Blue Valentine
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| Blue Valentine | ||
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| Studio album by Tom Waits | ||
| Released | October 1978 | |
| Recorded | July 24-August 26, 1978 | |
| Genre | Blues-Rock | |
| Length | 49:09 | |
| Label | Asylum | |
| Producer(s) | Bones Howe | |
| Professional reviews | ||
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| Tom Waits chronology | ||
| Foreign Affairs (1977) |
Blue Valentine (1978) |
Heartattack and Vine (1980) |
Blue Valentine is an album by Tom Waits, first released in 1978 on Elektra Entertainment.
[edit] Track listing
All tracks written by Tom Waits, except where noted.
- "Somewhere (from West Side Story)" (music: Leonard Bernstein, lyrics: Stephen Sondheim) – 3:53
- "Red Shoes By The Drugstore" – 3:14
- "Christmas Card From A Hooker In Minneapolis" – 4:33
- "Romeo Is Bleeding" – 4:52
- "$29" – 8:15
- "Wrong Side Of The Road" – 5:14
- "Whistlin' Past The Graveyard" – 3:17
- "Kentucky Ave" – 4:49
- "Sweet Little Bullet From A Pretty Blue Gun" – 5:36
- "Blue Valentines" – 5:49
[edit] Musicians
- Bob Alcivar - Orchestral Arrangement, Conductor
- Harold Battiste - Piano
- Roland Bautista - Electric Guitar
- Ray Crawford - Electric Guitar
- Scott Edwards - Bass
- Da Willie Gonga - Yamaha Electric Piano, Yamaha Electric Grand Piano
- Bobbye Hall - Congas
- Herbert Hardesty - Tenor Sax
- Jim Hughart - Bass
- Charles Kynard - Organ
- Rick Lawson - Drums
- Byron Miller - Bass
- Earl Palmer - Drums
- Shine Robinson - Electric Guitar
- Frank Vicari - Tenor Sax
- Tom Waits - Vocals, Acoustic Piano, Electric Guitar
- Chip White - Drums
[edit] Miscellanea
- The girl on the back cover photograph, over the hood of a car, is Rickie Lee Jones, who was Waits' girlfriend for a period in the 1970s.
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