TOM WAITS
Mule Variations
2018 U.S. 2xLP reissue

A perfect spin for a Saturday afternoon in winter.

I’ve been wanting to listen to this again for a few weeks, as it is probably still my SECOND favorite Waits album behind Rain Dogs.
For Tom to have made a record THIS level of stellar some 26 years into his career was INSANE. Tom albums are always GOOD, but Mule Variations is amongst two or three of his all-time finest.

Big in Japan, Hold On, House Where Nobody Lives, Come On Up To The House… start to finish. A perfect balance of every kind of Tom. The beautiful heartfelt ballads, and the junkyard stomps.

And “What’s He Building?” is an all-time weirdo Waits tune.

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