Tom Waits
Heartattack and Vine
the final elektra album from 1980 couldn't be more different than waits' '73 debut waits' voice sounds like the marvellous ruin that we know and love today the ballads remain 'on the nickel' is beautiful and even springsteen took a crack at 'jersey girl' but it's the twisted warped blues of the title track that points the way to the extraordinary world of 'swordfishtrombones'