More Tom Waits

• Insanely good Nearly Triple Plus (A++ to A+++) sound from start to finish; we rarely have these on the site!
• Both sides here are incredible — big, rich, full-bodied and super spacious with tons of energy and presence
• “…the dominant sounds on the record were low-pitched horns, bass instruments, and percussion, set in spare, close-miked arrangements…”
• 5 stars: “Swordfishtrombones marked an evolution of which Waits had not seemed capable”

This is yet another wonderful sounding Tom Waits recording, though it’s very different from the earlier titles from his catalog that have been featured on our site before. While we’re huge fans of the sound Waits and engineer Bones Howe put together on albums like Small Change and Heartattack and Vine, this album marked a turning point for Waits and the sound of his albums. (more…)