Rain Dogs Music Cd

Tom Waits - Rain Dogs

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Rain Dogs      Artist : Tom Waits      List Price : $11.98 USD        Your Price : $7.97 USD      ProductGroup: Music      Release Date : 1990-06-15      Studio : Island      Label : Island      Avg. Customer Rating : (128 reviews)

Reviews Customer Reviews for Rain Dogs      The ruling triumvirate      Rating:      I consider "Rain Dogs", "Swordfishtrombones", and "Heartattack and Vine" the three core albums that any Tom Waits fan must have. While his earlier albums have an an aesthetic that some fans enjoy--I don't as much--these three show him finding his new footing as an artist. They are the three that I simply could not do without. The subsequent albums are treasures as well, but are, to a certain degree, fine tuning of his style, with a few variations. "Rain Dogs" contains a perfect balance of sentimentality and noir callousness in brilliant poetry that any artist can achieve once in a lifetime if they're lucky.     Customer Reviews for Rain Dogs Cd      One of my favorite albums      Rating:      Tom Waits is really one of those artists that perfectly fits into the "love or hate" category, but no one can deny he is a great musician. Rain Dogs perfectly combines the experimentation of Swordfishtrombone with the melody of his early material. There are some "noisy" songs on here, but for every "noisy" song there is a softer one such as the beautiful "Anywhere I lay my head." Overall even if you aren't the biggest fan of Tom Waits I think it is worth checking out before making judgments. Editorial Reviews for Rain Dogs Audio Cd      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