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Tom Waits discography

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Studio albums
  
16

Compilation albums
  
7

Music videos
  
11

Live albums
  
3

Video albums
  
1

Singles
  
24

Tom Waits discography

The discography of the American rock musician Tom Waits spans five decades. It consists of 16 studio albums, 3 live albums, 7 compilation albums, 24 singles and 2 soundtracks. Waits has also released one video album and 11 music videos. Born Thomas Alan Waits, his debut release was the 1973 single "Ol' '55", which was the lead single for his debut album Closing Time (1973). Waits had begun to record in 1971, but these first sessions would not be released until the beginning of the 1990s. For most of the 1970s he recorded for Asylum Records. After cutting his first soundtrack album for the Coppola film One from the Heart, Waits signed with Island Records for the 1980s.

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The release of Bone Machine in 1992 brought him a Grammy Award after a less prolific decade. After Island Records Waits moved to Anti/Epitaph for Mule Variations, an album that won him a second Grammy. For the 2000s he struck up a writing collaboration with his partner Kathleen Brennan. His latest record Bad as Me was released in 2011.

Waits also has a filmography of acting credits that has spanned over many decades. His first screen credit was in Paradise Alley (1978).

Contributions

  • 1975 Home Plate, by Bonnie Raitt: piano and backing vocals on "Your Sweet and Shiney Eyes"
  • 1979 Hollywood Madness by Richie Cole: appears on "Waitin for Waits"
  • 1985 Lost in the Stars: The Music of Kurt Weill: performs "What Keeps Mankind Alive?"
  • 1986 Dirty Work, by The Rolling Stones: backing vocals on "Harlem Shuffle"
  • 1987 Roy Orbison and Friends, A Black and White Night: Roy Orbison tribute concert, with Waits on piano and guitar
  • 1987 Smack My Crack: Giorno Poetry Systems compilation, includes "The Pontiac," a monologue about cars
  • 1988 Stay Awake: Various Interpretations of Music from Vintage Disney Films: performs "Heigh Ho (The Dwarfs Marching Song)"
  • 1989 Sea of Love soundtrack: performs the song "Sea of Love"
  • 1989 El Condor Herido by Diomedes Diaz – Juancho Rois: performs "Chorus and Guacharaca"
  • 1989 SOS United charity album, for SOS Children's Villages: performs "Silent Night"
  • 1989 I'll Be You single, by The Replacements: guest vocals on "Date to Church"
  • 1990 Red Hot + Blue, benefit album by various artists: performs Cole Porter's "It's All Right With Me"
  • 1991 Sailing the Seas of Cheese, by Primus: character vocals on "Tommy the Cat"
  • 1991 Devout Catalyst, by Ken Nordine: appears on "Thousand Bing Bangs" and "The Movie"
  • 1991 Mississippi Lad by Teddy Edwards: appears on "Little Man" and "I'm Not Your Fool Anymore"
  • 1992 Beautiful Mess, by Thelonious Monster: guest vocals on "Adios Lounge"
  • 1993 Jesus Blood Never Failed Me Yet, by Gavin Bryars: guest vocals
  • 1993 Born to Choose, benefit album by various artists, features early version of "Filipino Box Spring Hog"
  • 1995 Little Criminals soundtrack: features the song "Clap Hands"
  • 1996 Dead Man Walking soundtrack: original compositions "Fall of Troy" and "Walk Away"
  • 1998 Rare On Air, Vol. 4 KCRW, performs "Fall of Troy"
  • 1998 Fishing With John, field recordings on "River of Men" and "World of Adventure."
  • 1999 Antipop, by Primus: production, backing vocals, and mellotron on "Coattails of a Deadman"
  • 1999 More Oar: A Tribute to the Skip Spence Album by various artists: covers "Books of Moses"
  • 1999 Jack Kerouac Reads On the Road: covers "On the Road" with Primus
  • 1999 Extremely Cool, by Chuck E. Weiss: guest vocals and guitar; he also co-produced and executive produced the album with Kathleen Brennan, and co-wrote "Do You Know What I Idi Amin?" and "It Rains on Me"
  • 2000 Helium, by Tin Hat Trio: guest vocals on "Helium Reprise"
  • 2000 Free the West Memphis 3, benefit album by various artists: performs the song "Rains on Me"
  • 2000 Beatin' the Heat, by Dan Hicks: features the song "The Piano Has Been Drinkin'"; Waits performs on song "I'll Tell Why That Is"
  • 2001 It's a Wonderful Life, by Sparklehorse: vocals on "Dog Door"
  • 2001 Witness, by Dave Douglas: reads an excerpt from Naguib Mahfouz's work on the 25-minute track "Mahfouz"
  • 2001 Big Bad Love soundtrack: features two original songs, "Long Way Home" and "Jayne's Blue Wish"
  • 2002 Hullabaloo Soundtrack, by Muse: Waits reads his song "What's He Building in There" hidden in the disc's pregap; also used as intro music for the companion concert DVD
  • 2002 For the Kids benefit album by various artists: performs the lullaby "Bend Down the Branches"
  • 2002 Don't Give Up On Me, by Solomon Burke: features Waits' original song, "Diamond in Your Mind"
  • 2003 We're a Happy Family: A Tribute to Ramones, by various artists: Waits covers "The Return of Jackie and Judy"
  • 2003 Long Gone, original song "Bottom of the World" by Waits and Kathleen Brennan
  • 2003 Go Tell It on the Mountain, by The Blind Boys of Alabama features Waits on title track
  • 2004 The Ride, by Los Lobos: vocals on the track "Kitate"
  • 2004 The Late Great Daniel Johnston: Discovered Covered, by various artists: covers "King Kong"
  • 2005 Blinking Lights and Other Revelations, by Eels: screaming on the track "Going Fetal"
  • 2005 Underground, by Tom Waits: uncredited song on the movie Robots
  • 2006 Dreamt for Light Years in the Belly of a Mountain, by Sparklehorse: piano on "Morning Hollow"
  • 2006 They Can't All Be Zingers, by Primus: character vocals on "Tommy the Cat", backing vocals and mellotron on "Coattails of a Dead Man"
  • 2007 People Take Warning! Murder Ballads and Disaster Songs 1913–1938, by various artists: Waits wrote the introduction for this 3 CD reissue anthology produced by Christopher King and Henry "Hank" Sapoznik
  • 2007 Healing the Divide: A Concert for Peace and Reconciliation by various artists: Waits performs four songs with Kronos Quartet: "Way Down In The Hole," "God's Away On Business," "Lost In The Harbor," and "Diamond In Your Mind"
  • 2007 The Diving Bell and the Butterfly: one Waits song is on the soundtrack, and "All The World Is Green" in the film's credits
  • 2007 Traineater, by The Book of Knots: lyrics, vocals, guitar, and percussion on "Pray"
  • 2008 When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold by Atmosphere: beatboxing on the track "Waitress"
  • 2008 Grapefruit Moon: The Songs of Tom Waits by Southside Johnny with LaBamba's Big Band: duet vocals on a cover of his song "Walk Away"
  • 2009 The Spirit of Apollo by N.A.S.A.: vocals on "Spacious Thoughts"
  • 2010 Preservation: An Album to Benefit Preservation Hall & The Preservation Hall Music Outreach Program by Preservation Hall Jazz Band: vocals on “Tootie Ma Was A Big Fine Thing”, and “Corrine Died On The Battlefield”
  • 2011 Hard Ground by Michael O'Brien: contributed poems to accompany photographs of homeless people in Austin, Texas taken by Michael O'Brien
  • 2011 Ghost to a Ghost/Gutter Town by Hank Williams III: vocals on "Ghost to a Ghost" and "Fadin' Moon"
  • 2013 Son of Rogues Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs & Chanteys by various artists: vocals on "Shenandoah" with Keith Richards.
  • 2016 God Don't Never Change: The Songs of Blind Willie Johnson by various artists: covers "The Soul of a Man" and "John the Revelator"

