Small Change

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Small Change is a 1976 Tom Waits album known for its jazz-inflected, piano-driven songs and vivid, noir-style storytelling.

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Small Change canonical 2

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instanceOf Tom Waits album
studio album
artist Tom Waits NERFINISHED
associatedMovement 1970s singer-songwriter movement
composer Tom Waits NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
criticalReception critically acclaimed
followedBy Foreign Affairs NERFINISHED
follows Nighthawks at the Diner NERFINISHED
genre blues
jazz
piano rock
singer-songwriter
hasCoverArt Small Change album cover
hasPart Bad Liver and a Broken Heart (In Lowell) NERFINISHED
I Can't Wait to Get Off Work (And See My Baby on Montgomery Avenue) NERFINISHED
I Wish I Was in New Orleans (In the Ninth Ward) NERFINISHED
Invitation to the Blues NERFINISHED
Jitterbug Boy NERFINISHED
Pasties and a G-String (At the Two O'Clock Club) NERFINISHED
Small Change (Got Rained on with His Own .38) NERFINISHED
Step Right Up NERFINISHED
The One That Got Away NERFINISHED
The Piano Has Been Drinking (Not Me) (An Evening with Pete King) NERFINISHED
Tom Traubert's Blues (Four Sheets to the Wind in Copenhagen) NERFINISHED
language English
lyricsTheme down-and-out characters
noir-style storytelling
seedy urban nightlife
musicalCharacteristic jazz-inflected instrumentation
piano-driven arrangements
narrativeStyle noir storytelling
notableTrack Step Right Up NERFINISHED
The Piano Has Been Drinking (Not Me) (An Evening with Pete King) NERFINISHED
Tom Traubert's Blues (Four Sheets to the Wind in Copenhagen) NERFINISHED
originalMedium vinyl record
partOf Tom Waits discography
performer Tom Waits NERFINISHED
primaryInstrument piano
producer Bones Howe NERFINISHED
recordedIn 1976
recordLabel Asylum Records
releaseDate 1976-09-21
releaseDecade 1970s
vocalStyle gravelly voice

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Tom Waits notableAlbum Small Change
Small Change title Small Change