Heartattack and Vine

Heartattack And Vine was an absolutely fantastic album. This album has a lot of what makes Tom Waits Tom Waits outside of the more weird elements in albums like Swordfishtrombones and Bone Machine. I always have known Tom Waits did a fair bit of piano ballads in some of his albums but this album still floored me with how beautiful it could get at points. That being said, when Tom was doing both of his styles, he did them very well here with the fantastic recording quality and the fact that his voice fit the songs very well no matter what when it really shouldn't have. I honestly can't find any bad things to even say about this record, it's just too good.
Best Song: Ruby's Arms
Worst Song: In Shades
Side note: Last Tom Waits album, you know what that means:
1. Rain Dogs
2. Heartattack And Vine
3. Bone Machine
4. Swordfishtrombones
5. Nighthawks At The Diner

Can't say I've heard this music before although the name rings a bell. I don't really like bluesy jazzy stuff though.

While I generally prefer the work that came after this, so many of those seeds were sown with this album. Tom's unique voice really shows here.