132. "Small change" --- Tom Waits --- 1976
I can't really call this Waits's breakthrough album, because he never really broke through, but this I feel is where he really began to stretch his musical muscles, experimenting and moving beyond the basic blues/jazz and folk of his previous three albums. With tracks like "Pasties and a g-string", where he's accompanied only by percussion, the title track in which only a sax attends him, and his swipe at commercialism in "Step right up", perhaps the first ever example of a drum'n'bass song (!)
this album is a must for anyone getting into Waits, or anyone who just likes something different. A real classic.