Tom Waits – Mule Variations (1999)

Posted By: janwal46
Date: Nov. 29, 2009


Tom Waits – Mule Variations (1999)
Anti | 1999 | Rock Jazz Blues | EAC RIP | FLAC+CUE+LOG+HQ-Covers (400Dpi) | 432Mb+39Mb

Seven years passed between the release of Bone Machine and Mule Variations. During that time Tom Waits eschewed cutting another "conventional" (the term used loosely here) song collection, occupying his time with acting projects, a soundtrack (Night on Earth), a stage project (The Black Rider), and sundry smaller diversions.
What's surprising about Mule Variations is how little he's strayed from the old Bone yard through the years. As with his Grammy-winning 1992 outing, Waits intersperses the tough and the tender, mixing exercises in creative noisemaking with tunes that fall on just the right side of maudlin. As with Bone Machine's "The Ocean Doesn't Want Me," "What's He Building?" is an experiment in word jazz that owes a debt to its creator, Ken Nordine. Waits has again assembled a crew of attuned sidemen (including Primus and steadfast backers Ralph Carney, Larry Taylor, and Joe Gore). And, as always, Waits and his wife-cosongwriter-coproducer Kathleen Brennan exhibit an uncanny ear for the arcane. In the end, Mule Variations is the aural equivalent of a salvage shop that, while largely familiar, still has a few secluded chambers and trap doors.

Personnel:

Tom Waits - vocals, guitar, piano, organ, pump organ, Chamberlain, optigon, percussion
Smokey Hormel - guitar, dobro
Larry Taylor - guitar, bass
Larry LaLonde, Marc Ribot, Joe Gore - guitar
Linda Delucia-Gbidossi - violin
Charlie Musselwhite, John Hammond - harmonica
Larry Rhodes - bassoon
Ralph Carney - bass clarinet, reeds, alto saxophone, saxophone, trumpet
Nik Phelps - baritone saxophone
Chris Grady - trumpet
Greg Cohen - bass, percussion
Les Claypool, Dalton Dilligham III - bass
Andrew Borger - drums, percussion
Brain Mantia, Christopher Marvin - drums
Stephen Hodges, Jeff Sloan - percussion
Jacquire King - programming
DJ M. Mark Reitman - turntable
Kathleen Brennan

Tracklist:

01. Big In Japan
02. Lowside Of The Road
03. Hold On
04. Get Behind The Mule
05. House Where Nobody Lives
06. Cold Water
07. Pony
08. Whats He Building
09. Black Market Baby
10. Eyeball Kid
11. Picture In A Frame
12. Chocolate Jesus
13. Georgia Lee
14. Filipino Box Spring Hog
15. Take It With Me
16. Come On Up To The House

All songs recorded by Oz Fitz & Jaquire King at Prairy Sound Recording Studios
Mastered at Bernie Grundman Mastering Studios by Chris Bellman

Sound Quality: 9

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Tom Waits / Mule Variations

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