Closing Time (album)

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Closing Time
Studio album by Tom Waits
Released	1973
Recorded	Sunset Sound, Hollywood
Genre	Rock
Length	45:46
Label	Asylum
Producer(s)	Jerry Yester
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Tom Waits chronology
	Closing Time (1973)	Heart of Saturday Night (1974)

Closing Time is the debut album of Tom Waits, released in 1973 (see 1973 in music) on Asylum Records. Contrary to some belief, the song "Ice Cream Man" is a Waits original, not a cover of the John Brim tune of the same title.

A cover version of "Ol' '55" was later a hit for The Eagles, who covered it on their 1974 album On the Border.

[edit] Track listing

All tracks written by Tom Waits.

1. "Ol' '55" – 3:58
2. "I Hope That I Don't Fall in Love With You" – 3:54
3. "Virginia Avenue" – 3:10
4. "Old Shoes (& Picture Postcards)" – 3:40
5. "Midnight Lullaby" – 3:26
6. "Martha" – 4:30
7. "Rosie" – 4:03
8. "Lonely" – 3:12
9. "Ice Cream Man" – 3:05
10. "Little Trip to Heaven (On the Wings of Your Love)" – 3:38
11. "Grapefruit Moon" – 4:50
12. "Closing Time" – 4:20

[edit] Musicians

• Delbert Bennett - Trumpet
• Shep Cooke - Vocals, Guitar
• Arni Egilsson - Bass
• Jesse Ehrlich - Cello
• Peter Klimes - Guitar
• Bill Plummer - Bass
• John Seiter - Drums, Background Vocals
• Tony Terran - Trumpet
• Tom Waits - Celeste, Vocals, Guitar, Piano