The Medusa Fora

ANTI- has finally published the Orphans tracklist. The press release describes the release as “a wide-ranging collection of 54 songs, including 30 new recordings, equaling over three hours of rare and never-before heard music with a 94 page booklet.“ Release dates according to ANTI- are November 20 (Europe) and November 21 (US).

BRAWLERS
01. Lie To Me
02. 2. LowDown
03. 2:19
04. Fish In The Jailhouse
05. Bottom Of The World
06. Lucinda
07. Ain't Goin' Down To The Well
08. Lord I've Been Changed
09. Puttin' On The Dog
10. Road To Peace
11. All The Time
12. The Return Of Jackie and Judy
13. Walk Away
14. Sea Of Love
15. Buzz Fledderjohn
16. Rains On Me

BAWLERS
01. Bend Down The Branches
02. You Can Never Hold Back Spring
03. Long Way Home
04. Widow's Grove
05. Little Drop Of Poison
06. Shiny Things
07. World Keeps Turning
08. Tell It To Me
09. Never Let Go
10. Fannin Street
11. Little Man
12. It's Over
13. If I Have To Go
14. Goodnight Irene
15. The Fall Of Troy
16. Take Care Of All My Children
17. Down There By The Train
18. Danny Says
19. Jayne's Blue Wish
20. Young At Heart

BASTARDS
01. What Keeps Mankind Alive
02. Children's Story
03. Heigh Ho
04. Army Ants
05. Books Of Moses
06. Bone Chain
07. Two Sisters
08. First Kiss
09. Dog Door
10. Redrum
11. Nirvana
12. Home I'll Never Be
13. Poor Little Lamb
14. Altar Boy
15. The Pontiac
16. Spidey's Wild Ride
17. King Kong
18. On The Road

From the press release: “Orphans are rough and tender tunes. Rhumbas about mermaids, shuffles about trainwrecks, tarantellas about insects, madrigrals about drowning,” says Waits. “Scared, mean, orphans songs of rapture and melancholy. Songs that grew up hard. Songs of dubious origin rescued from cruel fate and now left wanting only to be cared for. Show that you are not afraid and take them home. They don’t bite, they just need attention.”

Orphans was again produced by Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan.

Label: ANTI-
Catalog Number: 86677
Release Date US: 2006-11-21
Release Date EU: 2006-11-20

looks expensive

expensive? perhaps....but priceless nonetheless

Yes, guaranteed worth the price (if yer a fan) - the few songs that are from soundtracks and tribute albums, etc, that I've already got are really good. (Ha! I mis-typed that "really god").

Wonder if "Lord I've Been Changed" is the song that ends John Hammond's "Wicked Grin" album? If so it's one of the best gospel numbers Tom's done, right up there with "Jesus Gonna Be Here".

I'm pretty thrilled about this. These days it's fairly rare that I get worked up about anything recorded later than 1954 or so. But Tom is timeless.

The title for the song is wrong, but here ya go

http://youtube.com/watch?v=U0GWl9GWawI

Same song you're thinking of?

remember, remember, the glories that await us november

a new one from mr. waits, and the ashes return to australia after a year on loan...

rain dog wrote:remember, remember, the glories that await us november

a new one from mr. waits, and the ashes return to australia after a year on loan...

sorry if I missed this earlier, but... whose ashes do you await, rain dog?

territa wrote:

rain dog wrote:remember, remember, the glories that await us november

a new one from mr. waits, and the ashes return to australia after a year on loan...

sorry if I missed this earlier, but... whose ashes do you await, rain dog?

My guess:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ashes

Great story, thanks DzM. Now we have another world sports event to follow -- if only online...

oh, and, YAY! New Tom Waits!!! I am looking forward to the tarantellas about the insects.

ha, sorry, didn't realise that could seem so morbid without proper context (though "proper context" is not important when addressing guilty english ears...) i neglected to take into account our amerikun friends... but rest assured, those responsible are soon to arrive on these shores, ready to re-learn what cricket weather really looks like and where those ashes (albeit replica) really belong.