Length 71:52 Release date 3 October 2004 | Label Anti- | |
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Released October 3, 2004 (2004-10-03) Real Gone(2004) Orphans Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards(2006) Similar Tom Waits albums, Rock music albums |
Tom waits top of the hill
Real Gone is an album by Tom Waits, released October 3, 2004 in Europe, and October 5 in United States on the ANTI- label. The album was supported by the Real Gone Tour, playing sold out locations in North America and Europe in October and November 2004.
Contents
The album features some of the few political songs Waits has written, the most explicit being "Day After Tomorrow", a song Waits has described as an "elliptical" protest against the Iraq War.
It was chosen by the editors of Harp Magazine as the best album of 2004.
Track listing
All songs written by Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan.
- "Top of the Hill" – 4:55
- "Hoist That Rag" – 4:20
- "Sins of My Father" – 10:36
- "Shake It" – 3:52
- "Don't Go into That Barn" – 5:22
- "How's It Gonna End" – 4:51
- "Metropolitan Glide" – 4:13
- "Dead and Lovely" – 5:40
- "Circus" – 3:56
- "Trampled Rose" – 3:58
- "Green Grass" – 3:13
- "Baby Gonna Leave Me" – 4:29
- "Clang Boom Steam" – 0:46
- "Make It Rain" – 3:39
- "Day After Tomorrow" – 6:56
- "Chick a Boom" – 1:17 (hidden track)
Personnel
Songs
1Top of the Hill4:55
2Hoist That Rag4:20
3Sins of My Father10:37
References
Real Gone (album) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA