Asylum Years

Asylum Years is the second "best of" compilation covering Tom Waits' Asylum Records years. The album retreads more than half of the track-listing of Anthology of Tom Waits.

Asylum Years
Compilation album by
Tom Waits
Released1986
Recorded1973-1980
GenreRock
Length70:25
LabelAsylum
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While never officially released in the US during its initial run, the compilation is readily available on the iTunes Store since Anti- Records acquired the rights to Waits's Asylum catalog in 2017.

Track listing (CD version)

Songs written by Tom Waits, except where noted.

  1. "Diamonds on My Windshield" - 3:08
  2. "(Looking For) The Heart of Saturday Night" - 3:55
  3. "Martha" - 4:29
  4. "The Ghosts of Saturday Night (After Hours at Napoleone's Pizza House)" - 3:14
  5. "Grapefruit Moon" - 4:49
  6. "Small Change" - 5:05
  7. "Burma Shave" - 6:33
  8. "I Never Talk to Strangers" - 3:41
  9. "Tom Traubert's Blues" - 6:34
  10. "Blue Valentines" - 5:54
  11. "Potter's Field" (Bob Alcivar, Waits) - 8:44
  12. "Kentucky Avenue" - 4:51
  13. "Somewhere (From West Side Story)" (Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim) - 3:53
  14. "Ruby's Arms" - 5:35


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