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Old 02-14-2007, 02:14 PM   #102 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Strummer521 View Post
I'm into Small Change. Listen to that album, and then something like Bone Machine and it becomes clear just how intense the departure that started with SwordFishTrombones really is. But I like like the class and the noirish qualities of his early work. The grit is there in a more direct way because it's not sharing space with the Junkyard and the Carnival.

Like Bob Dylan, Waits first few albums don't get the attention they should.
My first exposure to Waits was an Old Grey Whistle Test compilation late one night on BBC2 where they showed him performing "Small Change."
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