{"product_id":"lp-tom-waits-franks-wild-years","title":"LP - Tom Waits - Franks Wild Years","description":"1 LP \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOriginally released in 1987 on Island Records, Franks Wild Years is Tom Waits’ 10th studio album. Titled for a play of the same name and authored by Waits and his wife, Kathleen Brennan, Franks Wild Years was performed by Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theatre Company in 1986.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eFranks Wild Years\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis an iteration of the track “Frank’s Wild Years” from Waits’ 1983 album\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSwordfishtrombones\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe album divides the story neatly into two acts and although titled “un operachi romantic”, there is no opera in\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eFranks\u003c\/span\u003e. There is a hilarious touch of operatic styling by Waits himself in the song “\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eTemptation\u003c\/span\u003e.” His vocal character varies wildly throughout the work’s 17 songs, and is no more impressive than when the gruff, growly singer turns to impeccable Sinatra-esque phrasing on the Vegas number, “\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eStraight To The Top\u003c\/span\u003e.” While\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eFranks\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003efeatured a 14-member cast on stage, the album is all-Waits—yet suggests a multitude of characters by virtue of his chameleon vocals. The album is a startling group of lost dreams, bad dreams, dreams that might not even\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ebe\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003edreams. The music is nightmarish, ethereal, beautiful. Think broken calliopes played by genius children, horns played at dawn in a graveyard, banjos leaking through practice room walls. Titles evoke Frank’s dime-store Odyssey: “\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eStraight To The Top\u003c\/span\u003e,” “\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eBlow Wind Blow\u003c\/span\u003e,” “\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eTemptation\u003c\/span\u003e,” “\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eI’ll Be Gone\u003c\/span\u003e.”\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eNME\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eranked the work the number five album of 1987.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNewly remastered for the first time ever from the original ½” flat master tape and personally overseen by Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan. Mastered by\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eChris Bellman\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eat\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eBernie Grundman Mastering\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eunder the guidance of Waits’ longtime audio engineer,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eKarl Derfler.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eThe album packaging has also been restored.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eFranks Wild Years\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eincludes tracks such as “Cold Cold Ground,” “Way Down In The Hole” – versions of which were used as the theme music of HBO’s series\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Wire\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e– and “Temptation.” Available on 180g black vinyl.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Encore Records Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58217920397695,"sku":null,"price":14.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0976\/0525\/5551\/files\/91CUpCR_ULL._AC_SL1500_8beaf190-cb1a-4b65-97aa-cb0931bd1330.jpg?v=1787207068","url":"https:\/\/thevinyltable.com\/products\/lp-tom-waits-franks-wild-years","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}