cover of Waits, Tom - Mule Variations

Tom Waits – Mule Variations

1999, United States
01:10:30; 65M; 112JS; 90;
  1. Big In Japan - 4:05
  2. Lowside Of The Road - 2:59
  3. Hold On - 5:33
  4. Get Behind The Mule - 6:52
  5. House Where Nobody Lives - 4:14
  6. Cold Water - 5:22
  7. Pony - 4:32
  8. What's He Building - 3:20
  9. Black Market Baby - 5:02
  10. Eyeball Kid - 4:25
  11. Picture In A Frame - 3:39
  12. Chocolate Jesus - 3:54
  13. Georgia Lee - 4:24
  14. Filipino Box Spring Hog - 3:09
  15. Take It With Me - 4:24
  16. Come On Up To The House - 4:36

Chris Bellman - mastered by
Andrew Borger - drums [C1, D4], drums, percussion [D2]
Kathleen Brennan - producer, written-by [co-written]
Ralph Carney - saxophone, trumpet [A1], reeds [B4, C1], clarinet [bass] [C2], saxophone [alto] [C3], saxophone [D4]
Les Claypool - bass [A1]
Greg Cohen - percussion [C2], bass [C3, C4, D3]
Gene Cornelius - recorded by [A2]
Linda Delucia-Gbidossi - violin [D1]
Holly Ferguson - engineer [pre-production assistance]
Heather Fremling - engineer [production assistant]
Oz Fritz - recorded by [A1, A3 to D4]
Joe Gore - guitar [A3, D4]
Chris Grady - trumpet [A2, D2]
John Paul Hammond - harp [B3]
Stephen Hodges - percussion [A3, A4]
Smokey Hormel - banjo [chumbus, dousengoni] [A2], guitar [A4], resonator guitar [dobro] [B3]
Dalton Dillingham III - bass [D1]
Jacquire King - recorded by [A1, A3 to D4], programmed by [A2, D2]
Darren Kramer - engineer [pre-production assistance]
Larry LaLonde - guitar [A1]
Matt Mahurin - photography [album]
Bryan Mantia - drums [A1]
DJ M. Mark - turntables [B4, C1, C2, D2]
Chris Marvin - drums [B2]
Charlie Musselwhite - harp [A4, C4], harmonica [D2, D4]
Nick Phelps - saxophone [baritone] [C3, D4]
Larry Rhodes - bassoon [C2]
Marc Ribot - guitar [A3, B2, C1, C2, D2], guitar [lead] [B1]
Christie Rixford - artwork by [design]
Jeff Sloan - engineer [second], supervised by [production coordinator], percussion [B4]
Larry Taylor - bass [A3, A4, B2, D4], bass, rhythm guitar [B1], guitar, bass [D2]
Tom Waits - vocals [A1, A2, A4 to B3, C2 to D4, A4], written-by, producer, guitar, vocals [A1], guitar, organ [optigon] [A2], guitar, organ [A3], piano [B1, C3, D1, D3, D4], guitar [B2, C4], guitar, harmonium [pump organ] [B3], guitar, percussion, electric piano [chamberlin] [C1], percussion [C2]

Recorded at Prairie Sun Recording Studios except 'Lowside Of The Road' at Sputnik Sound.
Mastered at Bernie Grundman Mastering Studios.

Major parts of this album were produced in a hen coop which was rebuilt into a production studio somewhere deep in the backwaters of California.
"Chocolate Jesus" features some of the chicken folk that was obviously around.

℗&© 1999 Anti, Inc. Manufactured and disributed by Epitaph.
All songs © Jalma Music (ASCAP)
Comes in Gatefold sleeve.
Durations are taken from the CD version of the album.

Note: This is an 11th anniversary reissue, released for Record Store Day in 2010. Pressed on 180-gram vinyl. Comes with a digital download of the album and a Jim Jarmusch print of Tom Waits.

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