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Track Listings
| 1. Hang On St. Christopher |
| 2. Straight To TheTop (Rhumba) |
| 3. Blow Wind Blow |
| 4. Temptation |
| 5. Innocent When You Dream |
| 6. I'll Be Gone |
| 7. Yesterday Is Here |
| 8. Please Wake Me Up |
| 9. Franks Theme |
| 10. More Than Rain |
| 11. Way Down In The Hole |
| 12. Straight To The Top (Vegas) |
| 13. I'll Take New York |
| 14. Telephone Call From Istanbul |
| 15. Cold Cold Ground |
| 16. Train Song |
| 17. Innocent When You Dream (78) |
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All the voices in Tom Waits' head come out on this album: the growler (of course), the crooner, the preacher, the screecher, and the Vegas cheese ball. The instrumentation is equally eclectic. (Yep, that's Waits himself playing the "rooster" on the album's best song, "I'll Be Gone".) More memorable moments: "Innocent When You Dream" (both times), the vocal howling at the end of "Blow Wind Blow", and the lovely coughing fit after "I'll Take New York." Frank's Wild Years is the musical remains of a theatrical collaboration between Waits and Kathleen Brennan, originally staged in 1986. It contains nuggets of important practical advice, sure--"never drive a car when you're dead" (from "Telephone Call from Istanbul")--but mostly these songs are fantasy freaks. Frank's is big-time dreamer. It's a dreamy album. Sweet dreams. --Dan Leone
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180gm vinyl LP repressing of this classic album. Cobra. 2007.
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By Sarah Hadley
Format:Audio CD
I'm a fairly recent convert to Tom Waits - my best friend gave me "Alice" for my birthday last summer, and although it initially horrified and repulsed me, I couldn't stop listening to it for months. After the first week or two, though, I realized "Alice" was destined to become one of my favorite albums and Waits one of my favorite musicians. And so it's continued.
I've listened to about half of Waits' catalog now, spanning his earliest to latest work, and I have my own favorites. I love each of his different 'periods' in different ways. Yet somehow, I've found "Frank's Wild Years" his hardest album to penetrate so far. Part of the problem lies in the fact it was never intended as just an album - it's the score to a stageplay. So is "Alice," but at least with that one, you know everything connects (albeit peripherally) back to Lewis Carroll's story. With "Frank," it really feels like we need to know the story to understand the songs. Much of what Waits sings, especially in-character as Frank, is unusual and hard to listen to without giving it your full attention. This isn't a good album for putting on after a long, hard day, or fot a late-night drive in your car. It takes more dedication than that!
That said, there are some gems here: "Yesterday is Here" and "Cold Cold Ground" are both excellent; "Temptation" (despite Waits reaching the ear-splitting high end of his range) and "Telephone Call to Istanbul" are pretty good, too. I've got to say, though, that "Innocent When You Dream (78)" is one of Waits' best and most absolutely heartbreaking songs. For that alone, the CD is worth it to me. "Frank's Wild Years" isn't the easiest Waits to get into, but it's a great challenge if you're already a fan.
Format:Audio CD
This was the first Tom Waits Album I heard, and I became an instant fan. His other albums are great, but this is the one I think of when I think of Tom Waits.
An essential to any audio library.
His gritty urban vocals combined with heartfelt emotion and neo-modern Jazz instrumentals make for a very interesting Musical coaster ride. Highly recomended.
An essential to any audio library.
His gritty urban vocals combined with heartfelt emotion and neo-modern Jazz instrumentals make for a very interesting Musical coaster ride. Highly recomended.
By W.D. Mainer
Format:Audio CD
I wanted to give this 4 stars because of some weak moments, but since I gave his previous release "Rain Dogs" 4 stars and this is so much better, I have to give it a better rating. Well this is a breath-taking expirience. Tom strechs his voice very far on this cd and at times the songs are mindblowing. (A far cry from "Raindogs"). This shows people's limitations, and they sort of abandoned Tom for this release. One flaw that suffers here is that since is a concept album, some songs are just moving the story and no more.
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What's he doing in there?
First of all I would like to state that I love Tom Waits and have been listening to him non-stop for two months I own eleven of his CDs. Read more
Published on Feb 4 2004 by "torchme1"
5.0 out of 5 stars
Frankenbeans terrorizes the masses
This one is right up there with Bone Machine, I'm torn...but I think I like this one better. The first time I heard it was inside one of those used CD stores they used to have in... Read more
Published on Oct 31 2003 by Kawika
5.0 out of 5 stars
Melancholy, twisted, perfect Waits
Frank, of the title, is a hard luck loser, a big time dreamer, a no account rambler and a gambler praying for a break. Read more
Published on Aug 10 2003 by Richard Cody
5.0 out of 5 stars
Sentimental but genuine
I don't know why but this album always seems to get left out when people speak of the great Tom Waits albums. Read more
Published on July 27 2003 by R. david Cole
5.0 out of 5 stars
Waits best, bar none
This album is by far the best out of all the great albums Waits has produced. If you aren't that familiar with Waits' material give this a few listens before judging. Read more
Published on April 20 2003 by steve siegfried
4.0 out of 5 stars
Waits to the core!
At the age of 20, I was introduced to the world of Tom Waits with this album. It remains one of my favourites of his. Read more
Published on Dec 14 2002 by vidar
5.0 out of 5 stars
THE ICEMAN COMETH
I first heard this back in college. At the time, it was unlike anything I've ever heard. I think it single handedly changed my tastes in music. Read more
Published on July 25 2002 by K. H. Orton
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great but you have to like it
This is one [heck] of a CD, just wonderfull! I've bought it a few months ago and I still hear new things (Like voices far,far away and such)! Read more
Published on Jun 7 2002 by wouter ensing
5.0 out of 5 stars
THE BEST TOM WAITS ALBUM
this is a stroke of geneous. i loved it the first time i listened and i must have listened to it hundreds of times since. Read more
Published on May 1 2002 by Jack Killick
4.0 out of 5 stars
More brilliance
Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan wrote and toured behind the musical play Franks Wild Years in 1986, and this recorded album version is sort of a series of songs from it, but they... Read more
Published on Mar 17 2002 by Bill R. Moore
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