Cover of Blue Valentine

Blue Valentine

Tom Waits

October 1978

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8.2
Ratings
5
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Tracklist 10 tracks, 49:09
  1. A1Somewhere (From "West Side Story")3:50
  2. A2Red Shoes by the Drugstore3:11
  3. A3Christmas Card From a Hooker in Minneapolis4:30
  4. A4Romeo Is Bleeding4:50
  5. A5$29.008:12
  6. B1Wrong Side of the Road5:11
  7. B2Whistlin Past the Graveyard3:14
  8. B3Kentucky Avenue4:47
  9. B4A Sweet Little Bullet From a Pretty Blue Gun5:34
  10. B5Blue Valentines5:50

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Rated 10/10

It's Thursday night and close enough to the weekend for a drink. Besides, a little fire in your belly might shake off this damp chill. All her usual bull and excuses and best intentions are scribbled on a rain-soaked postcard in your mailbox. You take it and climb the stairs on dreams, and after your drink, you think you might fall asleep if only the sirens would start.

Rated 8/10

Foreign Affairs was a bump in the road, but Blue Valentine picks up where Small Change left off with an added elegant pop nuance from the previous album.

It's back alley desperation at its finest, but not a soggy sob story. There's not much new, sonically, here, but with Tom's beautiful storytelling, he could release a three-hour bluesy spoken word album and I'd love it. He firmly holds the cards over me, and he plays the game with experienced precision.