Tom Waits
(born 7 December 1949)
Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2011

Closing Time and Small Change should be bold. Heart of Saturday Night should not.

done.

Small Change is amazing from beginning to end.

Why is H&V red while Bone Machine is merely bold? Reverse that please.

Knew I forgot something. Bone Machine is now red.

Is Heartattack and Vine really worthy of the red, though? I've never seen it referred to as one of his key works (and certainly it seems that SC and CT are better-regarded among his early albums).

yeah, i just deredded it.

IMO Swordfishtrombones should be orange. Mule Variations and Closing Time should be red. Alice should be bold.

Alice and Franks Wild Years both deserve bold, and SFT definitely deserves orange.

What is everyone's favourite Waits' songs, lyrically?

I'm just getting back into him after not really listening to him for a couple of years,

9th and Hennepin, probably: "The clock ticks out like a dripping faucet, til you're full of rag water, bitters, and blue ruin, and you spill out over the side to anyone who'll listen"

At the very least, that's my favorite single passage. Anywhere I Lay My Head also really resonates with me.

Gonna throw my support behind swordfishtrombones for an orange

Updated the tier per requests.

I like the lyrics to Singapore a lot, especially "Let marrow bone and cleaver choose / While making feet for children shoes". Not sure what it means but still think it's awesome.