In the Neighborhood
Song of Tom Waits
"In the Neighborhood" | ||||
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Single by Tom Waits | ||||
from the album Swordfishtrombones | ||||
B-side | "Frank's Wild Years" | |||
Released | October 1983 (1983-10) | |||
Recorded | August 1982 (1982-08) at Sunset Sound, Hollywood, CA | |||
Genre | Experimental rock Chamber pop | |||
Length | 3:04 | |||
Label | Island | |||
Songwriter(s) | Tom Waits | |||
Producer(s) | Tom Waits | |||
Tom Waits singles chronology | ||||
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"In the Neighborhood" is a song by Tom Waits appearing on his 1983 album Swordfishtrombones. It was released as a single in October 1983 by Island Records.
Accolades
Year | Publication | Country | Accolade | Rank |
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2000 | Colin Larkin | United Kingdom | The All-Time Top 100 Singles[citation needed] | 57 |
2004 | Elvis Costello | United Kingdom | The Best Songs from the 500 Best Albums Ever[1] | * |
2009 | The Guardian | United Kingdom | 1000 Songs Everyone Must Hear[2] | * |
2015 | Les Inrockuptibles | France | 1000 Necessary Songs[3] | 76 |
2015 | NPO Radio 2 | Netherlands | Top 2000[4] | 1594 |
(*) designates unordered lists.
Formats and track listing
All songs written by Tom Waits.
- UK 7" single (IS 141)
- "In the Neighborhood" – 3:04
- "Frank's Wild Years" – 1:50
- UK 12" single (12IS 160)
- "In the Neighborhood" – 3:04
- "Singapore" – 2:46
- "Tango 'Till They're Sore" Recorded live in Paris 16.11.85 – 3:20
- "16 Shells" Recorded live in Paris 16.11.85 – 5:27
Personnel
Adapted from the In the Neighborhood liner notes.[5]
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Release history
Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog |
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United Kingdom | 1983 | Island | LP | IS 141 |
References
- ^ "Costello's 500". Vanity Fair. November 1, 2000. Retrieved September 28, 2015.
- ^ "1000 Songs Everyone Must Hear". The Guardian. 2009. Retrieved September 29, 2015.
- ^ "1000 morceaux indispensables". Les Inrockuptibles. 2015. Retrieved September 29, 2015.
- ^ Top 2000, In the neighborhood
- ^ In the Neighborhood (booklet). Tom Waits. London, United Kingdom: Island Records. 1983.
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External links
- "In the Neighborhood" at Discogs (list of releases)
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- Closing Time
- The Heart of Saturday Night
- Nighthawks at the Diner
- Small Change
- Foreign Affairs
- Blue Valentine
- Heartattack and Vine
- Swordfishtrombones
- Rain Dogs
- Franks Wild Years
- Bone Machine
- Mule Variations
- Blood Money
- Alice
- Real Gone
- Bad as Me
- Big Time
- Romeo Bleeding: Live from Austin
- Glitter and Doom Live
- One from the Heart
- Night on Earth
- The Black Rider
- Bounced Checks
- Anthology of Tom Waits
- Asylum Years
- The Early Years, Volume One
- The Early Years, Volume Two
- Beautiful Maladies
- Used Songs 1973–1980
- Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards
- "Ol' '55"
- "(Looking for) The Heart of Saturday Night"
- "Tom Traubert's Blues"
- "The Piano Has Been Drinking (Not Me) (An Evening with Pete King)"
- "Step Right Up"
- "Somewhere"
- "Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis"
- "Romeo Is Bleeding"
- "Kentucky Avenue"
- "Heartattack and Vine"
- "Jersey Girl"
- "In the Neighborhood
- "16 Shells From a Thirty-Ought-Six
- "Jockey Full of Bourbon"
- "Hang Down Your Head"
- "Time"
- "Downtown Train"
- "Hang On St. Christopher"
- "Innocent When You Dream"
- "Way Down in the Hole"
- "Come On Up to the House"
- "Bad as Me"
- "Back in the Crowd"
- The Black Rider
- Woyzeck
- Discography
- Kathleen Brennan
- Greg Cohen
- Bones Howe
- Jim Jarmusch
- Rickie Lee Jones
- Marc Ribot
- Larry Taylor
- Chuck E. Weiss
- Big Time (film)
- Wicked Grin
- Come On Up to the House: Women Sing Waits
- New Coat of Paint
- Step Right Up: The Songs of Tom Waits
- Tom Waits for No One