- rock, blues rock
- 42 min
- 9 tracks
- Asylum Records
Foreign Affairs is the fifth studio album by singer and songwriter Tom Waits, released on September 13, 1977, on Asylum Records. It was produced by Bones Howe, and featured Bette Midler singing a duet with Waits on "I Never Talk to Strangers".
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Character-led, spare, grave and classical in form.
- character-ledplot-driven
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- resolvedopen-ended
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Tracks
- A1Cinny's Waltz2:17
- A2Muriel3:34
- A3I Never Talk to Strangers3:38
- A4Medley: Jack & Neal / California, Here I Come5:01
- A5A Sight for Sore Eyes4:40
- B1Potter's Field8:40
- B2Burma-Shave6:35
- B3Barber Shop3:55
- B4Foreign Affair3:46
9 tracks, 42 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Tom Waits
- Label
- Asylum Records
- Released
- 1977-09
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- US
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