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Franks Wild Years
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Length
17 tracks, 53:02
Release Date
30 July 1987
Franks Wild Years is the tenth studio album by Tom Waits, released 1987 on Island Records. Subtitled "Un Operachi Romantico in Two Acts", the album contains songs written by Waits and collaborators (mainly his wife, Kathleen Brennan) for a play of the same name. The shared title of the album and the play is an iteration of "Frank's Wild Years", a song from Waits' 1983 album Swordfishtrombones. The play had its world premiere at the Briar St. Theatre in Chicago, Illinois, on June 22, 1986, performed by the Steppenwolf Theatre Company. View wiki
Franks Wild Years is the tenth studio album by Tom Waits, released 1987 on Island Records. Subtitled "Un Operachi Romantico in Two Acts", t… read more
Franks Wild Years is the tenth studio album by Tom Waits, released 1987 on Island Records. Subtitled "Un Operachi Romantico in Two Acts", the album contains songs written by Wa… read more

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Tracklist

Track number Play Loved Track name Artist name Buy Options Duration Listeners
1 Play track Hang on St. Christopher
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 1:54 99,281 listeners
2 Play track Straight to the Top (Rhumba)
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 2:27 51,409 listeners
3 Play track Blow Wind Blow
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 3:39 61,473 listeners
4 Play track Temptation
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 2:33 99,650 listeners
5 Play track Innocent When You Dream (Barroom)
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 4:16 52,411 listeners
6 Play track I'll Be Gone
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 3:12 65,358 listeners
7 Play track Yesterday Is Here
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 2:22 90,881 listeners
8 Play track Please Wake Me Up
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 2:45 50,994 listeners
9 Play track Frank's Theme
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 1:45 32,968 listeners
10 Play track More Than Rain
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 3:51 55,124 listeners
11 Play track Way Down in the Hole
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 3:30 141,945 listeners
12 Play track Straight to the Top (Vegas)
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 3:24 49,312 listeners
13 Play track I'll Take New York
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 2:42 49,372 listeners
14 Play track Telephone Call From Istanbul
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 4:18 74,934 listeners
15 Play track Cold Cold Ground
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 4:07 97,556 listeners
16 Play track Train Song
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 3:09 64,507 listeners
17 Play track Innocent When You Dream (78)
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 3:08 69,653 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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