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Track Listings
| 1. Big In Japan |
| 2. Lowside Of The Road |
| 3. Hold On |
| 4. Get Behind The Mule |
| 5. House Where Nobody Lives |
| 6. Cold Water |
| 7. Pony |
| 8. What's He Building? |
| 9. Black Market Baby |
| 10. Eyeball Kid |
| 11. Picture In A Frame |
| 12. Chocolate Jesus |
| 13. Georgia Lee |
| 14. Filipino Box Spring Hog |
| 15. Take It With Me |
| 16. Come On Up To The House |
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Seven 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
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More seen than heard in recent years, Waits proves again why he deserves an audience. -- People
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By A. Favre
Format:Audio CD
After reading multiple reviews on this site, most of the reviewers have it right, 4 or 5 stars. What is interesting is that people get hung up on having their favorite artists do things only one way.
For instance, those that may have started with Waits during his younger years, may only appreciate his talking, rambling, discovered stories. Others that jumped on midway may only appreciate his "found" experimental sounds (Bone Machine anyone?). However, this is yet another rung in the Tom Waits evolution.
Those that dismissed this disc must be very narrow in their likes. Only country, only rap, etc. To pigeonhole Mr. Waits into only one type of music that he is "good" at is very disappointing. For those calling this his "swan song" or recommending to "skip it", you are really missing out. What a great combination of lyrics, vocals, and sounds. It works. It must to have been nominated and won the (grammy?) for best folk record that year.
Hey, skip it if you don't want to hear something good. Sure, you need to pick up Nighthawk's at the Diner, Bone Machine, and many of the others as well. This is well worth the $$$. Go for the import if you want the complete disc, or download the free MP3's off of amazon to complete it (Buzz Fledderjohn and Big Face Money).
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By D. Florek
Format:Audio CD
If you have never heard Tom Waits before, pick up this album!! Amazing! So excited I finally own it!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By A Customer
Format:Audio CD
This record will give you shivers every 10 seconds. Tom Waits has such an amazing, beautiful voice and his music is so incredible...I don't know how anyone could live without this album!
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1.0 out of 5 stars
DISAPPOINTMENT
AFTER MANY YEARS OF SMOKING AND DRINKING, THE AFFECTS ARE SO CLEAR THRU THE PASSAGE OF TIME, TOM HAS LOST HIS VOICE. Read more
Published on May 28 2004 by sean
3.0 out of 5 stars
Only 3 Stars For Waits
I've been listening to Tom Waits for over 20 years and he is one of my favorite artists, through all his reincarnations. Read more
Published on May 17 2004
5.0 out of 5 stars
Tom creates a masterpiece about love life and death.
This is one of my favorite albums period. I love the fact that Tom isen't obssessed with death and terrible sounding music quality he was into for his previous release, "Bone... Read more
Published on Feb 27 2004 by W.D. Mainer
5.0 out of 5 stars
An Album That Requires An Investment...
This is not an album that lets you in the first time you listen to it, or even the second, or the third. This isn't pop music. Read more
Published on Feb 9 2004 by Christopher Legras
1.0 out of 5 stars
Everybody falls
Just skip it. Assume he's never done it. Everything else is still so very good. And he remedied himself in Blood Money anyway.
Published on Jan 24 2004
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great Waits in all his styles!
This great album opens with Big In Japan, a humorous number in bluesy style with brilliant guitar and innovative arrangement, which is followed by the slow, eerie Lowside Of The... Read more
Published on Dec 26 2003 by Pieter Uys
5.0 out of 5 stars
"You Better Hold On(This CD is great)"
A great CD!!!. I do not know if there are any words to describe the greatness of Waits music and Lyrics. Mule Variations delivers!! Read more
Published on Oct 4 2003 by "dashgalaxy2"
5.0 out of 5 stars
Tom Waits - Mule Varations
This disturbing and sensational album from artist Tom Waits is pure spellbinding fun! The lyrics are something else and so is the otherworldy music. Read more
Published on Sep 6 2003 by Clob Lane
5.0 out of 5 stars
Richness of life
These are songs full of such depth and feeling. Tom Waits is an extraordinary talent who takes snapshots of life at times disturbing and at times beautiful, but always moving. Read more
Published on Mar 18 2003 by Brian Wallace (Co-author of It's Not Your Hair)
5.0 out of 5 stars
...the world is not my home, I'm just a'passing through
A lot of people, well more than one, don't like this album... Why!?!
'because it dosen't dosen't sound like Tom Waits used to'?
It's called evolution, look into it. Read more
'because it dosen't dosen't sound like Tom Waits used to'?
It's called evolution, look into it. Read more
Published on Mar 6 2003 by Sean Nolan
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