Album strepitoso da una delle più incredibili voci maschili dell'epoca contempornea ed uno dei musicisti ed artisti più poliedrici della scena americana.
Tutte le canzoni, eccetto dove indicato, sono state scritte da Tom Waits
1) Somewhere - 3:53 - (da West Side Story)(musica: Leonard Bernstein, testo: Stephen Sondheim)
2) Red Shoes By The Drugstore - 3:14
3) Christmas Card From A Hooker In Minneapolis - 4:33
4) Romeo Is Bleeding - 4:52
5) $29.00 - 8:15
6) Wrong Side Of The Road - 5:14
7) Whistlin' Past The Graveyard - 3:17
8) Kentucky Avenue - 4:49
9) Sweet Little Bullet From A Pretty Blue Gun - 5:36
10) Blue Valentines - 5:49
Personnel
Tom Waits - vocals, electric guitar (4–7, 9, 10), acoustic piano (3, 8)
Ray Crawford (4, 6, 10 [solo]), Roland Bautista (2, 4), Alvin "Shine" Robinson (7, 9) - electric guitar
Scott Edwards (7, 9), Jim Hughart (4, 6), Byron Miller (2, 5) - bass
Da Willie Gonga (George Duke) - Yamaha Electric Grand piano (2, 3, 5)
Harold Battiste - acoustic piano (7, 9)
Charles Kynard - organ (4, 6)
Herbert Hardesty (7, 9), Frank Vicari (4, 6) - tenor saxophone
Rick Lawson (2, 5), Earl Palmer (7, 9), Chip White (4, 6) - drums
Bobbye Hall Porter - congas on ("Romeo Is Bleeding")[12]
Bob Alcivar - orchestra