The Heart Of Saturday Night is a Jazz album by Tom Waits, originally released in 1974. On Gatefold: 137 pressings tracked, owned by 31 collectors.
Sound DNA
- Jazz
- Post-Bop & Modal
- warm
- nostalgic
- smoky
About
If Closing Time, Tom Waits' debut album, consisted of love songs set in a late-night world of bars and neon signs, its follow-up, The Heart of Saturday Night, largely dispenses with the romance in favor of poetic depictions of the same setting. On "Diamonds on My Windshield" and "The Ghosts of Saturday Night," Waits doesn't even sing, instead reciting his verse rhythmically against bass and drums like a Beat hipster. Musically, the album contains the same mixture of folk, blues, and jazz as its predecessor, with producer Bones Howe occasionally bringing in an orchestra to underscore the loping melodies. Waits' .
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1New Coat Of Paint3:20
- A2San Diego Serenade3:25
- A3Semi Suite3:22
- A4Shiver Me Timbers4:21
- A5Diamonds On My Windshield3:10
- A6(Looking For) The Heart Of Saturday Night3:50
Side B
- B1Fumblin' With The Blues2:59
- B2Please Call Me, Baby4:23
- B3Depot, Depot3:42
- B4Drunk On The Moon5:05
- B5The Ghosts Of Saturday Night (After Hours At Napoleone's Pizza House)3:17
Credits
Performers
- Tom WaitsVOCALS ELECTRIC PIANO PIANO
- Jim HughartDOUBLE BASS ELECTRIC BASS BASS
- Jim GordonDRUMS BODY PERCUSSION PERCUSSION
- Arthur RichardsELECTRIC GUITAR ACOUSTIC GUITAR GUITAR
- Mike MelvoinPIANO ARRANGED BY CONDUCTOR
- Bones HowePERCUSSION
- Tom ScottTENOR SAXOPHONE CLARINET ACOUSTIC GUITAR
- Oscar BrashearTRUMPET
- Pete ChristliebTENOR SAXOPHONE
31 collectors on Gatefold own this · 137 pressings tracked on Gatefold