Heartattack and Vine
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{{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==
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