The Heart of Saturday Night

Infobox Album | Name = The Heart of Saturday Night
Type = Album
Artist = Tom Waits


Released = October 1974
Recorded = 1974
Wally Heider Studios,
Hollywood, California
Genre = Rock, jazz
Length = 40:54
Label = Asylum
Producer = Bones Howe
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:ov851vjjzzpa link]
*Robert Christgau (C+) [http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=Tom+Waits link]
*"Paste" (favorable) [http://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/ctrl-v/2007/10/tom-waits-gets-to-the-heart-of-saturday-night.html link]
*"Q" Rating|4|5 [http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/pid/1095247/a/Heart+Of+Saturday+Night.htm link]
*"Rolling Stone" (favorable) [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/tomwaits/albums/album/321917/review/5940879/the_heart_of_saturday_night 1974] [http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/6599340/339_the_heart_of_saturday_night 2003]
Last album = "Closing Time"
(1973)
This album = "The Heart of Saturday Night"
(1974)
Next album = "Nighthawks at the Diner"
(1975)

"The Heart of Saturday Night" is the second studio album by singer and songwriter Tom Waits, released in 1974 on Asylum Records. It is generally considered the peak of his melodic early yearsFact|date=April 2008, before his voice became more gruff and he embarked on an experimental musical direction. RS500|339, his highest placing. The album cover is based on "In the Wee Small Hours" by Frank Sinatra. [ [http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/6599340/339_the_heart_of_saturday_night/ 339) The Heart of Saturday Night : Rolling Stone ] ]

Track listing

"All songs written by Tom Waits."
# "New Coat of Paint" – 3:23
# "San Diego Serenade" – 3:30
# "Semi Suite" – 3:29
# "Shiver Me Timbers" – 4:26
# "Diamonds on My Windshield" – 3:12
# "(Looking for) The Heart of Saturday Night" – 3:53
# "Fumblin' With the Blues" – 3:02
# "Please Call Me, Baby" – 4:25
# "Depot, Depot" – 3:46
# "Drunk on the Moon" – 5:06
# "The Ghosts of Saturday Night (After Hours at Napoleone's Pizza House)" – 3:16

Personnel

* Pete Christlieb - Tenor Sax
* Bill Goodwin - drums
* Jim Hughart - upright bass
* Tom Waits - Vocals, Piano, Guitar

References