Billboard 200に初めてチャートイン、初期の音楽性を確立した作品。
ジャズの色彩を強めたピアノ・バラードや泥臭いブルースを軸に、酔いどれ詩人と称される彼独特のパブリック・イメージを決定づけた代表作。
トム・ウェイツのアルバムとして初めてBillboard 200で89位にランクインし、商業的な足掛かりを築いた重要作。プロデューサーのボーンズ・ハウ指導のもと、全編にわたって弦楽アンサンブルとジャズ的な即興性が導入されている。特に「Tom Traubert's Blues」で見せるしゃがれたボーカルとピアノの構成は、その後の彼のスタイルを象徴する。1989年にはRIAAよりゴールドディスク認定（50万枚以上の出荷）を受けており、彼の芸術性と評価を証明する一枚。
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Tom Traubert's Blues (Four Sheets To The Wind In Copenhagen)
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Step Right Up
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Jitterbug Boy (Sharing A Curbstone With Chuck E. Weiss, Robert Marchese, Paul Body And The Mug And Artie)
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I Wish I Was In New Orleans (In The Ninth Ward)
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The Piano Has Been Drinking (Not Me) (A Evening With Pete King)
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Invitation To The Blues
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Pasties And A G-String (At The Two O'Clock Club)
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Bad Liver And A Broken Heart (In Lowell)
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The One That Got Away
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Small Change (Got Rained On With His Own .38)
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I Can't Wait To Get Off Work (And See My Baby On Montgomery Avenue)
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Arranged By [String Section], Conductor [String Section] - Jerry Yester
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Bass - Jim Hughart
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Cello - Jesse Ehrlich
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Cello - Kathleen Lustgarten
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Cello - Ray Kelley
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Cello, Management [Orchestra Manager] - Edgar Lustgarten (2)
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Design - Cal Schenkel
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Drums - Shelly Manne
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Engineer - Bones Howe
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Engineer [2nd] - Bill Broms
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Engineer [2nd] - Geoff Howe
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Mastered By [Disc Mastering] - Terry Dunavan
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Photography By [Back Cover] - Bruce Weber
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Photography By [Cover] - Joel Brodsky
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Producer [Production And Sound] - Bones Howe
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Remastered By, Lacquer Cut By - CB
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Tenor Saxophone - Lew Tabackin
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Viola - Allan Harshman
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Viola - David Schwartz
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Viola - Samuel Boghossian
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Violin - Alfred Lustgarten
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Violin - George Kast
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Violin - Israel Baker
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Violin - Marvin Limonick
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Violin - Murray Adler
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Violin - Nathan Kaproff
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Violin - Nathan Ross
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Violin - Sheldon Sanov
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Violin, Concertmaster - Harry Bluestone
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Vocals, Piano - Tom Waits
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Written-By - Tom Waits
