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Bone Machine Blood Money Real Gone Mule Variations Swordfishtrombones Rain Dogs The Heart of Saturday Night Bad As Me Heartattack and Vine Alice Franks Wild Years Blue Valentine Small Change Big Time Closing Time One From The Heart The Black Rider Foreign Affairs Nighthawks at the Diner Night On Earth
Mule Variations Rain Dogs Bone Machine Blood Money Heart of Saturday Night Real Gone Heart Attack and Vine Bad As Me Franks Wild Years Blue Valentine Swordfish Trombones Closing Time Nighthawks Small Change Foreign Affairs night on earth
You've got Swordfishtrombones super low. I wouldn't have expected that.
There are some great songs on it but a lot of stuff i dont generally care for. I dont love the production on it either. Shore Leave, 16 shells, down, down, down, gin soaked boy are all great but other than that *shrugs*
You've got Swordfishtrombones super low. I wouldn't have expected that.
There are some great songs on it but a lot of stuff i dont generally care for. I dont love the production on it either. Shore Leave, 16 shells, down, down, down, gin soaked boy are all great but other than that *shrugs*
Interesting. I really would have thought you were into that record. Obviously, I goddamn love it. I think it's such a wonderfully complex and underrated album.
You've got Swordfishtrombones super low. I wouldn't have expected that.
There are some great songs on it but a lot of stuff i dont generally care for. I dont love the production on it either. Shore Leave, 16 shells, down, down, down, gin soaked boy are all great but other than that *shrugs*
Interesting. I really would have thought you were into that record. Obviously, I goddamn love it. I think it's such a wonderfully complex and underrated album.
i think surrounded by Rain Dogs and Wild Years kind of overshadows it. Both records i goddamn love.
Ill revisit. It has been awhile and its not one i reach for often.
You've got Swordfishtrombones super low. I wouldn't have expected that.
There are some great songs on it but a lot of stuff i dont generally care for. I dont love the production on it either. Shore Leave, 16 shells, down, down, down, gin soaked boy are all great but other than that *shrugs*
Interesting. I really would have thought you were into that record. Obviously, I goddamn love it. I think it's such a wonderfully complex and underrated album.
i think surrounded by Rain Dogs and Wild Years kind of overshadows it. Both records i goddamn love.
Ill revisit. It has been awhile and its not one i reach for often.
Oh, I totally get it. The dude has so much to love and I think a lot of it appeals to different people for different reasons. There's no wrong answer here. I probably like Swordfish more than Franks Wild Years. But both are great. And I'm sure you agree.
I should listen more to the production Swordfish. I just love the song craft on that record. It's so weird and awesome and painful. Soldier's Things is maybe one of his most heartbreaking songs. I just love SFT.
I will attempt this. I will inevitably have to rank something near the bottom, which will feel wrong.
Alice Mule Variations Small Change Bone Machine Real Gone (a monumental leap from where I would have ranked it when it first came out) Blood Money The Heart of Saturday Night Rain Dogs Swordfishtrombones Foreign Affairs Franks Wild Years Heartattack and Vine Blue Valentine Closing Time Bad As Me Nighthawks at the Diner One From the Heart The Black Rider Night on Earth
This is really tough. Any of the top three could be my number one depending on the day. "Foreign Affairs" is a personal favorite that I really, really wanted to rank higher, but the overlong spoken beatnik tracks really bog down its overall score. Swapping out those tracks and replacing them with "Meet Me in Paradise Alley," "Annie's Back in Town," and "With a Suitcase" (from a later session, I know, but I can dream) would make it an all-timer for me.
However, as I thought about the tracks on each of these albums on how they would affect my ranking, one thing became abundantly clear: it's been too long since I've listened to Tom Waits.
You've got Swordfishtrombones super low. I wouldn't have expected that.
There are some great songs on it but a lot of stuff i dont generally care for. I dont love the production on it either. Shore Leave, 16 shells, down, down, down, gin soaked boy are all great but other than that *shrugs*
Interesting. I really would have thought you were into that record. Obviously, I goddamn love it. I think it's such a wonderfully complex and underrated album.
i think surrounded by Rain Dogs and Wild Years kind of overshadows it. Both records i goddamn love.
Ill revisit. It has been awhile and its not one i reach for often.
Oh, I totally get it. The dude has so much to love and I think a lot of it appeals to different people for different reasons. There's no wrong answer here. I probably like Swordfish more than Franks Wild Years. But both are great. And I'm sure you agree.
I should listen more to the production Swordfish. I just love the song craft on that record. It's so weird and awesome and painful. Soldier's Things is maybe one of his most heartbreaking songs. I just love SFT.
