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- The Early Years, Vol.2
- - 44,980 plays
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Tom Waits
Released 1993

Ol '55
04:07
8,917 plays

I Hope That I Don't Fall In Love With You
05:01
5,545 plays

Blue Skies
02:13
3,516 plays

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- 1
- I Hope That I Don't Fall In Love With You
- 05:01
- 5,545 plays

- 2
- Ol '55
- 04:07
- 8,917 plays

- 3
- Mockin' Bird
- 03:27
- 2,988 plays

- 4
- In Between Love
- 03:01
- 3,054 plays

- 5
- Blue Skies
- 02:13
- 3,516 plays

- 6
- Nobody
- 02:47
- 2,376 plays

- 7
- I Want You
- 01:22
- 3,411 plays

- 8
- Shiver Me Timbers
- 03:48
- 2,933 plays

- 9
- Grapefruit Moon
- 04:36
- 2,407 plays

- 10
- Diamonds On My Windshield
- 03:10
- 2,410 plays

- 11
- Please Call Me, Baby
- 03:43
- 2,592 plays

- 12
- So It Goes
- 02:31
- 2,419 plays

- 13
- Old Shoes (& Picture Postcards)
- 04:25
- 2,413 plays

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album review

Like its predecessor, The Early Years, Vol. 2 consists of demos recorded by Tom Waits in 1971, two years before he released his debut album, Closing Time. "Hope I Don't Fall in Love With You," "Ol' 55," "Grapefruit Moon," and "Old Shoes" later turned up on that album, while "Shiver Me Timbers," "Diamonds on My Windshield," and "Please Call Me Baby" appeared on Waits' second album, The Heart of Saturday Night, in 1974. The release of the two Early Years albums demonstrates that Waits' better early material made it onto his regular releases -- the previously unreleased stuff, while interesting, is not as good. And since Waits' albums were not overproduced, the main difference between these versions and the familiar ones is that the familiar ones are better. Still, Waits fans will enjoy hearing, for example, "Ol' 55" performed in a higher key and with an acoustic guitar backing. ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide