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Swordfishtrombones
Sign in to saveSwordfishtrombones is the eighth studio album by American singer-songwriter Tom Waits, released in 1983 on Island Records. It was the first of his albums that Waits produced on his own. 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. The album peaked at No. 167 on the Billboard Pop Albums and 200 albums charts.
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- Album
- Artist
- Tom Waits
- First released
- 1983-09-01
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Swordfishtrombones are Karel Krtička on guitar, Miloš Rejsek singing, playing harmonica and accordion, Alois Ponížil blowing horns, Martin Zaplatílek on bass frequentions and Dan Petr behind a basic drum set. A post-rock musical assembly from Brno, Czech Republic. The albums of the band are emotional blueprints, some raw and documentary some psychedelic and rock polished elaborated studio takes and mixes. The mixture defines unique universe of this wonderful music. <a href="https://www.last.fm/m
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- Album.name
- Swordfishtrombones
- Album.type
- studio
- Album.artist
- Tom Waits
- Album.cover
- TomWaitsSwordfishtrombones.jpg
- Album.released
- September 1, 1983
- Album.recorded
- August 1982
- Album.studio
- Sunset Sound, Hollywood, California
- Album.genre
- Experimental rock
- Album.length
- 41:41
- Album.label
- Island
- Album.producer
- Tom Waits
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- One from the Heart
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- 1982
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- Anthology of Tom Waits
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- 1985
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- 1983-09-01
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- Swordfishtrombones
- number of parts of this work
- 15
- review score
- 5
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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 of his albums that Waits produced on his own. 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. The album peaked at No. 167 on the Billboard Pop Albums and 200 albums charts.
It is often considered the first in a loose trilogy that includes Rain Dogs and Franks Wild Years. According to The Guardian, "These are records of startling originality and playfulness, of cacophonous discord and sudden heartbreaking melody, in which it seemed the artist was trying to incorporate the whole history of American song into his loose-limbed poetic storytelling."