Tom Waits - Bawlers

Bawlers is a compilation album by American singer-songwriter Tom Waits, originally released in November 2006 via Anti- Records.

Released for the first time as individual a record, Bawlers was originally part of the classic 56 song release ‘Orphans:’ 'Brawlers,' 'Bawlers' and 'Bastards.'

Bawlers is composed of mostly downbeat numbers, replacing the hope of ballads on previous albums with resignation (notably ‘Bend Down the Branches’, ‘Little Drop of Poison’, ‘Fannin Street’, ‘Little Man’, and ‘Widow's Grove’). The track ‘Down There by the Train’ was written by Waits for Johnny Cash, and was first released on Cash's first American Recordings album. Waits claims to have originally intended to call this part of the compilation Shut Up and Eat Your Ballads.

This limited double 2LP record is on 180 gram heavyweight black vinyl housed in a gatefold sleeve with printed inner sleeves and a digital download code, reissued in June 2018.