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Tom Waits, Mule Variations
Audio CD
Disk ID: 1130295
Disk length: 1h 11m 12s (16 Tracks)
Original Release Date: 1999
Label: Unknown
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Tracks & Durations
| 1. Big in Japan | 4:07 |
| 2. Lowside of the Road | 3:01 |
| 3. Hold On | 5:35 |
| 4. Get Behind the Mule | 6:54 |
| 5. House Where Nobody Lives | 4:16 |
| 6. Cold Water | 5:25 |
| 7. Pony | 4:34 |
| 8. What's He Building? | 3:22 |
| 9. Black Market Baby | 5:04 |
| 10. Eyeball Kid | 4:27 |
| 11. Picture in a Frame | 3:41 |
| 12. Chocolate Jesus | 3:57 |
| 13. Georgia Lee | 4:26 |
| 14. Filipino Box Spring Hog | 3:11 |
| 15. Take It With Me | 4:26 |
| 16. Come On Up to the House | 4:36 |
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Review
After Tom Waits's six-year stint indulging in other artistic endeavors, hearing his familiar growl is like revving up a beloved old motorcycle after driving around in an SUV. The hard-earned wisdom and arcane sensibilities of this set make it one of strongest releases of his entire eclectic catalog. --Matthew CookeSeven years passed between the release of Bone Machine and Mule Variations. During that time Tom Waits eschewed cutting another "conventional" (the term used loosely here) song collection, occupying his time with acting projects, a soundtrack (Night on Earth), a stage project (The Black Rider), and sundry smaller diversions. What's surprising about Mule Variations is how little he's strayed from the old Bone yard through the years. As with his Grammy-winning 1992 outing, Waits intersperses the tough and the tender, mixing exercises in creative noisemaking with tunes that fall on just the right side of maudlin. As with Bone Machine's "The Ocean Doesn't Want Me," "What's He Building?" is an experiment in word jazz that owes a debt to its creator, Ken Nordine. Waits has again assembled a crew of attuned sidemen (including Primus and steadfast backers Ralph Carney, Larry Taylor, and Joe Gore). And, as always, Waits and his wife-cosongwriter-coproducer Kathleen Brennan exhibit an uncanny ear for the arcane. In the end, Mule Variations is the aural equivalent of a salvage shop that, while largely familiar, still has a few secluded chambers and trap doors. --Steven Stolder
Other Versions
Albums are mined from the various public resources and can be actually the same but different in the tracks length only. We are keeping all versions now.
Tracks: 16, Disk length: 1h 11m 16s (+0m 4s)
Tracks: 16, Disk length: 1h 10m 42s (-1m 30s)
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Tracks: 16, Disk length: 1h 8m 12s (-3m)
Tracks: 18 (+2 tracks), Disk length: 1h 15m 35s (+4m 23s)
Tracks: 18 (+2 tracks), Disk length: 1h 15m 36s (+4m 24s)
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