Small Change
by Tom Waits

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Great stuff.

From CharlieBarley 07/27/2018 20:59 | #218853

My favourite Tom Waits album. It has wit, pathos, gallows humour and some of the finest lyrics put to music. Everyone who has ever been drunk can relate to Tom Traubert's Blues. Or anyone who has ever felt sorry for themselves. It has some great songs. It probably is the ultimate drinking album but I don't drink anymore. But it doesn't stop me relating to this fine album.

From Sandrof1969 02/15/2018 19:27 | #208328

Tom Traubert's blues", per quel che mi riguarda, fa parte delle mie - facciamo - cinque canzoni preferite del suo autore. Il resto è un lavoro magari discontinuo ma eccellente, composto da notturni pianistici ora più vicini al blues, ora al jazz, evocanti locali fumosi e malfamati e suonato con una strumentazione parca ( piano, basso, batteria e sax ) che dà all'album quell'asciuttezza che più avanti sarebbe mancata.

Love for this original

From poppmusic 04/10/2017 06:49 | #188980

"Tom Traubert's Blues" and "Jitterbug Blues" are two of Tom Waits's best. A somewhat inconsistent album, but it's nevertheless the album where we get to here "the voice" for the first time (switching to the signature drawl from his earlier, more conventional singing style)

Small change is without doubt the best Tom Waits album of the seventies. Here, he is fully formed, the sozzled barroom troubadour reaches it's peak. Waits is at the top of his game. While, closing time, was uncertain, the heart of Saturday night, slightly immature, and, nighthawks at the diner, a little forced, small change, is the record where Waits completely nails it. Opener, Tom Traubert's blues, is one of Waits' greatest ever songs, beautiful and moving, a stunning track. One step up, is a mock improvisation,again stunning. Other highlights are the excellent, invitation to the blues, the superb, bad liver and a broken heart, and the lovely closing track, I can't wait to get of work. There's no weak tracks, everything is wonderful, the lyrics are extraordinary, the performances perfect, from the cool jazz of, I wish I was in New Orleans, to the smoky title track. Small change, is an inebriated masterpiece. Excellent.

From meccalecca 04/11/2013 17:12 | #72438

Small Change marks Tom Waits' transition to elite status.

From samistake2ice 12/26/2012 22:36 | #59014

Although its a close race, this has to be my favorite Waits album. Cant get enough. Tom traubert's blues will be played at every special occasion for the rest of my life.

From Bork 08/17/2010 04:01 | #14456

A bit of an intermediate number in Tom Waits' workshop. Includes a handful of solid songs, including Tom Trauberts Blues and The Piano Has Been Drinkin', but too much is below the standard Mr. Waits has made us used to with the previous albums. The ones that followed would be back on track.