Franks Wild Years
Album by Tom Waits
Released 17 August 1987
Tracklist
- 1Hang On St. Christopher2:464.0 ★
- 2Straight to the Top (Rhumba)2:303.0 ★
- 3Blow Wind Blow3:353.0 ★
- 4Temptation3:533.0 ★
- 5Innocent When You Dream (Barroom)4:164.0 ★
- 6I’ll Be Gone3:123.0 ★
- 7Yesterday Is Here2:314.5 ★
- 8Please Wake Me Up3:352.0 ★
- 9Franks Theme1:493.0 ★
- 10More Than Rain3:523.0 ★
- 11Way Down in the Hole3:304.6 ★
- 12Straight to the Top (Vegas)3:263.0 ★
- 13I’ll Take New York3:582.0 ★
- 14Telephone Call From Istanbul3:113.0 ★
- 15Cold Cold Ground4:073.0 ★
- 16Train Song3:203.0 ★
- 17Innocent When You Dream (78)3:103.0 ★
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Release credits
- background vocals [11]
- mix, recording, engineer, mix
- additional
- recording, engineer
- additional
- accordion [15-16]
- additional
- prepared piano [10], reed organ [3]
- arranger [12], bass [4-6, 8, 10-14], bass pedals [2], horn [1, 4], tenor horn / alto horn [1, 3, 16]
- mastering
- bass [8]
- vocal arranger [4]
- bass [7, 15-16], double bass [2]
- background vocals [11]
- additional
- background vocals [11]
- banjo [14], guitar [1, 4, 11]
- congas [2, 4], drums (drum set) [1, 12-14], glockenspiel [3], maracas [4], marimba [6], percussion [4, 11], tubular bells [10]
- additional
- guitar [4, 6, 10, 14]
- baritone horn [6, 8, 10], saxophone [2, 4, 11, 13], tenor saxophone [1, 12], violin [5]
- additional
- additional
- producer, congas [2], drums (drum set) [14], electronic organ [2, 4, 8, 10], farfisa [14], guitar [4, 7], guitar family [15], mellotron [8], piano [16], producer, reed organ [3, 5, 9, 16], tambourine [7], vocal [1-16]
- accordion [6, 10], bass pedals [1], piano [5, 12], reed organ [2, 13]
Issues
F17 August 1987
FAugust 1987
F1987
F12" Vinyl1987
F1987- F12" Vinyl1987
F1987
F15 June 1990- FSHM-CD (mini LP)22 October 2008
FDigital Media (2023 remaster)12 July 2023- FDigital Media (2023 remaster 24-bit/96Hz)12 July 2023
F8 September 2023
F
FCD (PMDC Pressing)