    • Tribute albums

  • 1989 Fjorton sånger – Tom Waits på svenska, Bad Liver och hans brustna hjärtan
  • 1990 The piano has been drinking, Gerd Köster, in German – Cologne dialect, refer to German Wikipedia for details
  • 1995 Temptation, Holly Cole
  • 1995 Step Right Up: The Songs of Tom Waits, various artists
  • 1996 Rød pust: Sven Henriksen synger Tom Waits, Sven Henriksen
  • 1998 Povabilo Na Bluz (Invitation to the Blues), Jani Kovacic (Slovenian)
  • 2000 Nach mir die Sintflut – Ambros singt Waits, Wolfgang Ambros
  • 2000 New Coat of Paint, various artists
  • 2001 Wicked Grin, John Hammond (produced by Tom Waits, who appears on several tracks)
  • 2001 Saving All My Love – A Tribute to Tom Waits, Claudia Bettinaglio
  • 2001 Days of Roses, Delmore
  • 2003 Greetings from HELL – The Tom Waits Songbook, Hell Blues Choir
  • 2003 Pornoshow – Laura Fedele Interpreta Tom Waits, Laura Fedele
  • 2003 Piosenki Toma Waitsa (Tom Waits's Songs), Kazik Staszewski
  • 2005 Being Tom Waits, Billy's Band
  • 2005 The Silver Hearts Play Rain Dogs, The Silver Hearts
  • 2007 À Espera de Tom, Carlos Careqa
  • 2008 Anywhere I Lay My Head, Scarlett Johansson
  • 2008 Grapefruit Moon, Southside Johnny with LaBamba's Big Band

    • References

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