Bounced Checks

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Bounced Checks
Compilation album by Tom Waits
Released	1981
Recorded	1974-1980
Genre	Rock
Length	45:46
Label	Asylum
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Bounced Checks is the first compilation of Tom Waits recordings, including album, live and alternate versions of songs from six of his seven albums for Asylum Records, excepting for his debut, Closing Time.

[edit] Previously unreleased tracks

"Mr. Henry" is an outtake from Heartattack and Vine, "The Piano Has Been Drinking" is a live rendition of the track from Small Change, and "Jersey Girl" and "Whistlin' Past the Graveyard" are alternate takes from Heartattack and Vine and Blue Valentine.

[edit] Track listing

Songs written by Tom Waits.

1. "Heartattack and Vine" – 4:42
2. "Jersey Girl" – 4:35
3. "Eggs and Sausage (In a Cadillac with Susan Michelson)" – 4:14
4. "I Never Talk to Strangers" – 3:36
5. "The Piano Has Been Drinking" – 6:04
6. "Whistlin' Past the Graveyard" – 3:00
7. "Mr. Henry" – 3:33
8. "Diamonds on My Windshield" – 3:13
9. "Burma Shave" – 6:28
10. "Tom Traubert's Blues" – 6:21

v • d • e Tom Waits Major releases Closing Time • The Heart of Saturday Night • Nighthawks at the Diner • Small Change • Foreign Affairs • Blue Valentine • Heartattack and Vine • One from the Heart • Swordfishtrombones • Rain Dogs • Franks Wild Years • Big Time • Night on Earth • Bone Machine • The Black Rider • Mule Variations • Blood Money • Alice • Real Gone • Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards Compilations Bounced Checks • Anthology of Tom Waits • The Asylum Years • The Early Years, Volume One • The Early Years, Volume Two • Beautiful Maladies • Used Songs, 1973-1980 Notable songs "Jersey Girl" • "Downtown Train" • "Heartattack and Vine" • "I Hope That I Don't Fall in Love With You" • "Ol' '55" • "Young at Heart" Tours Real Gone Tour • The Orphans Tour • Glitter and Doom Tour Related Anywhere I Lay My Head (Scarlett Johansson album) • Kathleen Brennan • Greg Cohen • Marc Ribot