Waits, Tom | Black Rider | 1LP
Waits, Tom | Black Rider | 1LP
Tom Waits is a songwriter born in Pomona, California, on 7 December 1949, known for his lyrical songwriting and raspy, gravelly voice. His first album, Closing Time, was released in 1973, and his work is rooted in early blues and beat poetry, with influences including Howlin' Wolf and Jack Kerouac. He has also appeared in films by Francis Ford Coppola, the Coen Brothers, Jim Jarmusch, Terry Gilliam and Robert Altman.
This 1 LP vinyl edition of The Black Rider by Tom Waits was released by Island Records on 6 October 2023. The album was first released in 1993 and is Waits's twelfth studio album, a musical comedy and horror collaboration with director and designer Robert Wilson, writer William S. Burroughs (text), and Waits and Kathleen Brennan (music). It is not a cast album but Waits's own performance of songs he created for the stage production. Waits and Kathleen Brennan are credited as producers, and the audio is newly remastered from the original production master tape.
Track List
Side A
- Lucky Day Overture
- The Black Rider
- November
- Just the Right Bullets
- Black Box Theme
- 'T' Ain't No Sin
- Flash Pan Hunter/Intro
- That's the Way
- The Briar and the Rose
- Russian Dance
Side B
- Gospel Train/Orchestra
- I'll Shoot the Moon
- Flash Pan Hunter
- Crossroads
- Gospel Train
- Interlude
- Oily Night
- Lucky Day
- The Last Rose of Summer
- Carnival