Album
Blue Valentine
1978 · Jazz, Blues
44 collectors on Gatefold own this
Blue Valentine is a Blues album by Tom Waits, originally released in 1978. On Gatefold: 124 pressings tracked, owned by 44 collectors.
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
Side A
- A1Somewhere3:50
- A2Red Shoes By The Drugstore3:11
- A3Christmas Card From A Hooker In Minneapolis4:30
- A4Romeo Is Bleeding4:50
- A5$29.008:12
Side B
- B1Wrong Side Of The Road5:11
- B2Whistlin Past The Graveyard3:14
- B3Kentucky Avenue4:47
- B4A Sweet Little Bullet From A Pretty Blue Gun5:34
- B5Blue Valentines5:50
Sound DNA
- Blues
- Chicago & Electric Blues
- gritty
- brooding
- smoky
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Dawilli GongaELECTRIC PIANO GRAND PIANO
- Ray CrawfordGUITAR ELECTRIC GUITAR ELECTRIC GUITAR , SOLOIST
- Tom WaitsELECTRIC GUITAR ELECTRIC GUITAR, PIANO , VOCALS, PIANO VOCALS
- "Shine" RobinsonELECTRIC GUITAR GUITAR
- Bob AlcivarARRANGED BY , CONDUCTOR ARRANGED BY, CONDUCTOR CONDUCTOR, ARRANGED BY
- Bobbye HallCONGAS
- Byron MillerBASS
- Charles KynardORGAN
- Chip WhiteDRUMS
- Earl PalmerDRUMS
- Frank VicariSAXOPHONE TENOR SAXOPHONE
- Harold BattisteELECTRIC GUITAR PIANO
- Herb HardestySAXOPHONE TENOR SAXOPHONE
- Jack SheldonTRUMPET
- Jim HughartBASS
- Ricky LawsonDRUMS
- Roland BautistaELECTRIC GUITAR GUITAR
- Scott EdwardsBASS
44 collectors on Gatefold own this · 124 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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