Tom Waits

2013 is the 40th anniversary of Tom Waits' Closing Time and therefore his recording career. Here are 17 YouTube videos - one song for each of his albums*. It's hard to pick just one from most of them.

* There are differing opinions over whether certain Tom Waits releases count as official albums. My list is everything released on Asylum, Island or Anti, excluding compilations and live albums except for Nighthawks at the Diner.



"I Hope That I Don't Fall In Love With You" from Closing Time (1973)


"(Looking For) The Heart of Saturday Night)" from The Heart of Saturday Night (1974)


"The Piano Has Been Drinking" from Small Change (1976)


"Burma Shave" from Foreign Affairs (1977)


"Whistlin' Past the Graveyard" from Blue Valentine (1978)


"Mr. Siegal" from Heartattack and Vine (1980)


"Swordfishtrombone" from Swordfishtrombones (1983)


"Rain Dogs" from Rain Dogs (1985)


"Yesterday is Here" from Franks Wild Years (1987)


"Such a Scream" from Bone Machine (1992)


"Oily Night" from The Black Rider (1993)


"Hold On" from Mule Variations (1999)


"No One Knows I'm Gone" from Alice (2002)


"God's Away on Business" from Blood Money (2002)


"Hoist That Rag" from Real Gone (2004)


"Hell Broke Luce" from Bad As Me (2011)

Related:
Tom Waits - Bad As Me
The Cookie Monster Has Been Drinking: Brilliant Tom Waits/Cookie Monster Mashup
Tom Waits Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

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