
29 August 1977 · 50 YEARS
Foreign Affairs
Tom Waits
Produced by Bones Howe, the album plays like a late-night radio broadcast. It occupies a space between the piano-bar troubadour style and more experimental, percussive textures.
Bette Midler provides a foil to the grit of the record on the track I Never Talk to Strangers. The songwriting relies on beatnik nostalgia and cinematic portraits of people wandering through shadows.