Rain Dogs
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Rain Dogs is an album by
Tom Waits, released in August of
1985 (see
1985 in music). Like all of Waits' albums,
Rain Dogs was a commercial failure attenuated by the adoration of most music critics. Conceived partially as a follow-up to
Swordfishtrombones, the album is a mishmash of different styles, united only by Waits' hoarse voice, bizarre lyrics and musical flourishes.
Rain Dogs peaked at #188 on Billboard's Top 200 albums chart.
Track listing
- Singapore (Waits) - 2:46
- Clap Hands (Waits) - 3:47
- Cemetery Polka (Waits) - 1:51
- Jockey Full of Bourbon (Waits) - 2:45
- Tango Till They're Sore (Waits) - 2:49
- Big Black Mariah (Waits) - 2:44
- Diamonds & Gold (Waits) - 2:31
- Hang Down Your Head (Brennan/Waits) - 2:32
- Time (Waits) - 3:55
- Rain Dogs (Waits) - 2:56
- Midtown [instrumental] (Waits) - 1:00
- 9th & Hennepin (Waits) - 1:58
- Gun Street Girl (Waits) - 4:37
- Union Square (Waits) - 2:24
- Blind Love (Waits) - 4:18
- Walking Spanish (Waits) - 3:05
- Downtown Train (Waits) - 3:53
- Bride of Rain Dog [instrumental] (Waits) - 1:07
- Anywhere I Lay My Head (Waits) - 2:48
Personnel
- Robert Quine - Guitar
- Tom Waits - Guitar, Composer, Harmonium, Vocals, Producer
- Marc Ribot - Guitar
- Chris Spedding - Guitar
- Ralph Carney - Sax (Bass), Wind
- Larry Taylor - Bass, Double Bass
- Michael Blair - Percussion, Drums, Marimba
- Crispin Cioe - Saxophone
- Greg Cohen - Bass, Double Bass
- Mickey Curry - Drums
- Bob Funk - Trombone
- Tony Garnier - Bass, Double Bass
- Arno Hecht - Horn (Tenor), Saxophone
- Stephen Hodges - Drums
- Hollywood Paul Litteral - Trumpet
- Robbie Kilgore - Organ
- Tony Levin - Bass
- Ross Levinson - Violin
- John Lune - Saxophone
- John Lurie - Sax (Alto)
- Robert Musso - Banjo, Engineer
- Bobby Previte - Percussion, Marimba
- Keith Richards - Guitar, Vocals (bckgr)
- William Shimmel - Accordion
- G.E. Smith - Guitar
- Uptown Horns - Group
