Bounced Checks
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| Released | 1981 | |||
| Recorded | 1974-1980 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 45:46 | |||
| Label | Asylum | |||
| Producer | Bones Howe | |||
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Bounced Checks is the first compilation of Tom Waits recordings, including album, live and alternate versions of songs from six of his seven albums for Asylum Records, excepting his debut, Closing Time.
The collection includes several previously unreleased tracks. "Mr. Henry" is an outtake from Heartattack and Vine, "The Piano Has Been Drinking" is a live rendition of the track from Small Change, and "Jersey Girl" and "Whistlin' Past the Graveyard" are alternate takes from Heartattack and Vine and Blue Valentine.
Track listing[edit]
All tracks written by Tom Waits.
- Side one
- "Heartattack and Vine" – 4:42
- "Jersey Girl" (alternate master) – 4:35
- "Eggs and Sausage (In a Cadillac with Susan Michelson)" – 4:14
- "I Never Talk to Strangers" (Duet with Bette Midler) – 3:36
- "The Piano Has Been Drinking" (recorded live in Dublin, Ireland, March 1981) – 6:04
- Side two
- "Whistlin' Past the Graveyard" (alternate master) – 3:00
- "Mr. Henry" (previously unreleased) – 3:33
- "Diamonds on My Windshield" – 3:13
- "Burma Shave" – 6:28
- "Tom Traubert's Blues" – 6:21
Charts[edit]
| Chart (1981) | Peak position |
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| Australia (Kent Music Report)[1] | 49 |
References[edit]
- ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 331. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
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