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Percussive vocals blast Big In Japan into one of the more accessible Waits albums.
Lowside of the Road plods along like a herd of cows and Hold On may even entice Granny to sing along. Get Behind The Mule may seem a little long on first listening, that's probably because it is. There is some whining about A House Where Nobody Lives before we reach the joy of Cold Water. The song may sound like 'Mummy's Going To Take Us To The Zoo Tomorrow' and the lyrics may be mistaken for 'I woke up this morning with a koala' but you just have to bellow along. A few more practises and I think the guitarist will conquer the solo. It took a while before I could figure out where I had heard Pony before. Then it hit me, 'On Top Of Old Smoky'. No Waits album is complete without a talking song and the creepy What's He Building In There furnishes that requirement. If you're still asking what's being built upon the songs completion then you've missed the point. Black Market Baby has all the excitement of Pony and the unpractised guitar solo of Cold Water. If one were to skip any tracks on this album then the annoying Eyeball Kid would be the place to exercise that action. The album contains a gaggle of pleasant tunes, Georgia Lee, Take It With You and the creaking piano of Picture In A Frame. The last has uncharacteristically repeated lyrics. Moving on to the religious stuff Chocolate Jesus chews it's way through some pious confectionary in an outdoor demeanour. Filipino Box String Hog, is another of those great rousing Waits songs with that famed voice in full throttle warming up for Come On Up To The House for the big vocal conclusion.
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