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    bfilicky reviewed Swordfishtrombones

    Easily one of his best albums. Came out right before he branched off into his 'strange phase". A must have for any collection.

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    ETHOS_PATTIWAEL favorited and reviewed Swordfishtrombones

    “Oh, I'm not a percussionist, I just like to hit things.”
    ― Tom Waits

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    ETHOS - PAPUA liked and reviewed Swordfishtrombones

    When people walk away from you, let them go. Your destiny is never tied to anyone who leaves you, and it doesn't mean they are bad people. It just means that their part in your story is over.

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    Kris Dunbar liked and reviewed Swordfishtrombones

    I love them all, but this is probably my favorite Tom Waits album, followed (very) closely by 'Rain Dogs'. The early/mid-80's signified a radical transformative period for Waits & his musical style... more

    I love them all, but this is probably my favorite Tom Waits album, followed (very) closely by 'Rain Dogs'. The early/mid-80's signified a radical transformative period for Waits & his musical style, a period for which I am sure all of his fans are extremely grateful - I know I am.

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    Nancy Lee liked and reviewed Swordfishtrombones

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    Haris Setiawan liked and reviewed Swordfishtrombones

    The first album of the loose trilogy that also includes Rain Dogs and Franks Wild Years, Swordfishtrombones marked a radical departure for Waits, whose avant-garde ambitions became plain not so much... more

    The first album of the loose trilogy that also includes Rain Dogs and Franks Wild Years, Swordfishtrombones marked a radical departure for Waits, whose avant-garde ambitions became plain not so much in his lyrics or subject matter--the songs here deal, as do his older albums

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    Geoff Sims liked and reviewed Swordfishtrombones

    good

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    ClemmRusty! favorited and reviewed Swordfishtrombones

    Love, invariably, has an effect on an artist’s music. Whether it’s the pursuit of it, or the resultant joy or pain from acquiring it, many artists have been changed by the experience of... more

    Love, invariably, has an effect on an artist’s music. Whether it’s the pursuit of it, or the resultant joy or pain from acquiring it, many artists have been changed by the experience of love. And there’s none that exhibit this more profoundly than Tom Waits. Swordfishtrombones, for all its strangeness, is an album that pays tribute to the power of being in love, because it’s the first “proper” Waits album to have appeared following the songwriter’s tenure as a soundtrack-writer for Francis Ford Coppola, for a film called One From The Heart. The film’s important, as it was during his time working on it that Waits met his future wife, Kathleen Brennan. Brennan’s been credited with the role of muse and musical head-fucker; and since that time has had joint writing credits with him on his albums, and is often lauded by the artist as being crucial in the creative process.

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