Artist
Tom Waits
Tom Waits is an experimental artist from California, USA. 55 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Experimental · California, USA · Best experimental albums
- 55
- Releases
- 1973–2026
- Active years
Discography
47
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Closing Time
1973 · 12 tracks
Mule Variations
1999
Blue Valentine
1978
The Heart of Saturday Night
1974
Bad as Me
2011
Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards
2006
Real Gone
2004
Big Time
1988
Small Change
1976
Beautiful Maladies: The Island Years
1998
Heartattack and Vine
1980
Asylum Years
1984
Nighthawks at the Diner
1975
Used Songs: 1973–1980
2001
Glitter and Doom: Live
2009
Foreign Affairs
1977
Alice
2002
Blood Money
2002
A Nickel's Worth of Dreams
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- The Blue Hour
The Blue Hour
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Cold Beer on a Hot Night
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The Black Rider (2023 Remaster)
2023
Frank’s Wild Years (2023 Remaster)
2023
Swordfishtrombones (2023 Remaster)
2023
Rain Dogs (2023 Remaster)
2023
Bone Machine (2023 Remaster)
2023
Nighthawks on the Radio
2014
My Set Purpose
2004
Real Gone (Original Version)
2004
The Black Rider: The Casting of the Magic Bullets: Demo Recordings 1990-1992
1993
Bryars: Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet
1993
The Black Rider
1993
The Early Years, Volume 2
1992
Downtown Blues
1992
Bone Machine
1992
TV Dinner
1992
The Early Years, Volume 1
1991
Night on Earth
1991
Music From The Original Motion Picture "One From The Heart"
1991
The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack of Francis Coppola's Movie ONE FROM THE HEART
1990
Franks Wild Years
1987
Rain Dogs
1985
Anthology Of Tom Waits
1985
Swordfishtrombones
1983
One From the Heart
1982
Bounced Checks
1981
Every Time I Hear This Melody... Live in Hamburg '77
1977
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Singles & EPs
8
Collaborators
1
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Honors
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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
- 2011
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About
Thomas Alan "Tom" Waits (born December 7, 1949) is an American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor. Waits has a distinctive voice, described by critic Daniel Durchholz as sounding "like it was soaked in a vat of bourbon, left hanging in the smokehouse for a few months, and then taken outside and run over with a car." With this trademark growl, his incorporation of pre-rock music styles such as blues, jazz, and vaudeville, and experimental tendencies verging on industrial music, Waits has built up a distinctive musical persona. He has worked as a composer for movies and musical plays and has acted in supporting roles in films including Paradise Alley and Bram Stoker's Dracula; he also starred in the 1986 film Down by Law. He was nominated for an Academy Award for his soundtrack work on One from the Heart.
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Lyrically, Waits' songs frequently present atmospheric portrayals of grotesque, often seedy characters and places-although he has also shown a penchant for more conventional ballads. He has a cult following and has influenced subsequent songwriters despite having little radio or music video support. His songs are best-known through cover versions by more commercial artists: "Jersey Girl", performed by Bruce Springsteen, "Ol' '55", performed by the Eagles, and "Downtown Train", performed by Rod Stewart. Although Waits' albums have met with mixed commercial success in his native United States, they have occasionally achieved gold album sales status in other countries. He has been nominated for a number of major music awards and has won Grammy Awards for two albums, Bone Machine and Mule Variations. In 2011, Waits was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Waits lives in Sonoma County, California with his wife, Kathleen Brennan, and three children.
Tom Waits in brief
- How many Tom Waits releases are on Riffiter?
- 55 releases are catalogued, spanning 1973 to 2026.
- What genre is Tom Waits?
- Tom Waits is catalogued under Experimental.
- What is the most recent Tom Waits release on Riffiter?
- Boots on the Ground, released in 2026.
- What awards has Tom Waits won?
- Tom Waits has 1 award win on record, including Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1×).