Rain Dogs [Import]

rain dogs [import]

Track Listings
1. Singapore
2. Clap Hands
3. Cemetery Polka
4. Jockey Full Of Bourbon
5. Tango Till They're Sore
6. Big Black Mariah
7. Diamonds & Gold
8. Hang Down Your Head
9. Time
10. Rain Dogs
11. Midtown (Instrumental)
12. 9th & Hennepin
13. Gun Street Girl
14. Union Square
15. Blind Love
16. Walking Spanish
17. Downtown Train
18. Bride Of Rain Dog (Instrumental)
19. Anywhere I Lay My Head

Rain Dogs,Tom Waits,Universal/Island,Rock

Rain Dogs [Import]
Rain Dogs
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • "They all start off with bad directions.."
  • Oddly addictive...
  • its like nothing else
  • A classic in every sense
  • another type of music
 Rain Dogs
Tom Waits
Manufacturer: Island
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000001FFJ
Release Date: 1990-06-15

Tracks:

  1. Singapore
  2. Clap Hands
  3. Cemetery Polka
  4. Jockey Full Of Bourbon
  5. Tango Till They're Sore
  6. Big Black Mariah
  7. Diamonds And Gold
  8. Hang Down Your Head
  9. Time
  10. Rain Dogs
  11. Midtown
  12. 9th And Hennepin
  13. Gun Street Girl
  14. Union Square
  15. Blind Love
  16. Walking Spanish
  17. Downtown Train
  18. Bride Of Rain Dog
  19. Anywhere I Lay My Head

Amazon.com essential recording

The middle album of the trilogy that includes Swordfishtrombones and Franks Wild Years, Rain Dogs is Waits's best overall effort. The songs are first-rate, and there are a lot of them--19 in all, ranging from grim nightlife memoirs ("9th and Hennepin," "Singapore") to portraits of small-time hustlers ("Gun Street Girl," "Union Square") to bursts of street-corner philosophy ("Blind Love," "Time"). The album also contains the original version of "Downtown Train," which Rod Stewart turned into a smash hit. The image of "rain dogs"--animals who've lost their way home because the rain has washed away their scent--is an appropriate symbol for the entire cast of characters Waits has brought to life over the years, and this album has thus far proved to be his most enduring effort. --Daniel Durchholz

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars "They all start off with bad directions..".......2007-07-09

With a rough gravel voice that sounds like it was born from hard whiskey and harder living, a wise observant Waits sings empathetic tales of lost urban characters that are both funny, moving, and sometimes just plain odd. With his lyrics as his strongest strength, Waits is both a poetic and highly visual storyteller with rich lines like "...the bricks are all scared with jailhouse tattoos." The music is very unique, often sounding like a group of drunken street musicians clanking and stomping away on crude homemade instruments; spewing out primitive Rock N Roll, Blues, and a little Jazz. Bouncy waltzes like the title track and "Singapore" have a demented quality that brings to mind crazy homeless people dancing around a bonfire in a junkyard while one can easily visualize Waits sincerely crooning ballads like "Time" from a dirty curb as people pass by and ignore him. The exception is the anthemic power pop of "Downtown Train" made famous by a well done but rather plastic cover by Rod Stewart. Designed to stand out, the song has a bright soaring quality that climatically sweeps the listener out of the alleys and gutters of the tragic characters that populate the rest of the album. Very few albums have such effortless atmosphere, a true classic.

