The Vinyl Countdown # 679

Tom Waits, Swordfishtrombones (1983)

I’m sure nearly every Tom Waits album has been my favourite for a time – but this one became The One (for a while) on the advice of one of the great musical mentors that passed through my education at a formative time: Seamus, he of Fisheye Discs (and Tower Music before that). I was sold on Tom, and digging Blue Valen…