Tom Waits - Closing Time
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Artist: Tom WaitsEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1990-10-12
Music Label: Elektra / Wea
Soundtracks:
- Ol' 55
- I Hope That I Don't Fall in Love with You
- Virginia Avenue
- Old Shoes (& Picture Postcards)
- Midnight Lullaby
- Martha
- Rosie
- Lonely
- Ice Cream Man
- Little Trip to Heaven (On the Wings of Your Love)
- Grapefruit Moon
- Closing Time
Music reviews of Closing Time
Music Review: Easily one of his BEST!! Early Tom is smooth as silk...
Rating: 5 Stars
Believe it or not I had never even heard of Tom Waits until 1995 and I'm now 37!! Hard to believe someone never heard of dear Tom! Closing Time was one of my first attempts at Tom's music...and easily one of my favorites. He has the touching and wistful "Martha" along with my favorite, Grapefruit Moon, which I could listen to forever. I much prefer Tom's earlier music...he actually sings more instead of grovels on...either talking or attempting to grovel on and sing. That groveling, although it's signature Tom, can be really grating and depressing if you're noting in the right mood for it. The songs on Closing Time are a brilliant start from Tom who has gone on to make many more of my favorites, particularly "Songbird" while, although not on "Closing Time", is just beautifully relaxing straight music with no lyrics at all. Tom is that talented where he can pull off a song with just music!! It says alot about him as an artist. If you're interested in starting a "Tom" collection this would be a wonderful first buy!
Description of Closing Time
It starts with a sunrise, it ends with "one star shining," and in between Closing Time contains an honest year's worth (1973, to be exact) of sweet, melodic, vintage Tom Waits--minus some of the vocal growl and thematic grit of his later stuff (but you can see it coming). Waltzes, lullabies, blues, jazz, you name it. Driving songs and drinking songs, even an honest to gosh country tune: "Rosie." There are torchers ("Lonely"), scorchers ("Ice Cream Man"), and back-porch senior citizen love songs ("Martha"): "Those were the days of roses/Poetry and prose, and/Martha, all I had was you and all you had was me." Other standouts are "I Hope That I Don't Fall in Love with You" (guess what--he does!) and "Grapefruit Moon," in which Waits croons: "Every time I hear that melody, something breaks inside." Hang on to your hearts and hats, folks. --Dan LeoneAlbum-Oriented Rock (AOR) CDs
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