Big Time (Tom Waits album)

Infobox Album | Name = Big Time
Type = Live album
Artist = Tom Waits


Released = September 1988
Recorded = ???
Genre = Rock
Length = 64:15
Label = Island
Producer = Chris Blackwell
Kathleen Brennan
Tom Waits
Reviews =
*Allmusic (3/5) [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:2d67gjyrj6ip link]
*Robert Christgau (B) [http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=Tom+Waits link]
Last album = "Franks Wild Years"
(1987)
This album = "Big Time"
(1988)
Next album = "The Early Years, Volume One"
1991)|

"Big Time" is a live album of Tom Waits performances, released in 1988 on Island Records.

A movie of the same title was also released. The movie was part concert movie, part play, with elements taken from the "Franks Wild Years" play.

Track listing

All tracks written by Tom Waits, except where noted.
# "16 Shells From A 30.06" – 4:18
# "Red Shoes" – 4:19
# "Underground" – 2:34
# "Cold Cold Ground" – 3:27
# "Straight To The Top" (Tom Waits / Greg Cohen) – 2:48
# "Yesterday Is Here" (Tom Waits / Kathleen Brennan) – 2:40
# "Way Down In The Hole" – 4:43
# "Falling Down" (Studio) – 4:15
# "Strange Weather" (Waits / Brennan) – 3:35
# "Big Black Mariah" – 2:59
# "Rain Dogs" – 3:36
# "Train Song" – 4:29
# "Johnsburg, Illinois" – 1:29
# "Ruby's Arms" – 4:54
# "Telephone Call From Istanbul" – 4:17
# "Clap Hands" – 4:57
# "Gun Street Girl" – 4:01
# "Time" – 4:10 Songs from the movie not on the released soundtrack:
# "9th & Hennepin"
# "Frank's Wild Years"
# "Hang On St. Christopher"
# "I'll Take NY"
# "Innocent When You Dream"
# "More Than Rain"
# "Shore Leave"

=Musicians=
* Michael Blair - drums, percussion, bongos, Brake Drum
* Ralph Carney - saxophone, Clarinet, Baritone Horn
* Greg Cohen - Electric Bass, Basstarda, Alto Horn
* Richie Hayward - Drums
* Carlton Jenkins - Principal
* Marc Ribot - Guitar, Banjo, Trumpet
* Willy Schwarz - Accordion, Hammond Organ, Sitar, Conga
* Fred Tackett - Guitar
* Larry Taylor - upright bass
* Tom Waits - vocals, Guitar, Organ