Blue Valentine is a Blues album by Tom Waits, originally released in 1978. On Gatefold: 123 pressings tracked, owned by 28 collectors.
Sound DNA
- Blues
- Chicago & Electric Blues
- gritty
- brooding
- smoky
About
Two welcome changes in style made Blue Valentine a fresh listening experience for Tom Waits fans. First, Waits alters the instrumentation, bringing in electric guitar and keyboards and largely dispensing with the strings for a more blues-oriented, hard-edged sound. Second, though his world view remains fixed on the lowlifes of the late night, he expands beyond the musings of the barstool philosopher who previously had acted as the first-person character of most of his songs. When Waits does use the first-person, it's to write a "Christmas Card From a Hooker in Minneapolis," not the figure most listeners had associated with .
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Tracklist
- 1Somewhere (From "West Side Story")3:53
- 2Red Shoes By the Drugstore3:14
- 3Christmas Card from a Hooker In Minneapolis4:32
- 4Romeo Is Bleeding4:52
- 5$29.008:15
- 6Wrong Side of the Road5:14
- 7Whistlin' Past the Graveyard3:17
- 8Kentucky Avenue4:49
- 9A Sweet Little Bullet from a Pretty Blue Gun5:36
- 10Blue Valentines5:50
Credits
Performers
- Byron MillerBASS
- Ricky LawsonDRUMS
- Roland BautistaELECTRIC GUITAR GUITAR
- Dawilli GongaELECTRIC PIANO GRAND PIANO
- Tom WaitsVOCALS PIANO ELECTRIC GUITAR
- Jim HughartBASS
- Bobbye HallCONGAS
- Chip WhiteDRUMS
- Ray CrawfordELECTRIC GUITAR GUITAR
- Charles KynardORGAN
- Frank VicariTENOR SAXOPHONE SAXOPHONE
- Scott EdwardsBASS
- Earl PalmerDRUMS
- "Shine" RobinsonELECTRIC GUITAR GUITAR
- Harold BattistePIANO ELECTRIC GUITAR
- Herb HardestyTENOR SAXOPHONE SAXOPHONE
- Bob AlcivarCONDUCTOR ARRANGED BY
- Jack SheldonTRUMPET
28 collectors on Gatefold own this · 123 pressings tracked on Gatefold