stylistically different from his previous albums, Swordfishtrombones moves away from conventional piano-based songwriting towards unusual instrumentation and a somewhat more abstract and experimental rock approach.
Tom Waits was born and raised in a middle-class family in Pomona, California. Inspired by the work of Bob Dylan and the Beat Generation, he began singing on the San Diego folk circuit. [3] [4] He relocated to Los Angeles in 1972, where he worked as a songwriter before signing a recording contract with Asylum Records.
"Underground", a song by Tom Waits from Swordfishtrombones "Underground", song by Men at Work from Business as Usual , 1980s "Underground" (David Bowie song) , featured in the film Labyrinth
The final album Waits recorded for Island Records was the first of three collaborations with theater director Robert Wilson. Beat poet icon William S. Burroughs wrote the play, one of his last ...
Waits has also released one video album and 16 music videos. Waits's debut release was the 1973 single "Ol' '55", which was the lead single for his debut album Closing Time (1973). He began recording in 1971, but these first sessions would not be released until the beginning of the 1990s. For most of the 1970s he recorded for Asylum Records.
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Tom Waits – lead vocals, production; Musicians. Randy Aldcroft – baritone horn Victor Feldman – Hammond B-3 organ, snare drum, bells; Stephen Taylor Arvizu Hodges – drums, parade drum, cymbals
"16 Shells From a Thirty-Ought-Six" is a song by Tom Waits appearing on his 1983 album Swordfishtrombones. In 1988, it was released as a single in support of his live performance album Big Time. [1] The title refers to the .30-06 Springfield caliber.