Music

The Heart of Saturday Night 1974

By Tom Waits

  • blues, alternative and punk
  • 42 min
  • 11 tracks
  • Asylum Records

The Heart of Saturday Night is the second studio album by singer and songwriter Tom Waits, released on October 15, 1974, on Asylum Records. The title song was written as a tribute to Jack Kerouac. The album marks the start of a decade-long collaboration between Waits and Bones Howe, who produced and engineered all Waits' recordings until the artist left Asylum.

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