Tom Waits - Small Change

Small Change is the third studio album by American singer-songwriter Tom Waits, originally released in September 1976 via Asylum Records.

At the time of the recording of Small Change Waits was drinking more and more heavily, and life on the road was starting to take its toll on him. In reaction to these hardships Waits recorded Small Change, which finds Waits in a much more cynical and pessimistic mood lyrically than his previous albums, with many songs such as ‘The Piano Has Been Drinking’ and ‘Bad Liver and a Broken Heart’ presenting a bare and honest portrayal of alcoholism, while also cementing Waits' hard-living reputation in the eyes of many fans.

Small Change received critical reviews equal to or better than Waits's previous albums, and was at first a surprise commercial success, rising to #89 on the Billboard chart within two weeks of its release. Three weeks later, the album fell off the Billboard Top 200, and Waits was not to better its position until 1999's Mule Variations.

This limited LP record is on 180 gram heavyweight blue coloured vinyl with a printed inner sleeve and digital download code, reissued in June 2018 via Anti- Records.