Mule Variations

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Mule Variations
Mule Variations cover
Studio album by Tom Waits
Released April 20, 1999
Recorded  ???
Genre Rock
Length 70:33
Label Anti
Epitaph
Producer(s) Kathleen Brennan
Tom Waits
Professional reviews
Tom Waits chronology
The Black Rider
(1993)		 Mule Variations
(1999)		 Blood Money
(2002)


Mule Variations is an album by Tom Waits, released 1999 on the Anti sub-label of Epitaph Records. It was Waits's first studio album since 1992's Bone Machine (the later The Black Rider was a collection of songs originally written for a play). It won a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album and was nominated for Best Male Rock Performance for the track "Hold On". It also sold more than 500,000 copies world wide.

The album was backed by an extensive tour of Europe and North America during the summer and autumn of 1999, which was Waits's first proper tour since 1987. Other promotional stops included a solo performance on VH1 Storytellers.

The band Primus played with Waits and Carney on "Big In Japan".

In 2003, the album was ranked number 416 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.

[edit] Track listing

Songs co-written by Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan unless otherwise noted.

  1. "Big In Japan" – 4:05
  2. "Lowside Of The Road" – 2:59
    • Tom Waits - Guitar/Optigon/Vocals
    • Smokey Hormel - Chumbus & Dousengoni
    • Chris Grady - Trumpet
    • Jacquire King - Programming
  3. "Hold On" – 5:33
    • Stephen Hodges - Percussion
    • Larry Taylor - Bass
    • Marc Ribot - Guitar
    • Joe Gore - Guitar
    • Tom Waits - Organ/Guitar/Vocals
  4. "Get Behind The Mule" – 6:52
    • Stephen Hodges - Percussion
    • Larry Taylor - Bass
    • Smokey Hormel - Guitar
    • Charlie Musselwhite - Harp
    • Tom Waits - Vocals
  5. "House Where Nobody Lives" (Tom Waits) – 4:14
    • Larry Taylor - Bass/Rhythm Guitar
    • Marc Ribot - Lead Guitar
    • Tom Waits - Piano/Vocals
  6. "Cold Water" – 5:23
    • Christopher Marvin - Drums
    • Larry Taylor - Bass
    • Tom Waits - Guitar/Vocals
    • Marc Ribot - Guitar/Solo
  7. "Pony" (Tom Waits) – 4:32
    • Tom Waits - Guitar/Vocals/Pump Organ
    • Smokey Hormel - Dobro
    • John P. Hammond - Harp
  8. "What's He Building?" (Tom Waits) – 3:20
    • Jeff Sloan - Percussion
    • Ralph Carney - Reeds
    • DJ M. Mark "The III Media" Reitman - Turntable
    • Tom Waits - The Voice
  9. "Black Market Baby" – 5:02
    • Andrew Borger - Drums
    • Tom Waits - Guitar/Vocals/Percussion/Chamberlin
    • Marc Ribot - Guitar Solo
    • Ralph Carney - Reeds
    • DJ M. Mark "The III Media" Reitman - Turntable
  10. "Eyeball Kid" – 4:25
    • Tom Waits - Percussion/Vocals
    • Greg Cohen - Percussion
    • Marc Ribot - Guitar
    • Lawrence (Larry) Rhodes - Contrabassoon
    • Ralph Carney - Bass Clarinet
    • DJ M. Mark "The III Media" Reitman - Turntable
    • Wings Over Jordan Gospel, Bali Eternal - Turntable Samples
  11. "Picture In A Frame" – 3:39
    • Greg Cohen - Bass
    • Tom Waits - Piano
    • Ralph Carney - Alto-Sax
    • Nik Phelps - Bari-Sax
    • Tom Waits - Vocals
  12. "Chocolate Jesus" – 3:55
    • Greg Cohen - Bass
    • Tom Waits - Guitar/Vocals
    • Charlie Musselwhite - Harp
  13. "Georgia Lee" – 4:24
    • Dalton Dillingham III - Bass
    • Tom Waits - Piano/Vocals
    • Linda Delucia-Gbidossi - Violin
  14. "Filipino Box Spring Hog" (Tom Waits) – 3:09
    • Andrew Borger - Drums/Percussion
    • Larry Taylor - Bass/Guitar
    • Marc Ribot - Guitar
    • Chris Grady - Trumpet
    • "Preacher" Tom & Jeff "G-man" Sloan, Kathleen Brennan - Boners
    • Charlie Musselwhite - Harmonica
    • Jacquire King - Programming
    • M. Mark "The III Media" Reitman - Turntable
    • Tom Waits - Vocals
  15. "Take It With Me" – 4:24
    • Greg Cohen - Bass
    • Tom Waits - Piano/Vocals
  16. "Come On Up To The House" – 4:36
    • Andrew Borger - Drums
    • Larry Taylor - Bass
    • Joe Gore - Guitar
    • Tom Waits - Piano/Vocals
    • Charlie Musselwhite - Harmonica
    • Ralph Carney - Sax
    • Nik Phelps - Bari-Sax

[edit] Related promo CD

As a promotional limited offer, a EP titled Hold On was later released with two of the tracks from the Mule Variations album plus two previously unreleased tracks. Track listing:

  1. "Hold On" (Tom Waits / Brennan) – 5:34
  2. "Buzz Fledderjon" (Tom Waits) – 4:14
  3. "Big In Japan" (Tom Waits / Brennan) – 4:05
  4. "Big Face Money" (Tom Waits / Casey X. Waits) – 0:38

[edit] Musicians

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