Rain Dogs

Rain Dogs is an album by Tom Waits, released in August of 1985 (see 1985 in music). Like all of Waits' albums, Rain Dogs was a commercial failure attenuated by the adoration of most music critics. Conceived partially as a follow-up to Swordfishtrombones, the album is a mishmash of different styles, united only by Waits' hoarse voice, bizarre lyrics and musical flourishes.

Rain Dogs peaked at #188 on Billboard's Top 200 albums chart.

Track listing

1. Singapore (Waits) - 2:46
2. Clap Hands (Waits) - 3:47
3. Cemetery Polka (Waits) - 1:51
4. Jockey Full of Bourbon (Waits) - 2:45
5. Tango Till They're Sore (Waits) - 2:49
6. Big Black Mariah (Waits) - 2:44
7. Diamonds & Gold (Waits) - 2:31
8. Hang Down Your Head (Brennan/Waits) - 2:32
9. Time (Waits) - 3:55
10. Rain Dogs (Waits) - 2:56
11. Midtown [instrumental] (Waits) - 1:00
12. 9th & Hennepin (Waits) - 1:58
13. Gun Street Girl (Waits) - 4:37
14. Union Square (Waits) - 2:24
15. Blind Love (Waits) - 4:18
16. Walking Spanish (Waits) - 3:05
17. Downtown Train (Waits) - 3:53
18. Bride of Rain Dog [instrumental] (Waits) - 1:07
19. Anywhere I Lay My Head (Waits) - 2:48

Personnel

• Robert Quine - Guitar
• Tom Waits - Guitar, Composer, Harmonium, Vocals, Producer
• Marc Ribot - Guitar
• Chris Spedding - Guitar
• Ralph Carney - Sax (Bass), Wind
• Larry Taylor - Bass, Double Bass
• Michael Blair - Percussion, Drums, Marimba
• Crispin Cioe - Saxophone
• Greg Cohen - Bass, Double Bass
• Mickey Curry - Drums
• Bob Funk - Trombone
• Tony Garnier - Bass, Double Bass
• Arno Hecht - Horn (Tenor), Saxophone
• Stephen Hodges - Drums
• Hollywood Paul Litteral - Trumpet
• Robbie Kilgore - Organ
• Tony Levin - Bass
• Ross Levinson - Violin
• John Lune - Saxophone
• John Lurie - Sax (Alto)
• Robert Musso - Banjo, Engineer
• Bobby Previte - Percussion, Marimba
• Keith Richards - Guitar, Vocals (bckgr)
• William Shimmel - Accordion
• G.E. Smith - Guitar
• Uptown Horns - Group