Blue Valentine

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Blue Valentine
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Length
10 tracks, 47:46
Release Date
1 September 1978
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,… read more
Two welcome changes in style made Blue Valentine a fresh listening experience for Tom Waits fans. First, Waits alters the instrumentation, bringing i… read more
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 l… read more

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Track number Play Loved Track name Artist name Buy Options Duration Listeners
1 Play track Somewhere
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 3:50 34,696 listeners
2 Play track Red Shoes by the Drugstore
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 4:21 70,086 listeners
3 Play track Christmas Card From a Hooker in Minneapolis
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 4:33 127,729 listeners
4 Play track Romeo Is Bleeding
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 6:37 79,867 listeners
5 Play track $29.00
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 3:41 59,051 listeners
6 Play track Wrong Side of the Road
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 5:14 76,691 listeners
7 Play track Whistlin' Past the Graveyard
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 3:17 84,499 listeners
8 Play track Kentucky Avenue
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 4:49 70,628 listeners
9 Play track A Sweet Little Bullet From a Pretty Blue Gun
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 5:34 50,855 listeners
10 Play track Blue Valentines
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 5:50 114,905 listeners

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Tom Waits (born Thomas Alan Waits, in Pomona, California, on December 7, 1949) is a prolific American singer, songwriter, composer, and actor. He started his career in the early 1970s as a singer in spit 'n' sawdust bars. Initially, he was deeply influenced by the beat generation, novelists like Jack Kerouac and William S. Burroughs, and poets like Allen Ginsberg and Charles Bukowski. Waits is often compared to Charles Bukowski, being similar both in content and lifestyle Waits was unable to make a living from his music in the 70s because his classical bar music, based in… read more
Tom Waits (born Thomas Alan Waits, in Pomona, California, on December 7, 1949) is a prolific American singer, songwriter, composer, and actor. He started his career in the early 1970s as a … read more
Tom Waits (born Thomas Alan Waits, in Pomona, California, on December 7, 1949) is a prolific American singer, songwriter, composer, and actor. He started his career in the early 1970s as a singer in spit 'n' sawdust bars. Ini… read more

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