Foreign Affairs (album)

Album Information

	Name	Foreign Affairs
	Type	studio
	Artist	Tom Waits
	Released	September 1977
	Recorded	July 28 – August 15 , 1977
	Genre	Rock
	Length	41:53
	Label	Asylum
	Producer	Bones Howe
	Last Album	'' Small Change ''<br>(1976)
	This Album	'''''Foreign Affairs'''''<br>(1977)
	Next Album	'' Blue Valentine ''<br>(1978)

''Foreign Affairs'' is an album by Tom Waits , released in 1977 on Elektra Entertainment .

TRACK LISTING

All tracks written by Tom Waits, except where noted.

# "Cinny's Waltz" (instrumental) – 2:17
# "Muriel" – 3:33
# "I Never Talk to Strangers" – 3:38
# "Medley: Jack & Neal/California, Here I Come" ("California, Here I Come" written by Joseph Meyer , Al Jolson and Buddy De Sylva ) – 5:01
# "A Sight For Sore Eyes" – 4:40
# "Potter's Field" (words: Waits, music: Bob Alcivar ) – 8:40
# "Burma-Shave" – 6:34
# "Barber Shop" – 3:54
# "Foreign Affair" – 3:46

PERSONNEL

Gene Cipriano – Clarinet

Jim Hughart – bass

Shelly Manne – Drums

Bette Midler – vocals

Jack Sheldon – Trumpet

Frank Vicari – Tenor Saxophone

Tom Waits – piano, vocals

MISCELLANEOUS NOTES

Bette Midler appears as a guest performer to sing duet with Waits on "I Never Talk to Strangers".

" California, Here I Come " is a song first published in 1924.

Rickie Lee Jones , Waits' then-girlfriend, is pictured on the front cover with Waits.

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