5 out of 5 stars Oddly addictive..........2007-05-29

An album this far of left field can rarely be described as addictive, but I've played this one about a million times and I never get tired of it. I have to admit though, I have purchased "Rain Dogs" three times in my life and ended up selling it the first two times I owned it because I just didn't get it. I don't think I was open minded enough to listen to this one the whole way through in my teen years, but the third time was a charm and this disc got it's hooks into me completely. On "Rain Dogs" Waits continued to experiment with the unique instrumentation he used on his previous release "Swordfishtrombones" and really took it to the next level, the result being one of his best albums. Not to mention he employed the likes of Keith Richards, G.E. Smith, and Robert Quine (a Richard Hell and the Voidoids and Lou Reed alumnus), which didn't hurt. While some of the songs off this disc are bizarre and abrasive, there are others that are so accessible one wonders why they didn't take the world by storm; for every "Singapore" there is a "Time", for every "Clap Hands" there is a "Downtown Train". I can't think of any other album from the 1980's which has aged this well and is loaded with so many great songs and great moments: the classic Keith Richards riffs on "Union Square", the screeching "Midtown", (which would have been perfect for a car chase scene in the movies), the bluesy groove of "Gun Street Girl" (which is achieved through such minimal instrumentation that it's genius), the explosive vocal Waits delivers on "Anywhere I Lay My Head" which threatens to blow your stereo speakers out with it's intensity, the country feel to "Blind Love" which features Waits' gravelly voice backed by Keith Richards' harmonies, and the list could go on and on. Like most of Waits' releases "Rain Dogs" was critically acclaimed but didn't sell in big numbers and has gone on to achieve a large cult following. It stands as one of his best albums, and I would include it as one of my favorite albums of all time. Once it gets it's hooks into you nothing else will hit the spot the way "Rain Dogs" does. Also recommended if you like this one is the live album "Big Time", where Waits bends and twists the arrangements of some of the songs off this album with great results.

5 out of 5 stars its like nothing else.......2007-03-15

my friend if your even looking at this i can tell you that you have already waited to long. this album is like nothing you have ever heard and is one of my personal favorites.if you only invest in one tom waits album this should be it.

5 out of 5 stars A classic in every sense.......2007-03-02

One of the greatest albums of all time.. no more, no less. Its hard for me to understand why I like Rain Dogs.. but then again its hard for me to understand why I like Tom Waits so much in the first place.. I guess he is more of an aquired taste to most people, reguardless, this album is an artistic masterpeice. Waits' lyrics are very poetic and abstract as usual.. and musically there is a balance here that most albums of any genre can't accomplish. There is a perfect mix of serious ballads and quirky, fun, polkas (or whatever you call them).

I cant really reccomend this album to anyone who has not heard of or heard Tom Waits.. because this band is rather like Primus in the sense that you either hate it, or love it.. and if you love Tom Waits, then you already have this album.

5 out of 5 stars another type of music.......2007-02-12

of course you've heard of elevator music. this isn't that. this is parking lot music. music you can hide in like thick dust clouds blown off the side of the highway by bad passersby, whom, after they've burnt rubber and sped on gone laughing and waving goodbye so-long, you can hate as people, but must respect for the cover they've provided you in your illicit doings. these dust clouds. these lovely songs.
Rain Dogs
Average customer rating: Not rated
    		Rain Dogs

    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    Pop RockPop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music
    ASIN: B000H5TY78
    Release Date: 2006-10-03
    Rain Dogs
    Average customer rating: Not rated
      		Rain Dogs
      Tom Waits
      Manufacturer: Island
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

      GeneralGeneral | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music
      Experimental RockExperimental Rock | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music
      Singer-SongwritersSinger-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music
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      ASIN: B00006HBCC
      Release Date: 2002-10-07

      Tracks:

      1. Singapore
      2. Clap Hands
      3. Cemetery Polka
      4. Jockey Full of Bourbon
      5. Tango Till They're Sore
      6. Big Black Mariah
      7. Diamonds & Gold
      8. Hang Down Your Head
      9. Time
      10. Rain Dogs
      11. Midtown [Instrumental]
      12. 9th & Hennepin
      13. Gun Street Girl
      14. Union Square
      15. Blind Love
      16. Walking Spanish
      17. Downtown Train
      18. Bride of Rain Dog [Instrumental]
      19. Anywhere I Lay My Head
      Self Titled Rain Dogs
      Average customer rating: Not rated
        		Self Titled Rain Dogs
        Rain Dogs
        Manufacturer: Rain Dogs
        ProductGroup: Music
        Binding: Audio CD

        GeneralGeneral | Blues | Styles | Music
        Acoustic BluesAcoustic Blues | Blues | Styles | Music
        ASIN: B000CA32Q2
        Release Date: 2004-09-21
        Diamonds and Rain
        Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
        • One of the few "happy" Choir albums?
        		 Diamonds and Rain

        Manufacturer: Myrrh LA
        ProductGroup: Music
        Binding: Audio CD

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        GeneralGeneral | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music
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        ASIN: B0009WE1KE

        Product Description

        Songs are: 1) Fear Only You 2) Render Love 3) All that Is You 4) Black Cloud 5) I Painted Mercy 6) Kingston Road 7) Listen To Her Eyes 8) (You Do That) Triangle 9) Love Falls Down 10) When The Morning Comes

        Customer Reviews:

        4 out of 5 stars One of the few "happy" Choir albums?.......2005-07-01

        The Choir (drummer/lyricist Steve Hindalong, singer/guitarist Derald Daugherty, and bassist Tim Chandler, plus saxman "Buckeye" Dan Michaels) have been making great Christian music with an alternative slant since 1984.

