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Franks Wild Years is the tenth studio album by Tom Waits, released 1987 on Island Records.It is the third in a loose trilogy that began with Swordfishtrombones.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.
With Brennan's encouragement and frequent collaboration, he pursued a more eclectic and experimental sound influenced by Harry Partch and Captain Beefheart, as heard on the loose trilogy Swordfishtrombones (1983), Rain Dogs (1985) and Franks Wild Years (1987). Waits starred in Jim Jarmusch's Down by Law (1986), lent his voice to his Mystery ...
Beautiful Maladies: The Island Years is a Tom Waits compilation album, consisting of previously released songs from his years recording with Island Records, most notably from the albums Swordfishtrombones, Rain Dogs, Big Time and Franks Wild Years. The tracks were selected by Tom Waits. The album was released in 1998, but represents Waits's ...
Single by Tom Waits; from the album Franks Wild Years; B-side "Hang On St. Christopher (Instrumental)" Released: 1987 () Recorded: Sunset Sound Factory, Los Angeles Los Angeles, Universal Recording Corp., Chicago: Genre: Experimental rock: Length: 2: 46: Label: Island: Songwriter(s) Tom Waits: Producer(s) Tom Waits: Tom Waits singles chronology "
She introduced Waits to the music of Captain Beefheart. [13] Her work includes co-writing and collaboration on the albums Franks Wild Years (1987), [14] [15] Alice (2002), and Blood Money (2002), as well as the musicals The Black Rider (1989) and Woyzeck (2000). [16] [17] Waits has described Brennan as "a remarkable collaborator....
Innocent When You Dream is a song by Tom Waits appearing on his tenth studio album Franks Wild Years. The song was used as the soundtrack to the closing sequence, Auggie Wren's Christmas Story, in the 1995 film, Smoke.
Each year when the clock strikes midnight on New Year's, people around the world sing one song in unison. "Auld Lang Syne" has long been a hit at New Year's parties in the U.S. as people join ...
"Romeo Is Bleeding" is a song written and performed by Tom Waits, and released on his 1978 album Blue Valentine. [1] The lyrics make frequent use of Spanish, including phrases such as "Hey Pachuco!", "Dáme esa pistola, hombre!" (Give me that pistol, man!), "Hijo de la chingada madre!"