Tom Waits' Closing Time is the debut album and title track of the American singer-songwriter, released on March 6, 1973, by Asylum Records. This groundbreaking album not only marked the beginning of Waits' musical journey but also established his signature style of crafting minor-key masterpieces that capture the essence of urban solitude and late-night contemplation. The album's atmospheric sound would later influence artists like Bruce Springsteen and Nick Cave in their approach to storytelling through music. Producer: Jerry Yester (former member of Lovin' Spoonful) - whose experience with folk-rock arrangements proved instrumental in shaping the album's sound Recording: Early 1972 Read more on Last.fm.
Waits debut was recorded fast. The songs were the craft of a studied young writer, skilled in the know how of blues, rock n roll and jazz. None of these styles is represented separately here, though. In their place is a late night lounge band singing songs about long evenings, drunken romance and costly living. It’s brilliance is its anti-thesis of trying to be cool because it knows it is.