Used Songs (1973-1980)

Type: Compilation
Released: 23 October 2001
Label: Rhino Records
Country: United States
Length: 1:17:00
Community rating: 3.82/5 from 1 rating

by Tom Waits

A compilation of Waits' Asylum years, the barfly balladeer period of 1973 to 1980 before his Island reinvention, sequenced from the original albums.

Descriptors: alcohol, ballad, narrative, crooning, storytelling

Heartattack And Vine (4:45)
Eggs And Sausage (In A Cadillac With Susan Michelson) (4:23)
A Sight For Sore Eyes (4:41)
Whistlin' Past The Graveyard (3:16)
Burma Shave (6:34)
Step Right Up (5:41)
Ol' '55 (3:58)
I Never Talk To Strangers (3:39)
Mr. Siegal (5:14)
Jersey Girl (5:11)
Christmas Card From A Hooker In Minneapolis (4:32)
Blue Valentines (5:51)
(Looking For) The Heart Of Saturday Night (3:52)
Muriel (3:34)
Wrong Side Of The Road (5:14)
Tom Traubert's Blues (Four Sheets To The Wind In Copenhagen) (6:35)

Tom Waits - primary artist, vocals, written-by, electric guitar, piano, vocals, piano, acoustic guitar
Plas Johnson - baritone saxophone, tenor saxophone
John Seiter - drums, vocals
Bob Alcivar - arranged by, conductor
Roland Bautista - electric guitar [lead], twelve-string guitar
Victor Feldman - glockenspiel [keyboard glock], percussion
Dawilli Gonga - grand piano [yamaha electric]
Jim Gordon - featuring [foot tap, knee slap]
Julie Vlasak - design
Charles Schwab - liner notes
Hal Willner - liner notes
Jon Landau - liner notes
Gijsbert Hanekroot - photography by [book covers]
Philip Gould - photography by [cd label]
Cynthia Macadams - photography by [digi cover]
Bones Howe - producer [original recordings]
Geoff Howe - engineer [assistant]
Kelly Kotera - engineer [assistant]
Norm Dlugatch - engineer [assistant]
Rick Smith - engineer [assistant]
Ron Marks - engineer [assistant]
Steve Smith - engineer [assistant]
Ralph Osborn - engineer [assistant]
Bill Broms - engineer [assistant]
Richard Moore - engineer