Blue Valentine (album)
| Blue Valentine | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | September 5, 1978[1] | |||
| Recorded | July 24–August 26, 1978 | |||
| Studio | Filmways/Heider Recording, San Francisco, California | |||
| Genre | Rock, blues, jazz | |||
| Length | 49:09 | |||
| Label | Asylum | |||
| Producer | Bones Howe | |||
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| Singles from Blue Valentine | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |    link |
| Mojo | |
| Pitchfork | 8.3/10[2] |
| Rolling Stone | (favorable) link |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | |
Blue Valentine is the fifth studio album by the American musician Tom Waits, released in September 1978 on Asylum Records. The album was recorded over the course of six sessions from July to August 1978 with producer Bones Howe.
Rickie Lee Jones is pictured with Waits on the back cover.
Track listing
All tracks written by Tom Waits, except where noted.
Side one
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Somewhere" (From West Side Story) | Music: Leonard Bernstein; lyrics: Stephen Sondheim | 3:53 |
| 2. | "Red Shoes by the Drugstore" | 3:14 | |
| 3. | "Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis" | 4:33 | |
| 4. | "Romeo Is Bleeding" | 4:52 | |
| 5. | "$29.00" | 8:15 |
Side two
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Wrong Side of the Road" | 5:14 |
| 2. | "Whistlin' Past the Graveyard" | 3:17 |
| 3. | "Kentucky Avenue" | 4:49 |
| 4. | "A Sweet Little Bullet from a Pretty Blue Gun" | 5:36 |
| 5. | "Blue Valentines" | 5:49 |
Personnel
- Tom Waits - vocals, electric guitar, piano
- Ray Crawford, Roland Bautista, Alvin "Shine" Robinson - electric guitar
- Scott Edwards, Jim Hughart, Byron Miller - bass
- Da Willie Gonga (George Duke), Harold Battiste - piano
- Charles Kynard - organ
- Herbert Hardesty, Frank Vicari - tenor saxophone
- Rick Lawson, Earl Palmer, Chip White - drums
- Bobbye Hall Porter - congas on ("Romeo Is Bleeding")[4]
- Bob Alcivar - orchestra
References
- ^ "Releases". ANTI-. Retrieved March 6, 2018.
- ^ M. Deusner, Stephen (March 24, 2018). "Tom Waits: Blue Valentine". Pitchfork. Retrieved March 24, 2018.
- ^ "Tom Waits: Album Guide". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on September 19, 2011.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ Hoskyns, Barney (2010). Lowside of the Road: A Life of Tom Waits. Random House. p. 208. ISBN 0-7679-2709-5.