Big Time (Tom Waits album)

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Big Time
Big Time cover
Live album by Tom Waits
Released September 1988
Recorded ???
Genre Rock
Length 64:15
Label Island
Producer Chris Blackwell
Kathleen Brennan
Tom Waits
Professional reviews
Tom Waits chronology
Franks Wild Years
(1987)
Big Time
(1988)
The Early Years, Volume One
1991)

Big Time is a live album of Tom Waits performances, released in 1988 on Island Records.

A movie of the same title was also released. The movie was part concert movie, part play, with elements taken from the Franks Wild Years play.

[edit] Track listing

All tracks written by Tom Waits, except where noted.

  1. "16 Shells From A 30.06" – 4:18
  2. "Red Shoes" – 4:19
  3. "Underground" – 2:34
  4. "Cold Cold Ground" – 3:27
  5. "Straight To The Top" (Tom Waits / Greg Cohen) – 2:48
  6. "Yesterday Is Here" (Tom Waits / Kathleen Brennan) – 2:40
  7. "Way Down In The Hole" – 4:43
  8. "Falling Down" (Studio) – 4:15
  9. "Strange Weather" (Waits / Brennan) – 3:35
  10. "Big Black Mariah" – 2:59
  11. "Rain Dogs" – 3:36
  12. "Train Song" – 4:29
  13. "Johnsburg, Illinois" – 1:29
  14. "Ruby's Arms" – 4:54
  15. "Telephone Call From Istanbul" – 4:17
  16. "Clap Hands" – 4:57
  17. "Gun Street Girl" – 4:01
  18. "Time" – 4:10

Songs from the movie not on the released soundtrack:

  1. "9th & Hennepin"
  2. "Frank's Wild Years"
  3. "Hang On St. Christopher"
  4. "I'll Take NY"
  5. "Innocent When You Dream"
  6. "More Than Rain"
  7. "Shore Leave"

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