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Swordfishtrombones is an album by American singer-songwriter Tom Waits, released in September 1983. It was the first album that Waits produced himself and is marked as such by a sense of artistic freedom that would increasingly characterize his later work. Stylistically different from his previous LPs, Swordfishtrombones moves away from the piano and string orchestra arrangements of the late seventies replacing them instead with unusual instrumentation and a somewhat more abstract songwriting approach. Swordfishtrombones peaked at #164 on Billboard's Pop Albums and Billboard 200 albums chart. In 1989, Spin Magazine named Swordfishtrombones the second greatest album of all time.
| 1 | Underground | ♡ | 1:56 | Tom Waits / Francis Thumm |
| 2 | Shore Leave | ♡ | 4:13 | Tom Waits |
| 3 | Dave the Butcher | ♡ | 2:18 | Tom Waits |
| 4 | Johnsburg, Illinois | ♡ | 1:32 | Tom Waits / Francis Thumm |
| 5 | 16 Shells from a Thirty-Ought Six | ♡ | 4:27 | Tom Waits |
| 6 | Town With No Cheer | ♡ | 4:24 | Tom Waits |
| 7 | In the Neighborhood | ♡ | 3:04 | Tom Waits / Francis Thumm |
| 8 | Just Another Sucker on the Vine | ♡ | 1:39 | Tom Waits |
| 9 | Frank’s Wild Years | ♡ | 1:48 | Tom Waits |
| 10 | Swordfishtrombone | ♡ | 3:04 | Tom Waits |
| 11 | Down, Down, Down | ♡ | 2:10 | Tom Waits |
| 12 | Soldier’s Things | ♡ | 3:15 | Tom Waits |
| 13 | Gin Soaked Boy | ♡ | 2:21 | Tom Waits |
| 14 | Trouble’s Braids | ♡ | 1:15 | Tom Waits |
| 15 | Rainbirds | ♡ | 3:07 | Tom Waits / Francis Thumm |
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- AllMusic: https://www.allmusic.com/album/MW0000192781
Credits
Arranged By — Francis Thumm, Tom Waits Engineer — Bill Jackson, Peggy McCreary, Richard McKernan Mastered By — Jeff Sanders Mixed By — Biff Dawes Recorded By — Biff Dawes, Tim Boyle Written-By — Tom Waits Producer — Tom Waits
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