{"product_id":"tom-waits-closing-time-lp-remastered","title":"Tom Waits - Closing Time LP (Remastered, 180g)","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRemastered and reissued on Anti. Tom Waits' debut album is a minor-key masterpiece filled with songs of late-night loneliness. Within the apparently narrow range of the cocktail bar pianistics and muttered vocals, Waits and producer Jerry Yester manage a surprisingly broad collection of styles, from the jazzy \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eVirginia Avenue\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e to the up-tempo funk of\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eIce Cream Man\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e and from the acoustic guitar folkiness of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eI Hope That I Don't Fall in Love With You\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e to the saloon song \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMidnight Lullaby\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, which would have been a perfect addition to the repertoires of Frank Sinatra or Tony Bennett. Waits' entire musical approach is stylized, of course, and at times derivative - \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLonely\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e borrows a little too much from Randy Newman's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eI Think It's Going to Rain Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e - and his lovelorn lyrics can be sentimental without being penetrating. But he also has a gift for gently rolling pop melodies, and he can come up with striking, original scenarios, as on the best songs, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOl' 55\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e and\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eMartha\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, which Yester discreetly augments with strings. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eClosing Time\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e announces the arrival of a talented songwriter whose self-conscious melancholy can be surprisingly moving.\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"02- Alliance","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54915903390035,"sku":"45778756535.0","price":9.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1070\/4316\/0403\/files\/3762222_911c5f30-807f-419a-a319-3f1f974f7212.jpg?v=1789402161","url":"https:\/\/globall-sports.myshopify.com\/products\/tom-waits-closing-time-lp-remastered","provider":"GLOBALL SPORTS","version":"1.0","type":"link"}