Heartattack And Vine
by Tom Waits
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Tom Waits bestography
Heartattack And Vine is ranked 10th best out of 27 albums by Tom Waits on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Tom Waits is Rain Dogs which is ranked number 113 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 11,144.
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Heartattack And Vine track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Heartattack And Vine rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 17 minutes ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 100 Music Albums of 1980 | 32/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  spigelwii | Top 13 Music Albums of 1980 | 4/13 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Sandrof1969 | Top 30 Music Albums of 1980 | 7/30 | 4 |
| 2026 | adbrack1988 | Top 23 Music Albums of 1980 | 4/23 | 4 |
| 2026 | juanr1096 | Top 57 Music Albums of 1980 | 47/57 | 1 |
| 2026 | Juneof44 | Top 50 Music Albums of 1980 | 22/50 | 3 |
| 2026 | spigelwii | Top 60 Music Albums of the 1980s | 9/60 | 17 |
| 2026 | TroutMaskGreg | Top 25 Music Albums of 1980 | 1/25 | 5 |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of 1980 | 95/100 | 0 |
| 2026 |  Pastiche | Top 28 Music Albums of 1980 | 8/28 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 204 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 1,020 | |||
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Heartattack And Vine ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/12/2026 15:13 | Mrump | 544 | 75/100 |
| ! | 03/30/2026 01:36 | thedudeabides | 169 | 83/100 |
| ! | 03/25/2026 02:00 |  imacgill | 2,861 | 79/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 8% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.0/100, a mean average of 73.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.2.
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Heartattack and vine, is half, a dirty rock album, and half, beautiful piano ballads. Waits growls and hollers on the opening title track, a great bluesy cut. Waits also goes for that gritty rock sound on the excellent, downtown, the percussion heavy, til' the money runs out, and the penultimate track, Mr. Siegel. This record also includes, arguably Waits' most famous song, Jersey girl, an absolutely fantastic track, and a song which Bruce Springsteen faithfully covered on his, live 1975-1985 box set, on which he also added a verse of his own. Off the ballads, saving all my love for you, is good, but, on the nickel, and, Ruby's arms, are stunning, two more genuine Waits classics. The only dud on the album is the pointless live instrumental, in shades. It's surprising that the track is on the album at all, but the fact that it's the second track is, well, just inexplicable. All in all, it's another essential Tom Waits record. (Edited)
Bork TOP 100 COMMENTER 06/03/2011 15:37 | #22634 | TOP COMMENT
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Less piano and another slight step toward the new sound that brought his two most heralded albums. Seventh straight high quality album and his best since the debut.
Jboy56 01/25/2022 14:14 | #280057 | TOP COMMENT
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Tom Waits has slowly grabbed my heart and soul. A deep cut album with feelings and emotions brought forwards with great care and professionalism.
HoldenM TOP 100 COMMENTER 02/06/2026 17:12 | #313028 | TOP COMMENT
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Maintains the immediacy and grit of Blue Valentine with the presence of his early records. Predictably excellent. (Edited)
Not the Waits I was waiting for.
Some of the tracks sound the same
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