        This one has a sound probably closer to pop (I first thought "All That is You" might be Michael W. Smith upon hearing it on a Sunday morning CCM radio show) than their usual, perhaps due to the influence of producer Charlie Peacock, but they still throw in curveballs like the wailing cavernous sax from Dan Michaels at the coda of "Black Cloud". The tone of the album is more celebratory than their usual melancholy take on faith as well. This album managed to place 2 songs on the CCM charts, "When the Morning Comes" (#7) and "Fear Only You" (#17).

        HIGHLIGHTS:
        "Render Love" is a more believable peace anthem than "Give Peace a Chance" (though later effort "Rifleman" was more effective.) "Black Cloud" hews closer to the somber Choir worldview of a God that's merciful but not to be trifled with. Hindalong "trembles" for unbelievers with "houses in the sand" with "fatal inclinations to savor mortal breath". "Listen to Her Eyes" is advice to the lovelorn ("If your love is more than words/listen to her eyes../Read her tears like pages/hold her when she cries..") set to a peppy backbeat. The kitschy child's vocal count-in to "Triangle" belies the serious subject matter as an outsider offers comfort for a girl whose father molests her when he's drunk. (The triangle is the path of dad's booze..'from the cooler to the chair to the garbage can' as the lyric goes) I've never found out if the "Bethia" it was inspired by is someone the band knew personally...or merely "knew of". "When the Morning Comes" may be one of the most gorgeous "can't wait to meet God" songs ever put to paper. Hindalong sees it as not only a time to rest, but to end his searching ("I'll understand/When the morning comes")

        LOWS:
        I can't honestly say there are any songs here I don't like. If PRESSED, I might name "Kingston Road" (a Charlie Peacock-penned tune) as being less worthy than the others here, but I couldn't call it "bad".

        BOTTOM LINE:
        Hindalong would go on to couch his sentiments in more veiled terms in the future. Much of this is nakedly emotional in a way he seldom allows himself to be. Some will judge that to be less "artistic", however this is much more than callous craft. These songs will dig themselves into your psyche. It's not my favourite Choir disk, but it IS indispensable. Recommended.
        Healing Beauty Volume One
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          		Healing Beauty Volume One

          Manufacturer: Healing Beauty
          ProductGroup: Music
          Binding: Audio CD
          ASIN: B000EHUQBC

          Product Description

          A few weeks ago a good friend of ours, John Castleberry, called me and told me he wanted to help heal Debbie. Being a musician, he chose music as his medicine. So he began compiling a CD of music by musicians Debbie knows and loves. John, Debbie and I know many musicians but I really thought that contracts and other legal strings might prohibit artists from donating songs to a project such as this. But when we began asking, everyone of them said, ''Of course we'll give Debbie a song!"
          Hair of the Dog
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            		Hair of the Dog
            Rain Dogs
            Manufacturer: Rain Dogs
            ProductGroup: Music
            Binding: Audio CD

            GeneralGeneral | Blues | Styles | Music
            Acoustic BluesAcoustic Blues | Blues | Styles | Music
            ASIN: B000CA3A2S
            Release Date: 2004-09-21

            Tracks:

            1. (Babe) I Want You To Know
            2. Meat Shakin' Woman
            3. Me & My Chauffeur Blues
            4. 32 20 Blues
            5. Miss Celie's Blues (Sister)
            6. Everything All The Time
            7. Selling My Porkchops
            8. My Walkin' Stick
            9. That Man Of Mine
            10. I'd Rather Drink Muddy Water
            11. Ain't Misbehavin'
            12. I Asked For Water (But She Gave Me Gasoline)
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