The Heart Of Saturday Night (studio album) by Tom Waits

The Heart Of Saturday Night by Tom Waits
Year: 1974
Overall rank: 1,266th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 364 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1974 (27th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (261st)
Award Best albums of all time (1,266th)
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Tom Waits bestography

The Heart Of Saturday Night is ranked 7th best out of 26 albums by Tom Waits on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Tom Waits is Rain Dogs which is ranked number 108 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 13,091.

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  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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77/100 (from 364 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.1/100, a mean average of 76.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.1.

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80/100
From 05/31/2023 10:08
Moody things
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95/100
From 11/26/2020 23:56
This was my first Tom Waits album. Probably the most straightforward he ever was, but I think it's excellent and his most underrated album. San Diego Serenade might be my favorite Tom Waits song if it isn't Alice
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From 11/26/2020 23:55
This was my first Tom Waits album. Probably the most straightforward he ever was, but I think it's excellent and his most underrated album. San Diego Serenade might be my favorite Tom Waits song if it isn't Alice
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From 11/22/2020 16:02
decent album
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From 12/31/2019 16:47
Great stuff.
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From 02/26/2019 22:22
Absolutely love it, there is admittedly nothing as original and unique as one would expect from Tom Waits, but what you get is one of the most evocative albums. If you read the other comments, everyone seem to have a place or emotion that this album makes them think of, and that shows the quality of this album.
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From 07/13/2018 21:28
Man..this album makes me wish I still smoked....and drank.
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80/100
From 02/12/2018 16:38
Forse il mio disco preferito del Tom Waits ballader degli anni settanta, ancor più del comunque maggiormente compiuto "Blue valentine".
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From 02/11/2017 10:06
These songs stay with you. Later in his career Waits would tell stories about dashed dreamers, but here you feel that he's really one of them. A very moving experience.
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90/100
From 11/16/2016 13:47
Overall imoact: Excellent
Historal impact: Well appreciated
Emotional impact: Hazy, in a bar on an autumn weekday night
Production value: Very good, presence, transparency
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Best Albums of 1974
1. Red by King Crimson
2. On The Beach by Neil Young
3. The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway by Genesis
4. Crime Of The Century by Supertramp
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