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Mule VariationsTom Waits
Folk & Singer-Songwriter · 1990s

Mule Variations

Tom Waits
Released 1999Folk & Singer-Songwriter
ClassicPicked by a lifelong record collector

A grizzled, junkyard-blues comeback of beauty and grime. Warm and acclaimed. A late peak. Released in 1999, it's a key entry in Tom Waits's run.

On vinyl: Vinyl can be scarcer than the CD from this era, so it's worth looking for a recent repressing.

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