[ Anti- / LP ]
Release Date: Friday 6 December 2024
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Expanding beyond the Folk and Pop stylings of his first album, Tom Waits' second studio release The Heart of Saturday Night established his reputation as a versatile and distinctly American songwriter. It's bluesy jazz arrangements featured bass, drums, sax and Waits on piano. The title track, a melancholy ode to Saturday night rituals, and the tenderly romantic hymn-like "San Diego Serenade" are enduring classics covered by an array of artists from Diana Krall and Nancy Griffith to folk hero Eric Anderson.
The album also features "Diamonds On My Windshield", the first of what would become a signature for Waits', the spoken word-poetry song. Waits' delivers these lyrics as pure beat jazz in the stylings of Kerouac, Langston Hughes and Bob Kaufman.
Limited "Raspberry Beret" coloured vinyl.
A1. New Coat Of Paint
A2. San Diego Serenade
A3. Semi Suite
A4. Shiver Me Timbers
A5. Diamonds On My Windshield
A6. (Looking For) The Heart Of Saturday Night
B1. Fumblin' With The Blues
B2. Please Call Me Baby
B3. Depot Depot
B4. Drunk On The Moon
B5. The Ghosts Of Saturday Night (After Hours At Napoleone's Pizza House)