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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.
The song centers around Frank O'Brien, a character who Waits concocted during the making of Swordfishtrombones in 1983. A series of road oriented imagery is evoked in the lyrics, which are sung from the perspective of O'Brien, a downtrodden individual who leaves behind his family and hometown in hopes of attaining a more prosperous future.
The songs from the show were recorded for his ninth studio album, Franks Wild Years, and released by Island in 1987. [187] NME ranked Franks Wild Years fifth on its list of albums of the year. [188] The album was Waits's first collaboration with David Hidalgo, who played accordion on "Cold, Cold Ground" and "Train Song".
In efforts to promote Franks Wild Years, Waits began a historic tour of North America and Europe in October 1987.The tour incorporated a theatrical aspect, as Franks Wild Years was based on a play written by Waits about his then-alter-ego, Frank O'Brien, who debuted on the track "Frank's Wild Years"on Swordfishtrombones.
Rain Dogs is the ninth studio album by American singer-songwriter Tom Waits, released in September 1985 on Island Records. [2] A loose concept album about "the urban dispossessed" of New York City, Rain Dogs is generally considered the middle album of a trilogy that includes Swordfishtrombones and Franks Wild Years.
In 2023, Waits and Brennan oversaw reissues of remastered versions of Swordfishtrombones, Rain Dogs, Frank's Wild Years, Bone Machine, and The Black Rider. [22] The remasters used original master tapes [23] and were marketed as "The Island Years", because they were originally released on Island Records. [24]
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 ...
"Way Down in the Hole" is a song written by the singer-songwriter Tom Waits. It was included on his 1987 album Franks Wild Years, which was first presented as a stage production put on by the Steppenwolf Theatre Company [1] in Chicago, Illinois.