Tom Waits...anyone?


i caught tom waits on PBS' Austin City Limits last night and really enjoyed the show and Waits' original sound. I'm not too familiar with his work, can anyone recommend a good album to start with?

thanks
ericd74

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I recently discovered Tom, I bought Alice then Blood money
then I bought Beautiful Maladies which projected me into his early stuff.I would not recomend Black Rider.
Try :
Mule Variations
Bone Machine
Swordfish Trombone
Blue Valentine
The heart of Saturday Night ( listening to this right now)
closing time
The Early Years Vol 1&2(demo recording in 71') Awsome!!!!!!!!! some never released songs and raw versions of some of his best!
Tom is great! don't know why it took other artists to redo his work to get radio play (Eagles , Rod Stewart I think)Anyway he is a no brainer if your looking for some new music to get into .Lots there to enjoy, 30+ albums.