Tom Waits - Mule Variations Artist_鈴木真海子 Suzuki Mamiko On previous albums

On previous albums

but colored by odd chord progressions and turn arounds

I’m sorry” is less compelling when it’s coming from a 31-year-old father than a would-be college kid trying to make a name for himself

Carwyn Ellis & Rio 18

Pretty Purdie

Tom Waits - Mule Variations Artist_鈴木真海子 Suzuki Mamiko On previous albumsSeven years passed between the release of Bone Machine and Mule Variations. During that time Tom Waits eschewed cutting another conventional (the term used loosely here) song collection, occupying his time with acting projects, a soundtrack (Night on Earth), a stage project (The Black Rider), and sundry smaller diversions. What's surprising about Mule Variations is how little he's strayed from the old bone yard through the years. As with his grammy