All of the '80's albums sound kind of thin and airy to me -- maybe the CD transfers are just bad and the vinyl/iTunes/whatever masterings sound better, but either way I don't think it's a mixing/production issue. Have these albums been remastered? I feel like I've seen remasters of the Asylum and Anti- albums (none of which needed it, IMO), but haven't heard anything about the Island stuff, which could really benefit from it.
To my knowledge, no, they haven't been remastered yet. I agree that the remasters that exist are largely unnecessary.
I haven't heard any of these records on CD. The vinyl I have of Swordfishtrombones sounds amazing. Rain Dogs has a thinner quality to it but SFT should full to me.
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You guys are lunatics for even trying to rank these. Mine would look similar to KD's in a lot of ways, though. I'm surprised how high some have ranked Alice and Blood Money, tbh
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durdencommatyler wrote:
Also, I want a vinyl reissue of Bone Machine that isn't remixed or anything. It's perfect as is. But it's hard to find on wax.
it looks as if Bone Machine and Black Rider are his only two albums (both Island) that never had a US pressing on vinyl (only UK/Europe) which makes them hard to find. makes sense at the time since both albums came from the early-90s when absolutely no one was buying vinyl.
Island will inevitably get off their ass and repress these, hopefully, if they still own the rights/masters. just hope they aren't waiting to bank off his death when they decide to do so (which seems to be the speculative case, since his Island years are regarded by a lot to be his best years, and they're the only ones that haven't been reissued)
Also, I want a vinyl reissue of Bone Machine that isn't remixed or anything. It's perfect as is. But it's hard to find on wax.
it looks as if Bone Machine and Black Rider are his only two albums (both Island) that never had a US pressing on vinyl (only UK/Europe) which makes them hard to find. makes sense at the time since both albums came from the early-90s when absolutely no one was buying vinyl.
Island will inevitably get off their ass and repress these, hopefully, if they still own the rights/masters. just hope they aren't waiting to bank off his death when they decide to do so (which seems to be the speculative case, since his Island years are regarded by a lot to be his best years, and they're the only ones that haven't been reissued)
Bone Machine is my favorite album of all time. A pressing shows up on ebay from time to time at a decent enough price but I never pull the trigger because I'm afraid of getting screwed over by the seller.
Joined: Wed January 02, 2013 11:15 pm Posts: 20771 Location: the bathroom
durdencommatyler wrote:
bodysnatcher wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
Also, I want a vinyl reissue of Bone Machine that isn't remixed or anything. It's perfect as is. But it's hard to find on wax.
it looks as if Bone Machine and Black Rider are his only two albums (both Island) that never had a US pressing on vinyl (only UK/Europe) which makes them hard to find. makes sense at the time since both albums came from the early-90s when absolutely no one was buying vinyl.
Island will inevitably get off their ass and repress these, hopefully, if they still own the rights/masters. just hope they aren't waiting to bank off his death when they decide to do so (which seems to be the speculative case, since his Island years are regarded by a lot to be his best years, and they're the only ones that haven't been reissued)
Bone Machine is my favorite album of all time. A pressing shows up on ebay from time to time at a decent enough price but I never pull the trigger because I'm afraid of getting screwed over by the seller.
don't blame you at those prices. ebay can be a crapshoot when it comes to used records, because it's very dependent on the seller's ability and knowledge of the typical grading scale. i've gotten some records that are graded "Very Good ++" that would typically sit in the "VG-" category, and vice versa. if you find a seller that is a proper record store (or positive history of selling records), then your odds are pretty good. but sometimes you find people who are basically antique shop vendors who are just trying to get rid of product, and that's where it gets iffy.
Also, I want a vinyl reissue of Bone Machine that isn't remixed or anything. It's perfect as is. But it's hard to find on wax.
it looks as if Bone Machine and Black Rider are his only two albums (both Island) that never had a US pressing on vinyl (only UK/Europe) which makes them hard to find. makes sense at the time since both albums came from the early-90s when absolutely no one was buying vinyl.
Island will inevitably get off their ass and repress these, hopefully, if they still own the rights/masters. just hope they aren't waiting to bank off his death when they decide to do so (which seems to be the speculative case, since his Island years are regarded by a lot to be his best years, and they're the only ones that haven't been reissued)
Bone Machine is my favorite album of all time. A pressing shows up on ebay from time to time at a decent enough price but I never pull the trigger because I'm afraid of getting screwed over by the seller.
don't blame you at those prices. ebay can be a crapshoot when it comes to used records, because it's very dependent on the seller's ability and knowledge of the typical grading scale. i've gotten some records that are graded "Very Good ++" that would typically sit in the "VG-" category, and vice versa. if you find a seller that is a proper record store (or positive history of selling records), then your odds are pretty good. but sometimes you find people who are basically antique shop vendors who are just trying to get rid of product, and that's where it gets iffy.
Yeah, I've been burned before. But it's difficult. I want that fucking record so badly!
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