Heartattack and Vine

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Heartattack and Vine
Tom Waits-Heartattack and Vine.jpg
Studio album by
Tom Waits
ReleasedSeptember 9, 1980 (1980-09-09)
RecordedJune 16–July 15, 1980
StudioFilmways/Heider Studio B, Hollywood, California
Genre
Length44:31
Label Asylum
Producer Bones Howe
Tom Waits chronology
Blue Valentine
(1978)		Heartattack and Vine
(1980)		 One from the Heart
(1982)

Heartattack and Vine is the seventh studio album by Tom Waits, released on September 9, 1980, [3] and his final album to be released on the Asylum label.

Contents

"On the Nickel" was recorded for the Ralph Waite film of the same name. It was used as the theme song for the 1985 "The Atlanta Child Murders" miniseries. "Heartattack and Vine" was later recorded by Screamin' Jay Hawkins. In 1993 this version was used without Waits' permission in a Levi's commercial, for which Waits took legal action and won a settlement. [4] Jean-Luc Godard used "Ruby's Arms" in his 1983 film First Name: Carmen . Bruce Springsteen performed "Jersey Girl" live (and was joined onstage by Waits to sing it on August 24, 1981), including it in his retrospective Live/1975–85 . [5]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Christgau's Record Guide B [7]
Classic Rock 7/10 [8]
Mojo Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [9]
Pitchfork 8.5/10 [10]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [11]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [12]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [13]
Uncut Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [14]

Though critical of the album in many respects, including Waits' vocal delivery and the "morbid pathos" of the ballads, Stephen Holden of Rolling Stone wrote that "Tom Waits finds more beauty in the gutter than most people would find in the Garden of Eden," and referred to him as a "unique and lovable minor talent." [12]

The album was included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die . [15]

Track listing

All songs written by Tom Waits.

Side One

No.TitleLength
1."Heartattack and Vine"4:50
2."In Shades" (Instrumental)4:25
3."Saving All My Love for You"3:41
4."Downtown"4:45
5."Jersey Girl"5:11

Side Two

No.TitleLength
1."'Til the Money Runs Out"4:25
2."On the Nickel"6:19
3."Mr. Siegal"5:14
4."Ruby's Arms"5:34

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1981)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report) [16] 31
United States (Billboard 200) [17] 96

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