Ice Cream Man (track)
by Tom Waits
Ice Cream Man appears on the following album(s) by Tom Waits:
- Closing Time (track #9) (this album) (1973)
- The Early Years, Vol. 1 (track #5) (compilation) (1991)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 01/30/2026 16:16 |  HoldenM | 8,072 | 91/100 |
| ! | 12/31/2025 14:57 | Exist-en-ciel | 77,721 | 70/100 |
| ! | 05/29/2025 12:46 |  DommeDamian | 73,168 | 51/100 |
| ! | 05/08/2025 02:52 |  AAL2014 | 35,372 | 76/100 |
| ! | 04/21/2025 19:07 |  dihansse | 66,971 | 76/100 |
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buzzdainer 08/29/2016 14:24 | #173701
This song begins and ends with a chiming melody reminiscent of the tune an ice cream truck blares as it makes its way around the neighborhood (are ice cream trucks still a thing?). A little gimmicky, I guess, and the song overall is a little silly, making it an odd fit on Closing Time. Slight though it may be, it's also pretty clever, and it does break up the otherwise incredibly depressing tone of the album as a whole.
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