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'Glitter and Doom Live' Tom Waits

Tom Waits Glitter And Doom by Michael O'Brien
Dec 11, 2009 Updated Feb 12, 2010

A live album featuring tracks recorded across Europe and America on his acclaimed tour.

Tracks:

Disc One
1. 'Lucinda / Ain't Goin Down' (Birmingham 07/03/08)
2. 'Singapore' (Edinburgh 07/28/08)
3. 'Get Behind The Mule' (Tulsa 06/25/08)
4. 'Fannin Street' (Knoxville 06/29/08)
5. 'Dirt In The Ground' (Milan 07/19/08)
6. 'Such A Scream' (Milan 07/18/08)
7. 'Live Circus' (Jacksonville 07/01/08)
8. 'Goin' Out West' (Tulsa 06/25/08)
9. 'Falling Down' (Paris 07/25/08)
10. 'The Part You Throw Away' (Edinburgh 07/28/08)
11. 'Trampled Rose' (Dublin 08/01/08)
12. 'Metropolitan Glide' (Knoxville 6/29/08)
13. 'I'll Shoot The Moon' (Paris 07/24/08)
14. 'Green Grass' (Edinburgh 07/27/08)
15. 'Make It Rain' (Atlanta 07/05/08)
16. 'Story' (Columbus 06/28/08)
17. 'Lucky Day' (Atlanta 07/05/08)

Disc Two
1. 'Tom Tales' (spoken word)

Reviews elsewhere:

"That he is a copper-bottomed, titanium-plated genius is undeniable." - BBC Music

"The set here is strange and varied, with favoritism paid to his last two albums...but no real affection for fan favorites or hits... It's a decision that's ultimately more rewarding, turning 'Glitter and Doom' into an album that basically amounts to 80 minutes of new material. " - Slant magazine

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Thomas Alan "Tom" Waits (born December 7, 1949) is an American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor. Waits has a distinctive voice, described by critic Daniel Durchholz as sounding "like it was soaked in a vat of bourbon, left hanging in the smokehouse for a few months, and then taken outside and run over with a car. " With this trademark growl, his incorporation of pre-rock music styles such...

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