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If Closing Time, Tom Waits' debut album, consisted of love songs set in a late-night world of bars and neon signs, its follow-up, The Heart of Saturday Night, largely dispenses with the romance in favor of poetic depictions of the same setting. On "Diamonds on My Windshield" and "The Ghosts of Saturday Night," Waits doesn't even sing, instead reciting his verse rhythmically against bass and drums like a Beat hipster. Musically, the album contains the same mixture of folk, blues, and jazz as its predecessor, with producer Bones Howe occasionally bringing in an orchestra to underscore the loping melodies. Waits'
| 1 | New Coat of Paint | ♡ | 3:23 | Tom Waits / Bob Alcivar |
| 2 | San Diego Serenade | ♡ | 3:30 | Tom Waits / Bob Alcivar |
| 3 | Semi Suite | ♡ | 3:28 | Tom Waits / Bob Alcivar |
| 4 | Shiver Me Timbers | ♡ | 4:26 | Tom Waits / Bob Alcivar |
| 5 | Diamonds On My Windshield | ♡ | 3:07 | Tom Waits / Bob Alcivar |
| 6 | (Looking For) The Heart of Saturday Night | ♡ | 3:56 | Tom Waits / Bob Alcivar |
| 7 | Fumblin’ With The Blues | ♡ | 3:03 | Tom Waits / Bob Alcivar |
| 8 | Please Call Me, Baby | ♡ | 4:25 | Tom Waits / Bob Alcivar |
| 9 | Depot, Depot | ♡ | 3:46 | Tom Waits / Bob Alcivar |
| 10 | Drunk On The Moon | ♡ | 5:06 | Tom Waits / Bob Alcivar |
| 11 | The Ghosts Of Saturday Night [After Hours At Napoleone’s Pizza House] | ♡ | 3:17 | Tom Waits / Bob Alcivar |
Links
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R:\__Rock & Roll\Tom Waits\1974. Tom Waits - The Heart Of Saturday Night (Asylum Records, Elektra 1989) [LP][24-192] - Explorer: Open folder
- AllMusic: https://www.allmusic.com/album/MW0000198247
Credits
Engineer — Bones Howe, Geoff Howe Mastered By — Terry Dunavan Other — Herb Cohen Producer — Bones Howe Songwriter — Tom Waits Vocals — Tom Waits
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