The seventh studio album 'Swordfishtrombones' by the American singer-songwriter is stylistically different from his previous LPs. The album moves away from the piano and string orchestra arrangements of his late 1970s releases, replacing them instead with unusual instrumentation and a somewhat more abstract songwriting approach. Waits went from '70's-era 'bluesy, boozy' wordsmith and melodist with seven albums behind him to sound sculptor, miner of the subconscious, abstract orchestrator, sonic cubist-while retaining his innate lyricism, melodic invention, humanity.

1 Underground
2 Shore Leave
3 Dave the Butcher
4 Johnsburg, Illinois
5 16 Shells from a Thirty-ought Six
6 Town With No Cheer
7 In the Neighbourhood
8 Just Another Sucker On the Vine
9 Frank's Wild Years
10 Swordfishtrombone
11 Down, Down, Down
12 Soldier's Things
13 Gin Soaked Boy
14 Trouble's Braids
15 Rainbirds