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Rain DogsTom Waits
Folk & Singer-Songwriter · 1980s
Rain Dogs
Released 1985Folk & Singer-Songwriter
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A wild, junkyard-orchestra masterpiece of broken ballads and barroom experiments. Singular and brilliant. His defining record. Released in 1985, it's a key entry in Tom Waits's run.
On vinyl: Vintage copies and modern reissues both circulate — worth comparing condition and remaster notes before you buy.
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