Tom Waits - Mule Variations (1999)

Tom Waits - Mule Variations (1999)

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Tom Waits - Mule Variations

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1. "Big in Japan"   4:05

2. "Lowside of the Road"   2:59

3. "Hold On" 5:33

4. "Get Behind the Mule"   6:52

5. "House Where Nobody Lives"   4:14

6. "Cold Water"   5:23

7. "Pony"   4:32

8. "What's He Building?"   3:20

9. "Black Market Baby"   5:02

10. "Eyeball Kid"   4:25

11. "Picture in a Frame"   3:39

12. "Chocolate Jesus"   3:55

13. "Georgia Lee"   4:24

14. "Filipino Box Spring Hog"   3:09

15. "Take It with Me"   4:24

16. "Come On Up to the House"   4:36

Total length:   70:33

Australian, New Zealand and Japanese bonus tracks

17. "Buzz Fledderjohn"   4:14

18. "Big Face Money"   0:38

Total length:   75:25

Tom Waits Band Members / Musicians

Tom Waits - vocals (1–7, 9–16), The Voice (8), guitar (1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 9, 12), piano (5, 11, 13, 15, 16), organ (3), pump organ (7), percussion (9, 10), Chamberlin (9), optigan (2)

Andrew Borger - drums (9, 14, 16), percussion (14)

Ralph Carney - trumpet (1), sax (1, 16), alto-sax (11), bass clarinet (10), reeds (8, 9)

Les Claypool - bass (1)

Greg Cohen - bass (11, 12, 15), percussion (10)

Linda Deluca-Ghidossi - violin (13)

Dalton Dillingham III - bass (13)

Joe Gore - guitar (3, 16)

Chris Grady - trumpet (2, 14)

John Hammond - blues harp (7)

Stephen Hodges - percussion (3, 4)

Smokey Hormel - guitar (4), dobro (7), chumbus & dousengoni (2)

Jacquire King - programming (2, 14), recording engineer, & mixer (album)

Oz Fritz - recording engineer & mixer (album)

Larry LaLonde - guitar (1)

Brain Mantia - drums (1)

Christopher Marvin - drums (6)

Charlie Musselwhite - blues harp (4, 12, 14, 16)

Nik Phelps - bari-sax (11, 16)

DJ M. Mark "The III Media" Reitman - turntable (8, 9, 10, 14)

Larry Rhodes - contrabassoon (10)

Marc Ribot - guitar (3, 9, 10, 14), lead guitar (5), guitar solo (6, 9)

Jeff Sloan - percussion (8)

Larry Taylor - bass (3, 4, 5, 6, 14, 16), guitar (14), rhythm guitar (5)

Wings Over Jordan Gospel, Bali Eternal - turntable samples (10)

Mule Variations is the 13th studio album by American musician Tom Waits, released on April 16, 1999, on the ANTI- label. It was Waits' first studio album since The Black Rider (1993). The album was backed by an extensive tour in Europe and North America during the summer and autumn of 1999, which was Waits' first proper tour since 1987. Other promotional stops included a solo performance on VH1 Storytellers.

Mule Variations won a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album and was nominated for Best Male Rock Performance for the track "Hold On". It has sold more than 500,000 copies worldwide. In 2012, the album was ranked number 416 on Rolling Stone's list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.