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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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Swordfishtrombones is a studio album by Tom Waits, released in 1983. The work falls under the genres of experimental rock and rock. It was produced by Waits and published by Island Records in the United States. The album contains fifteen tracks and is presented in the English language.
The release is available in multiple distribution formats, including LP record, compact disc, music streaming, and music download. It has received a review score of 5. The project represents a single part of the creative work.
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Key facts
- 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
- Album.prev_title
- One from the Heart
- Album.prev_year
- 1982
- Album.next_title
- Anthology of Tom Waits
- Album.next_year
- 1985
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- album
- Genre
- experimental rock
- Producer
- Tom Waits
- Duration
- 2431
- Performer
- Tom Waits
- Record label
- Island Records
- Distribution format
- music download
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- publication date
- 1983-09-01
- form of creative work
- studio album
- title
- Swordfishtrombones
- number of parts of this work
- 15
- place of publication
- United States
- language of work or name
- English language
- 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."
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