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Tom Waits - Orphans - Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards [2006]

Thomas Alan (Tom) Waits (Pomona (Californië), 7 december 1949) is een Amerikaans zanger, componist, schrijver en acteur. Zijn stem kan omschreven worden als een lage, rauwe, bijna grommende stem, en soms hees fluisterend.

Waits' carrière begon in 1971 toen hij naar Los Angeles verhuisde en een contract kreeg aangeboden door Herb Cohen, de manager van onder andere Frank Zappa. Na veel afgebroken opnamesessies bracht hij in 1973 zijn eerste album uit, het melancholieke Closing Time. Het album kreeg goede kritieken, maar kreeg pas echt aandacht toen The Eagles het nummer Ol' '55 opnamen in 1974.
 



Disc one: Brawlers

1. "Lie to Me" ? 2:10
2. "LowDown" ? 4:15
3. "2:19" ? 5:02 
4. "Fish in the Jailhouse" ? 4:22
5. "Bottom of the World" ? 5:42 
6. "Lucinda" ? 4:52
7. "Ain't Goin' Down to the Well" (Lead Belly, John Lomax, Alan Lomax) ? 2:28
8. "Lord I've Been Changed" (trad. arr. Waits, Brennan) ? 2:28 
9. "Puttin' on the Dog" ? 3:39 
10. "Road to Peace" ? 7:17
11. "All the Time" ? 4:33
12. "The Return of Jackie and Judy" (Joey Ramone, Johnny Ramone, Dee Dee Ramone) ? 3:28 
13. "Walk Away" ? 2:43 
14. "Sea of Love" (Phil Phillips, George Khoury) ? 3:43 
15. "Buzz Fledderjohn" ? 4:12 
16. "Rains on Me" (Waits, Chuck E. Weiss) ? 3:20

Disc two: Bawlers

1. "Bend Down the Branches" ? 1:06 
2. "You Can Never Hold Back Spring" ? 2:26 
3. "Long Way Home" ? 3:10 
4. "Widow's Grove" ? 4:58
5. "Little Drop of Poison" ? 3:09 
6. "Shiny Things" ? 2:20
7. "World Keeps Turning" ? 4:16
8. "Tell It to Me" ? 3:08 
9. "Never Let Go" ? 3:13 
10. "Fannin Street" ? 5:01 
11. "Little Man" (Teddy Edwards) ? 4:33 
12. "It's Over" ? 4:40 
13. "If I Have to Go" ? 2:15 
14. "Goodnight Irene" (Lead Belly, Gussie L. Davis) ? 4:47
15. "The Fall of Troy" ? 3:01 
16. "Take Care of All My Children" ? 2:31
17. "Down There by the Train" ? 5:39
18. "Danny Says" (Joey Ramone, Johnny Ramone, Dee Dee Ramone) ? 3:05
19. "Jayne's Blue Wish" ? 2:29 
20. "Young at Heart" (Carolyn Leigh, Johnny Richards) ? 3:41

Disc three: Bastards

1. "What Keeps Mankind Alive" (Kurt Weill, Bertolt Brecht) ? 2:09
2. "Children's Story" (Based on Georg Büchner's Woyzeck) ? 1:42 
3. "Heigh Ho" (Frank Churchill, Larry Morey) ? 3:32
4. "Army Ants" ? 3:25
5. "Books of Moses" (Skip Spence) ? 2:49 
6. "Bone Chain" ? 1:03
7. "Two Sisters" (traditional, arr by Waits / Brennan) ? 4:55
8. "First Kiss" ? 2:40
9. "Dog Door" (Waits, Brennan, Mark Linkous) ? 2:43
10. "Redrum" ? 1:12
11. "Nirvana" (Words: Charles Bukowski) ? 2:12
12. "Home I'll Never Be" (Words: Jack Kerouac) ? 2:28
13. "Poor Little Lamb" (William J. Kennedy, Waits) ? 1:43
14. "Altar Boy" ? 2:48
15. "The Pontiac" ? 1:54 
16. "Spidey's Wild Ride" ? 2:03
17. "King Kong" (Daniel Johnston) ? 5:29 
18. "On the Road" (Words: Jack Kerouac) ? 4:14
19. "Dog Treat" (Hidden track) ? 2:56 
20. "Missing My Son" (Hidden track) ? 3:38

All songs by Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan, except where otherwise noted.