Swordfishtrombones

  • Listeners

    313K

  • Scrobbles

    5.8M

  • Listeners

    313K

  • Scrobbles

    5.8M

  • Last.FM User
  • Last.FM User
  • Last.FM User

Join others and track this album

Scrobble, find and rediscover music with a Last.fm account

Sign Up to Last.fm
Swordfishtrombones
Add artworkView all artwork
Length
15 tracks
Release Date
1 January 1983
Swordfishtrombones is an album by American singer-songwriter Tom Waits, released in September 1983. It was the first album that Waits produced himself and is marked as such by a sense of artistic freedom that would increasingly characterize his later work. Stylistically different from his previous LPs, Swordfishtrombones moves away from the piano and string orchestra arrangements of the late seventies replacing them instead with unusual instrumentation and a somewhat more abstract songwriting approach. Swordfishtrombones peaked at #164 on Billboard's Pop Albums and Billboard 20… read more
Swordfishtrombones is an album by American singer-songwriter Tom Waits, released in September 1983. It was the first album that Waits produced himsel… read more
Swordfishtrombones is an album by American singer-songwriter Tom Waits, released in September 1983. It was the first album that Waits produced himself and is marked as such by a sense of… read more

Related Tags

Add tagsView all tags

Don't want to see ads? Upgrade Now

Tracklist

Track number Play Loved Track name Artist name Buy Options Duration Listeners
1 Play track Underground
  • Loading
 1:58 189,980 listeners
2 Play track Shore Leave
  • Loading
 5:06 140,531 listeners
3 Play track Dave The Butcher (Instrumental)
  • Loading
 2:15 4,461 listeners
4 Play track Johnsburg, Illinois
  • Loading
 1:33 137,522 listeners
5 Play track 16 Shells From a Thirty-Ought-Six
  • Loading
 4:29 47,756 listeners
6 Play track Town With No Cheer
  • Loading
 4:22 98,530 listeners
7 Play track In the Neighborhood
  • Loading
 59,278 listeners
8 Play track Just Another Sucker On The Vine (Instrumental)
  • Loading
 1:42 4,206 listeners
9 Play track Frank's Wild Years
  • Loading
 1:51 126,005 listeners
10 Play track Swordfishtrombone
  • Loading
 103,533 listeners
11 Play track Down, Down, Down
  • Loading
 5:20 105,885 listeners
12 Play track Soldier's Things
  • Loading
 3:22 118,029 listeners
13 Play track Gin Soaked Boy
  • Loading
 2:20 100,821 listeners
14 Play track Trouble's Braids
  • Loading
 1:18 69,350 listeners
15 Play track Rainbirds (Instrumental)
  • Loading
 3:05 4,352 listeners

Similar Albums

  1. 141,736 listeners

    His Best
    • Loading

  2. 76,843 listeners

    Avalon Blues: The Complete 1928 Okeh Recordings
    • Loading

  3. 1,557,499 listeners

    Transformer
    • Loading

  4. 62,885 listeners

    Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
    • Loading

  5. 131,529 listeners

    This Year's Model (2021 Remaster)
    • Loading

  6. 225,797 listeners

    Scott 3
    • Loading

  7. 61,325 listeners

    Jungle Blues
    • Loading

  8. 702,907 listeners

    Bob Dylan: The Collection
    • Loading

  9. 36,126 listeners

    Dave Van Ronk Sings
    • Loading

  10. 13,331 listeners

    Lawless
    • Loading

  11. 151,588 listeners

    Fear
    • Loading

  12. 149,075 listeners

    Murder Ballads
    • Loading

Scrobble Stats

What is scrobbling?

Scrobbling is when Last.fm tracks the music you listen to and automatically adds it to your music profile.

Learn more

Recent Listening Trend

Day Listeners
105
97
113
97
111
118
87
113
103
84
105
119
111
113
91
120
103
86
111
132
92
99
95
68
103
104
106
116
109
110
70
117
115
118
129
108
93
91
86
115
105
100
106
88
77
112
121
120
119
104
106
88
101
109
118
113
104
94
103
115
114
109
122
92
86
92
121
135
116
95
98
102
101
104
104
93
131
106
120
95
87
102
110
113
102
91
94
95
94
114
108
112
112
92
110
122
100
95
103
91
91
114
96
111
105
97
98
99
94
93
115
126
90
85
86
90
102
93
104
86
103
84
87
94
108
102
105
97
104
91
112
96
110
89
83
82
99
99
92
88
102
77
81
85
100
90
102
86
82
74
86
105
101
97
103
89
80
93
101
93
91
99
86
88
87
89
111
105
93
93
71
98
105
87
92
106
91
88
89
89
87

External Links

Don't want to see ads? Upgrade Now

Shoutbox

Javascript is required to view shouts on this page. Go directly to shout page

About This Artist

Artist images

424 more

Tom Waits

1,906,117 listeners

Related Tags

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

View full artist profile

Similar Artists

  1. 2,009,859 listeners

    Avatar for Leonard Cohen

  2. 1,424,925 listeners

    Avatar for Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds

  3. 4,060,533 listeners

    Avatar for Bob Dylan

  4. 569,416 listeners

    Avatar for Scott Walker

  5. 25,090 listeners

    Avatar for Tom Waits & Crystal Gayle

  6. 703,687 listeners

    Avatar for Townes Van Zandt

  7. 634,186 listeners

    Avatar for Tim Buckley

  8. 2,255,914 listeners

    Avatar for Lou Reed

  9. 474,675 listeners

    Avatar for Ry Cooder

View all similar artists

Trending Tracks

  • 1

  • 2

  • 3

  • 4

  • 5

  • 6

View all trending tracks

API Calls

Scrobble from Spotify?

Connect your Spotify account to your Last.fm account and scrobble everything you listen to, from any Spotify app on any device or platform.

Connect to Spotify

Dismiss