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Originally Posted by Bulldog
Well, I grew up with King For a Day, and I've always loved the album. The same with Blue Lines, although I haven't had my copy of it for quite so long. As for Mule Variations, as I said, I'm something of a beginner when it comes to Tom Waits and haven't got a copy of Sworfishtrombones or Bone Machine. Don't worry though, I'll get them one day and regret the choice of album probably (I do with a few of my picks already).
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No they're all good albums but I confess I don't have much patience for anything FNM did post-Martin. Mule Variations is pretty good as well, probably his second best '90s album (behind Bone Machine). But Tom's 80s material is absolutely stellar: Heartattack and Vine, Swordfishtrombones, Rain Dogs, Frank's Wild Years (which is severely underrated, IMO). And well, I could never get into Blue Lines, it seems like such a sparse album compared to Mezzanine (and the monotone delivery is really off-putting at times).