{"product_id":"602448898517","title":"WAITS,TOM – RAIN DOGS - CD •","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUPC: 602448898517 \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLabel: ISLAND \u003cbr\u003eFormat: CD\u003cbr\u003eRelease Date: September 1, 2023\u003cbr\u003eIn stock items ship within 48 hours\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNoted as Tom Waits’ most critically acclaimed album, \u003cem\u003eRain Dogs\u003c\/em\u003e follows the new musical path Waits had taken with \u003cem\u003eSwordfishtrombones\u003c\/em\u003e. Considered the middle of a de facto trilogy with \u003cem\u003eSwordfishtrombones\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eFr\u003cwbr\u003eanks Wild Years\u003c\/wbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eRain Dogs\u003c\/em\u003e is the first of Waits’ albums to be written in New York, in a Lower Manhattan basement. A 53-minute, 19-track monster, \u003cem\u003eRain Dogs\u003c\/em\u003e is a kind of mutant, late 20\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e century musical “Canterbury Tales” with a shape-shifting band. There are banjos and marimbas and bowed saw and parade drum and howling horns (and \u003cstrong\u003eKeith Richards\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eMarc Ribot\u003c\/strong\u003e) on this rollicking, rough-hewn opus—and Waits, using his voice in increasingly weird-and-wild ways. The songs are stories, sagas, laments, breakdowns, character studies, comedies and cabaret numbers. There’s the aching “\u003cstrong\u003eHang Down Your Head\u003c\/strong\u003e,” and the moving anthem, “\u003cstrong\u003eDowntown Train\u003c\/strong\u003e,” which was covered by Patti Smith and Rod Stewart.\u003cu\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWaits coined the term, “rain dog,” a reference to dogs who lose their way when touchstone scents are washed away in storms. Among the lost dogs on the album: gruff, wandering merchant marines (“\u003cstrong\u003eSingapore\u003c\/strong\u003e”), an accordion player in a slaughterhouse (“\u003cstrong\u003eCemetery Polka\u003c\/strong\u003e”), a “jockey full of bourbon” (also the song title), an abandoned, withdrawn woman (“\u003cstrong\u003eTime\u003c\/strong\u003e”), a “gun street girl,” the old drunks and hustlers of Union Square, and even Waits, himself: \u003cem\u003eAboard a shipwreck train \/ Give my umbrella to the Rain Dogs \/ For I am a Rain Dog, too.\u003c\/em\u003e..\u003cu\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOriginally released in 1985 on Island Records, the album is newly remastered for the first time ever from the original ½” flat master tape and personally overseen by Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan. Mastered by \u003cstrong\u003eChris Bellman\u003c\/strong\u003e at \u003cstrong\u003eBernie Grundman Mastering\u003c\/strong\u003e under the guidance of Waits’ longtime audio engineer, \u003cstrong\u003eKarl Derfler. \u003c\/strong\u003eThe album packaging has also been restored. \u003cem\u003eRain Dogs\u003c\/em\u003e includes tracks such as “Downtown Train,” “Clap Hands” and “Jockey Full Of Bourbon.” Available as a CD digipack.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTRACK LIST:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"track\"\u003e1. Singapore\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"track\"\u003e2. Clap Hands\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"track\"\u003e3. Cemetery Polka\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"track\"\u003e4. Jockey Full Of Bourbon\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"track\"\u003e5. Tango Till They're Sore\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"track\"\u003e6. Big Black Mariah\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"track\"\u003e7. Diamonds And Gold\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"track\"\u003e8. Hang Down Your Head\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"track\"\u003e9. Time\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"track\"\u003e10. Rain Dogs\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"track\"\u003e11. Midtown\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"track\"\u003e12. 9th \u0026amp; Hennepin\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"track\"\u003e13. Gun Street Girl\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"track\"\u003e14. Union Square\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"track\"\u003e15. 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