Tom Waits – Rain Dogs (2023 Remaster) (1985/2023) [FLAC 24bit/192kHz]

Tom Waits – Rain Dogs (2023 Remaster) (1985/2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 53:54 minutes | 1,84 GB | Genre: Experimental Rock, Folk Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Island Records (The Island Def Jam Music Group / Universal Music)

Rain Dogs is the ninth studio album by American singer-songwriter Tom Waits, released in September 1985 on Island Records. A loose concept album about “the urban dispossessed” of New York City, Rain Dogs is generally considered the middle album of a trilogy that includes Swordfishtrombones and Franks Wild Years.

The album, which includes appearances by guitarists Keith Richards and Marc Ribot, is noted for its broad spectrum of musical styles and genres, described by Arion Berger in a 2002 review in Rolling Stone as merging “outsider influences – socialist decadence by way of Kurt Weill, pre-rock integrity from old dirty blues, the elegiac melancholy of New Orleans funeral – into a singularly idiosyncratic American style.”

The album peaked at number 29 on the UK charts and number 188 on the US Billboard Top 200. In 1989, it was ranked number 21 on the Rolling Stone list of the “100 greatest albums of the 1980s.” In 2012, the album was ranked number 399 on the magazine’s list of “The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time”, and at number 357 in 2020.Beginning with Swordfishtrombones, released in September 1983, Tom Waits’ turn towards cabaret blues-rock (that had more to do with Bertolt Brecht than George Gerswhin) was brilliantly confirmed on Rain Dogs two years later. Marc Ribot, the genius behind this masterstroke, brought a unique, unregimented guitar sound to the Californian bluesman, finding a perfect osmosis with his wavering organ. Also on six-string, another big name was on hand for a few tracks: Keith Richards! With his crazy stories, improbable stopovers between New York and Singapore, UFO sounds, disfigured blues and drunken waltzes, Waits dares to do it all, and delivers some of his finest songs, such as Downtown Train and Jockey Full Of Bourbon. Behind the brilliant array of crazier instruments that give our modern-day Howlin’ Wolf his unique identity, Rain Dogs offers some truly timeless songs. – Marc Zisman

Tracklist:

1-1. Tom Waits – Singapore (2023 Remaster) (02:45)
1-2. Tom Waits – Clap Hands (2023 Remaster) (03:47)
1-3. Tom Waits – Cemetery Polka (2023 Remaster) (01:46)
1-4. Tom Waits – Jockey Full Of Bourbon (2023 Remaster) (02:46)
1-5. Tom Waits – Tango Till They’re Sore (2023 Remaster) (02:51)
1-6. Tom Waits – Big Black Mariah (2023 Remaster) (02:43)
1-7. Tom Waits – Diamonds And Gold (2023 Remaster) (02:31)
1-8. Tom Waits – Hang Down Your Head (2023 Remaster) (02:32)
1-9. Tom Waits – Time (2023 Remaster) (03:55)
1-10. Tom Waits – Rain Dogs (2023 Remaster) (02:56)
1-11. Tom Waits – Midtown (2023 Remaster) (01:02)
1-12. Tom Waits – 9th & Hennepin (2023 Remaster) (01:56)
1-13. Tom Waits – Gun Street Girl (2023 Remaster) (04:36)
1-14. Tom Waits – Union Square (2023 Remaster) (02:24)
1-15. Tom Waits – Blind Love (2023 Remaster) (04:19)
1-16. Tom Waits – Walking Spanish (2023 Remaster) (03:06)
1-17. Tom Waits – Downtown Train (2023 Remaster) (03:52)
1-18. Tom Waits – Bride Of Rain Dog (2023 Remaster) (01:09)
1-19. Tom Waits – Anywhere I Lay My Head (2023 Remaster) (02:49)

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