Small Change

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Small Change is a 1976 Tom Waits album known for its jazz-inflected, piano-driven songs and vivid, noir-style storytelling.

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instanceOf Tom Waits album
studio album
artist Tom Waits
associatedMovement 1970s singer-songwriter movement
composer Tom Waits
countryOfOrigin United States
criticalReception critically acclaimed
followedBy Foreign Affairs
follows Nighthawks at the Diner
genre blues
jazz
piano rock
singer-songwriter
hasCoverArt Small Change album cover
hasPart Bad Liver and a Broken Heart (In Lowell)
I Can't Wait to Get Off Work (And See My Baby on Montgomery Avenue)
I Wish I Was in New Orleans (In the Ninth Ward)
Invitation to the Blues
Jitterbug Boy
Pasties and a G-String (At the Two O'Clock Club)
Small Change (Got Rained on with His Own .38)
Step Right Up
The One That Got Away
The Piano Has Been Drinking (Not Me) (An Evening with Pete King)
Tom Traubert's Blues (Four Sheets to the Wind in Copenhagen)
language English
lyricsTheme down-and-out characters
noir-style storytelling
seedy urban nightlife
musicalCharacteristic jazz-inflected instrumentation
piano-driven arrangements
narrativeStyle noir storytelling
notableTrack Step Right Up
The Piano Has Been Drinking (Not Me) (An Evening with Pete King)
Tom Traubert's Blues (Four Sheets to the Wind in Copenhagen)
originalMedium vinyl record
partOf Tom Waits discography
performer Tom Waits
primaryInstrument piano
producer Bones Howe
recordedIn 1976
recordLabel Asylum Records
releaseDate 1976-09-21
releaseDecade 1970s
vocalStyle gravelly voice

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Tom Waits notableAlbum Small Change
Small Change title Small Change