Posted by Nolol on 2/19/2012, 10:24 am, in reply to "Re: There's never been a period of my life where I wasn't a massive Tom Waits fan"
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I think the reason most people recommend Rain Dogs as a starting point has to do with the fact that it pretty much summarizes everything great about Tom Waits and puts it into a somewhat more tonic form than on, say, Swordfishtrombones or Bone Machine.
That being said, despite it being my favorite Tom Waits album (and one of my favorite albums period) I wouldn't recommend it as a starting point. I'd just recommend starting with Closing Time and working your way down.
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: I bought my first Tom Waits album ("Rain
: Dogs") in 2001 with Christmas gift
: money. It took me a couple of listens to get
: beyond the voice.
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: My roomate in the summer of 2001 was a huge
: Tom Waits fan and loooooved "Mule
: Variations."
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