
Artist
Tom Waits
Tom Waits is an experimental artist from California, USA. 54 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Experimental · California, USA · Best experimental albums
- 54
- Releases
- 1973–2026
- Active years

Artist
Tom Waits is an experimental artist from California, USA. 54 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Experimental · California, USA · Best experimental albums

Most popular
Closing Time
1973

Mule Variations
1999

Blue Valentine
1978

The Heart of Saturday Night
1974

Bad as Me
2011

Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards
2006

Real Gone
2004

Big Time
1988

Small Change
1976

Beautiful Maladies: The Island Years
1998

Heartattack and Vine
1980

Asylum Years
1984

Nighthawks at the Diner
1975

Used Songs: 1973–1980
2001

Glitter and Doom: Live
2009

Foreign Affairs
1977

Blood Money
2002

Alice
2002

A Nickel's Worth of Dreams
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The Blue Hour
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Cold Beer on a Hot Night
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Bone Machine (2023 Remaster)
2023

Swordfishtrombones (2023 Remaster)
2023

The Black Rider (2023 Remaster)
2023

Rain Dogs (2023 Remaster)
2023

Frank’s Wild Years (2023 Remaster)
2023

Nighthawks on the Radio
2014

Real Gone (Original Version)
2004

My Set Purpose
2004

The Black Rider
1993

The Black Rider: The Casting of the Magic Bullets: Demo Recordings 1990-1992
1993

TV Dinner
1992

Downtown Blues
1992

Bone Machine
1992

The Early Years, Volume 2
1992

Night on Earth
1991

The Early Years, Volume 1
1991

Music From The Original Motion Picture "One From The Heart"
1991

The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack of Francis Coppola's Movie ONE FROM THE HEART
1990

Franks Wild Years
1987

Anthology Of Tom Waits
1985

Rain Dogs
1985

Swordfishtrombones
1983

One From the Heart
1982

Bounced Checks
1981

Every Time I Hear This Melody... Live in Hamburg '77
1977
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Thomas Alan "Tom" Waits (born December 7, 1949) is an American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor. Waits has a distinctive voice, described by critic Daniel Durchholz as sounding "like it was soaked in a vat of bourbon, left hanging in the smokehouse for a few months, and then taken outside and run over with a car." With this trademark growl, his incorporation of pre-rock music styles such as blues, jazz, and vaudeville, and experimental tendencies verging on industrial music, Waits has built up a distinctive musical persona. He has worked as a composer for movies and musical plays and has acted in supporting roles in films including Paradise Alley and Bram Stoker's Dracula; he also starred in the 1986 film Down by Law. He was nominated for an Academy Award for his soundtrack work on One from the Heart. Lyrically, Waits' songs frequently present atmospheric portrayals of grotesque, often seedy characters and places-although he has also shown a penchant for more conventional ballads. He has a cult following and has influenced subsequent songwriters despite having little radio or music video support. His songs are best-known through cover versions by more commercial artists: "Je…