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Tom Waits - Rain Dogs (1985) [Japanese Limited SHM-SACD 2014] PS3 ISO + DSD64 + Hi-Res FLAC

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Date: 16 Aug 2024 17:10:16

Tom Waits - Rain Dogs (1985) [Japanese Limited SHM-SACD 2014] PS3 ISO + DSD64 + Hi-Res FLAC

Rain Dogs is the eighth studio album by American singer-songwriter Tom Waits. A loose concept album about "the urban dispossessed" of New York City, Rain Dogs is generally considered the middle album of a trilogy that includes Swordfishtrombones and Franks Wild Years. The album, which includes appearances by guitarists Keith Richards and Marc Ribot, is noted for its broad spectrum of musical styles and genres, described by Rolling Stone as merging "Kurt Weill, pre-rock integrity from old dirty blues, [and] the elegiac melancholy of New Orleans funeral brass, into a singularly idiosyncratic American style". In 1989, it was ranked number 21 on the Rolling Stone list of the "100 greatest albums of the 1980s". In 2012, the album was ranked number 399 on the magazine's list of "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time".

With its jarring rhythms and unusual instrumentation – marimba, accordion, various percussion – as well as its frequently surreal lyrics, Rain Dogs is very much a follow-up to Swordfishtrombones, which is to say that it sounds for the most part like The Threepenny Opera being sung by Howlin' Wolf. The chief musical difference is the introduction of guitarist Marc Ribot, who adds his noisy leads to the general cacophony. But Rain Dogs is sprawling where its predecessor had been focused: Tom Waits' lyrics here sometimes are imaginative to the point of obscurity, seemingly chosen to fit the rhythms rather than for sense. In the course of 19 tracks and 54 minutes, Waits sometimes goes back to the more conventional music of his earlier records, which seems like a retreat, though such tracks as the catchy "Hang Down Your Head," "Time," and especially "Downtown Train" (frequently covered and finally turned into a Top Ten hit by Rod Stewart five years later) provide some relief as well as variety. Rain Dogs can't surprise as Swordfishtrombones had, and in his attempt to continue in the direction suggested by that album, Waits occasionally borders on the chaotic (which may only be to say that, like most of his records, this one is uneven). But much of the music matches the earlier album, and there is so much of it that that is enough to qualify Rain Dogs as one of Waits' better albums.

Tracklist:

01. Singapore
02. Clap Hands
03. Cemetery Polka
04. Jockey Full Of Bourbon
05. Tango Till They're Sore
06. Big Black Mariah
07. Diamonds & Gold
08. Hang Down Your Head
09. Time
10. Rain Dogs
11. Midtown
12. 9Th & Hennepin
13. Gun Street Girl
14. Union Square
15. Blind Love
16. Walking Spanish
17. Downtown Train
18. Bride Of Rain Dog
19. Anywhere I Lay My Head

DSD flat transferred from original master tapes by Kevin Reeves at Republic Studios, in 2014.

Dynamic Range

foobar2000 2.1 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1

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Analyzed: Tom Waits / Rain Dogs
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR13 -7.16 dB -22.68 dB 2:46 01-Singapore
DR15 -5.82 dB -22.57 dB 3:46 02-Clap Hands
DR15 -6.24 dB -23.53 dB 1:46 03-Cemetery Polka
DR14 -6.49 dB -22.06 dB 2:47 04-Jockey Full Of Bourbon
DR15 -4.57 dB -22.50 dB 2:51 05-Tango Till They're Sore
DR15 -3.82 dB -20.20 dB 2:44 06-Big Black Mariah
DR14 -6.61 dB -22.69 dB 2:33 07-Diamonds & Gold
DR13 -6.37 dB -21.33 dB 2:32 08-Hang Down Your Head
DR14 -9.24 dB -26.32 dB 3:55 09-Time
DR14 -6.35 dB -23.04 dB 2:57 10-Rain Dogs
DR12 -9.85 dB -24.26 dB 1:03 11-Midtown
DR13 -7.54 dB -23.74 dB 1:57 12-9Th & Hennepin
DR14 -6.57 dB -23.90 dB 4:38 13-Gun Street Girl
DR14 -6.98 dB -22.61 dB 2:25 14-Union Square
DR15 -7.56 dB -24.29 dB 4:20 15-Blind Love
DR16 -6.19 dB -24.08 dB 3:06 16-Walking Spanish
DR14 -5.35 dB -23.14 dB 3:52 17-Downtown Train
DR14 -5.87 dB -25.43 dB 1:11 18-Bride Of Rain Dog
DR13 -7.99 dB -23.18 dB 2:50 19-Anywhere I Lay My Head
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Number of tracks: 19
Official DR value: DR14

Samplerate: 2822400 Hz / PCM Samplerate: 176400 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 1
Bitrate: 5645 kbps

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