- blues rock, rock, experimental rock
- 54 min
- 19 tracks
- Island
Rain Dogs is the ninth studio album by American singer-songwriter Tom Waits, released in September 1985 on Island Records. 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.
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Character
Character-led, grave, open-ended and bleak.
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- resolvedopen-ended
- warmbleak
- unpretentiousprestige
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- AllMusic5/5 ★
- Chicago Sun-Times4/4 ★
- Houston Chronicle4/4 ★
- Mojo5/5 ★
- Pitchfork10/10
- Q5/5 ★
- Rolling Stone5/5 ★
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide5/5 ★
- Select5/5
- Uncut5/5 ★
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Tracks
- 1Singapore2:45
- 2Clap Hands3:49
- 3Cemetery Polka1:47
- 4Jockey Full of Bourbon2:47
- 5Tango Till They’re Sore2:52
- 6Big Black Mariah2:44
- 7Diamonds & Gold2:33
- 8Hang Down Your Head2:34
- 9Time3:56
- 10Rain Dogs2:57
- 11Midtown (instrumental)1:03
- 129th & Hennepin1:57
- 13Gun Street Girl4:38
- 14Union Square2:25
- 15Blind Love4:20
- 16Walking Spanish3:07
- 17Downtown Train3:53
- 18Bride of Rain Dog (instrumental)1:10
- 19Anywhere I Lay My Head2:48
19 tracks, 54 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Tom Waits
- Label
- Island
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- XE
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