Heartattack and Vine 586078 224381548 2008-07-08T16:34:26Z J Milburn Bot 7423137 All Music Guide has now been rebranded to Allmusic {{Infobox Album | Name = Heartattack and Vine | Type = [[Album]] | Artist = [[Tom Waits]] | Cover = Tom_Waits-Heartattack_and_Vine.jpg| Released = September 1980 | Recorded = [[June 16]]-[[July 15]] [[1980]] at Filmways/Heider Studio B, Hollywood, California | Genre = [[Rock and roll|Rock]] | Length = 43:42 | Label = [[Asylum Records|Asylum]] | Producer = [[Bones Howe]] | Reviews = *[[Allmusic]] {{rating-5|3}} [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:64120r8ac48b link] *[[Robert Christgau]] (B) [http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=Tom+Waits link] *''[[Rolling Stone]]'' {{rating-5|4}} [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/tomwaits/albums/album/142925/review/5940992/heartattack_and_vine link] | Last album = ''[[Blue Valentine]]''<br>(1978) | This album = '''''Heartattack and Vine'''''<br>(1980) | Next album = ''[[One From the Heart (album)|One From the Heart]]''<br>(1982) | }} '''''Heartattack and Vine''''' was [[Tom Waits]]' last album on the [[Asylum Records|Asylum]] label. This album serves as a slight precursor to Waits' later, more experimental style he developed on Island Records. His recognizable "growl" from ''[[Swordfishtrombones]]'' onwards is clearly heard for the first time here. [[Bruce Springsteen]] covered "Jersey Girl" as part of his live shows throughout the 1980s. The song "Saving All My Love For You", however, is a totally different song from one of the same title written by [[Gerry Goffin]] in the middle 1960s and made famous by [[Whitney Houston]] in 1985. "On The Nickel" was recorded for the Ralph Waite film of the same name. ==Track listing== All songs written by Tom Waits. # "[[Heartattack and Vine (Song)|Heartattack and Vine]]" – 4:50 #*Vocal & Electric Rhythm Guitar - Tom Waits #*Bass - [[Larry Taylor]] #*Drums - "Big John" Thomassie #*Tenor & Baritone Saxes - [[Plas Johnson]] # "In Shades" – 4:25 (Instrumental) #*Electric Rhythm Guitar - Tom Waits #*Electric Lead Guitar - [[Roland Bautista]] #*Hammond Organ - [[Ronnie Barron]] #*Bass - Larry Taylor #*Drums - "Big John" Thomassie # "Saving All My Love for You" – 3:41 #*Vocal & Piano - Tom Waits #*Bass - Jim Hughart #*Chimes & Percussion - [[Victor Feldman]] #*Strings Arranged and Conducted by Bob Alcivar # "Downtown" – 4:45 #*Vocal & Rhythm Electric Guitar - Tom Waits #*Hammond Organ - Ronnie Barron #*Electric Guitar - Roland Bautista #*Bass - Larry Taylor #*Drums - "Big John" Thomassie # "[[Jersey Girl (song)|Jersey Girl]]" – 5:11 #*Vocal & Electric Guitar - Tom Waits #*12-String Guitar - Roland Bautista #*Bass - [[Greg Cohen]] #*Drums - "Big John" Thomassie #*Keyboard Glock & Percussion - Victor Feldman #*Orchestra Arranged and Conducted by [[Jerry Yester]] # "'Til the Money Runs Out" – 4:25 #*Vocal - Tom Waits #*Drums - "Big John" Thomassie #*Hammond Organ - Ronnie Barron #*Electric Guitar - Roland Bautista #*Bass - Larry Taylor # "On the Nickel" – 6:19 #*Vocal - Tom Waits #*Piano - Michael Lang #*Orchestra Arranged and Conducted by Bob Alcivar # "Mr. Siegal" – 5:14 #*Vocal & Electric Guitar - Tom Waits #*Electric Lead Guitar - Roland Bautista #*Piano - Ronnie Barron #*Bass - Larry Taylor #*Drums - "Big John" Thomassie # "Ruby's Arms" – 5:34 #*Vocal & Piano - Tom Waits #*Bass - Greg Cohen #*12-String Guitar - Roland Bautista #*Orchestra Arranged and Conducted by Jerry Yester ==Musicians== * Bob Alcivar - String Arrangement, Orchestral Arrangement, [[Conductor (music)|Conductor]] * [[Ronnie Barron]] - [[Hammond Organ]], Piano * [[Roland Bautista]] - Electric Guitar, [[12-string guitar|12-String Guitar]] * [[Greg Cohen]] - Bass * [[Victor Feldman]] - [[Percussion]], [[Chimes]], [[Glockenspiel]] * Jim Hughart - Bass * [[Plas Johnson]] - [[Tenor Sax]], [[Baritone Sax]] * Michael Lang - Piano * [[Larry Taylor]] - Bass * "Big John" Thomassie - Drums * Tom Waits - Vocals, Electric Guitar, Piano * [[Jerry Yester]] - Orchestral Arrangement, Conductor ==Chart information== * This album was Tom Waits first album to crack the Australian Top 40, reaching 30. * ''Heartattack and Vine'' was also Waits' best-selling album in the US until ''[[Mule Variations]]'', spending three months on the [[Billboard Hot 200]] and peaking at #96<ref>Whitburn, Joel; ''Joel Whitburn’s top pop albums, 1955-1996''; published c. 1996 by Record Research Inc. [[Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin|Menomonee Falls]], [[Wisconsin]], ISBN 0898201179</ref>. (For comparison, none of his [[Island Records|Island]] albums made the Billboard Top 150). ==References== <references/> {{Tom Waits}} [[Category:Tom Waits albums]] [[Category:1980 albums]] [[Category:Asylum Records albums]] [[it:Heartattack and Vine]] [[no:Heartattack and Vine]] [[nn:Heartattack and Vine]]