Heartattack and Vine:Tom Waits

Heartattack and Vine was Tom Waits' last album on the Asylum label, released in September 1980.

Bruce Springsteen has performed "Jersey Girl" as part of his live shows since the early 1980s, including it in his live retrospective "Live/1975–85". For the only time to date, Waits joined him onstage to sing it in August 24, 1981.

"On the Nickel" was recorded for the Ralph Waite film of the same name. "Heartattack and Vine" was covered by Screamin' Jay Hawkins. In 1993 this version was used without Waits' permission in a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levi_Strauss_%26_Co. Levi's] commercial, for which Waits took legal action and won a settlement.[4]  Jean-Luc Godard used "Ruby's Arms" in his 1983 film First Name: Carmen.



Contents
[hide]  *1 Track listing  ==Track listing[ edit] == All songs written by Tom Waits.
 * 2 Personnel
 * 3 Chart information
 * 4 References
 * 5 External links

Side One Side Two ==Personnel[ edit] == ==Chart information<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==
 * Bob Alcivar - string arrangement, orchestral arrangement, conductor
 * Ronnie Barron - hammond organ, Piano
 * Roland Bautista - electric guitar, twelve-string guitar
 * Greg Cohen - bass
 * Victor Feldman - percussion, chimes, glockenspiel
 * Jim Hughart - bass
 * Plas Johnson - tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone
 * Michael Lang - piano
 * Larry Taylor - bass
 * "Big John" Thomassie - drums
 * Tom Waits - vocals, electric guitar, piano
 * Jerry Yester - orchestral arrangement, conductor
 * This album was Tom Waits' first album to crack the Australian Top 40, reaching 30.
 * Heartattack and Vine was Waits' best-selling album in the US until Mule Variations, spending three months on the Billboard Hot 200 and peaking at #96.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-5" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[5]