Blue Valentine

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Blue Valentine
Studio album by Tom Waits
Released	September 1978
Recorded	July 24-August 26, 1978
Genre	Blues-Rock
Length	49:09
Label	Asylum
Producer	Bones Howe
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Robert Christgau (B) link Rolling Stone (Not Rated) link
Tom Waits chronology
Foreign Affairs (1977) Blue Valentine (1978) Heartattack and Vine (1980)

Blue Valentine is an album by Tom Waits, first released in 1978 on Elektra Entertainment. The woman pictured with Waits on the back cover is Rickie Lee Jones, another singer/songwriter with whom he was having a relationship at the time (she also appears with Waits on the cover of his album Foreign Affairs, released a year prior.) This album peaked on the Australian charts in late 1978 at #42.

[edit] Track listing

All tracks written by Tom Waits, except where noted.

1. "Somewhere (from West Side Story)" (music: Leonard Bernstein, lyrics: Stephen Sondheim) – 3:53
2. "Red Shoes By The Drugstore" – 3:14
   • Tom Waits - Vocal
   • Da Willie Gonga (George Duke) - Yamaha Electric Piano
   • Rick Lawson - Drums
   • Roland Bautista - Electric Guitar
   • Byron Miller - Bass
3. "Christmas Card From A Hooker In Minneapolis" – 4:33
   • Tom Waits - Vocal & Acoustic Piano
   • Da Willie Gonga (George Duke) - Yamaha Electric Grand Piano
4. "Romeo Is Bleeding" – 4:52
   • Tom Waits - Vocal & Electric Guitar
   • Frank Vicari - Tenor Sax
   • Ray Crawford - Electric Guitar
   • Charles Kynard - Organ
   • Jim Hughart - Bass
   • Chip White - Drums
   • Bobbye Hall - Congas
5. "$29.00" – 8:15
   • Tom Waits - Vocal & Electric Guitar
   • Da Willie Gonga (George Duke) - Yamaha Electric Grand Piano
   • Roland Bautista - Electric Guitar
   • Byron Miller - Bass
   • Rick Lawson - Drums
6. "Wrong Side Of The Road" – 5:14
   • Tom Waits - Vocal & Electric Guitar
   • Charles Kynard - Organ
   • Frank Vicari - Tenor Sax
   • Ray Crawford - Electric Guitar
   • Jim Hughart - Bass
   • Chip White - Drums
7. "Whistlin' Past The Graveyard" – 3:17
   • Tom Waits - Vocal & Electric Guitar
   • Harold Battiste - Piano
   • "Shine" Robinson - Electric Guitar
   • Herbert Hardesty - Tenor Sax
   • Scott Edwards - Bass
   • Earl Palmer - Drums
8. "Kentucky Avenue" – 4:49
   • Orchestra Arranged & Conducted by Bob Alcivar
   • Vocal & Piano - Tom Waits
9. "Sweet Little Bullet From A Pretty Blue Gun" – 5:36
   • Tom Waits - Vocal & Electric Guitar
   • Herbert Hardesty - Tenor Sax
   • "Shine" Robinson - Electric Guitar
   • Harold Battiste - Piano
   • Scott Edwards - Bass
   • Earl Palmer - Drums
10. "Blue Valentines" – 5:49
    • Tom Waits - Vocal & Electric Guitar
    • Ray Crawford - Electric Guitar Solo

[edit] Musicians

• Vocals - Tom Waits
• Electric Guitar - Tom Waits, Ray Crawford, Roland Bautista, "Shine" Robinson
• Bass - Scott Edwards, Jim Hughart, Byron Miller
• Piano - Da Willie Gonga (George Duke), Harold Battiste, Tom Waits
• Organ - Charles Kynard
• Tenor Sax - Herbert Hardesty, Frank Vicari
• Drums - Rick Lawson, Earl Palmer, Chip White
• Orchestra - Bob Alcivar

v • d • e Tom Waits Major releases Closing Time • The Heart of Saturday Night • Nighthawks at the Diner • Small Change • Foreign Affairs • Blue Valentine • Heartattack and Vine • One from the Heart • Swordfishtrombones • Rain Dogs • Franks Wild Years • Big Time • Night on Earth • Bone Machine • The Black Rider • Mule Variations • Blood Money • Alice • Real Gone • Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards Compilations Bounced Checks • Anthology of Tom Waits • The Asylum Years • The Early Years, Volume One • The Early Years, Volume Two • Beautiful Maladies • Used Songs, 1973-1980 Notable songs "Jersey Girl" • "Downtown Train" • "Heartattack and Vine" • "I Hope That I Don't Fall in Love With You" • "Ol' '55" • "Young at Heart" Tours Real Gone Tour • The Orphans Tour • Glitter and Doom Tour Related Anywhere I Lay My Head (Scarlett Johansson album) • Kathleen Brennan • Greg Cohen • Marc Ribot