Blue Valentine (album)
This article is about the album. For the film, see Blue Valentine (film).
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| Studio album by Tom Waits | ||||
| Released | September 1978 | |||
| Recorded | July 24–August 26, 1978 at Filmways/Heider Recording in San Francisco, California | |||
| Genre | Rock, blues, jazz | |||
| Length | 49:09 | |||
| Label | Asylum | |||
| Producer | Bones Howe | |||
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| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [1] |
Blue Valentine is the fifth studio album by the American musician Tom Waits, released in September 1978 on Asylum Records. The album was recorded over the course of six sessions from July to August 1978 with producer Bones Howe.
The woman pictured with Waits on the back cover is Rickie Lee Jones, another singer/songwriter with whom he was having a relationship at the time. This album peaked on the Australian charts in late 1978 at #42.
Track listing
All tracks written by Tom Waits, except where noted.
Side one
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Somewhere" (From West Side Story) | Music: Leonard Bernstein; lyrics: Stephen Sondheim | 3:53 |
| 2. | "Red Shoes by the Drugstore" | 3:14 | |
| 3. | "Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis" | 4:33 | |
| 4. | "Romeo Is Bleeding" | 4:52 | |
| 5. | "$29.00" | 8:15 |
Side two
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Wrong Side of the Road" | 5:14 |
| 2. | "Whistlin' Past the Graveyard" | 3:17 |
| 3. | "Kentucky Avenue" | 4:49 |
| 4. | "A Sweet Little Bullet from a Pretty Blue Gun" | 5:36 |
| 5. | "Blue Valentines" | 5:49 |
Personnel
- Tom Waits - vocals, electric guitar, piano
- Ray Crawford, Roland Bautista, Alvin "Shine" Robinson - electric guitar
- Scott Edwards, Jim Hughart, Byron Miller - bass
- Da Willie Gonga (George Duke), Harold Battiste - piano
- Charles Kynard - organ
- Herbert Hardesty, Frank Vicari - tenor saxophone
- Rick Lawson, Earl Palmer, Chip White - drums
- Bobbye Hall Porter - congas on ("Romeo Is Bleeding")[2]
- Bob Alcivar - orchestra
References
- ↑ "Tom Waits: Album Guide". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on September 19, 2011.
- ↑ Hoskyns, Barney (2010). Lowside of the Road: A Life of Tom Waits. Random House. p. 208. ISBN 0-7679-2709-5.
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