Heartattack and Vine

Heartattack and Vine
Studio album by Tom Waits
Released September 1980
Recorded June 16-July 15, 1980
Filmways/Heider Studio B, Hollywood, California
Genre Rock, blues
Length 43:42
Label Asylum
Producer Bones Howe
Tom Waits chronology
Blue Valentine
(1978)
Heartattack and Vine
(1980)
One from the Heart
(1982)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Mojo
Rolling Stone[2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[3]

Heartattack and Vine is the sixth studio album by Tom Waits and his final album to be released on the Asylum label, released in September 1980.

Bruce Springsteen has performed "Jersey Girl" as part of his live shows since the early 1980s, including it in his live retrospective "Live/1975–85". For the only time to date, Waits joined him onstage to sing it on August 24, 1981.

"On the Nickel" was recorded for the Ralph Waite film of the same name. "Heartattack and Vine" was covered by Screamin' Jay Hawkins. In 1993 this version was used without Waits' permission in a Levi's commercial, for which Waits took legal action and won a settlement.[4] Jean-Luc Godard used "Ruby's Arms" in his 1983 film First Name: Carmen.

Track listing

All songs written by Tom Waits.

Side One

No. Title Length
1. "Heartattack and Vine"   4:50
2. "In Shades" (Instrumental) 4:25
3. "Saving All My Love for You"   3:41
4. "Downtown"   4:45
5. "Jersey Girl"   5:11

Side Two

No. Title Length
1. "'Til the Money Runs Out"   4:25
2. "On the Nickel"   6:19
3. "Mr. Siegal"   5:14
4. "Ruby's Arms"   5:34

Personnel

Chart information

References

  1. Ruhlmann, William. "Tom Waits - Heartattack and Vine". Allmusic. Retrieved November 12, 2013.
  2. Holden, Stephen (February 5, 1981). "Tom Waits - Heartattack And Vine". Rolling Stone. Retrieved November 12, 2013.
  3. "Tom Waits: Album Guide". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on September 19, 2011.
  4. "Tom Waits's Levis Copyright case". Tom Waits Library. Retrieved 23 November 2007.
  5. Whitburn, Joel; Joel Whitburn’s top pop albums, 1955–1996; published c. 1996 by Record Research Inc. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, ISBN 0-89820-117-9
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