Blue Valentine is a big departure from earlier Waits albums. Trading the piano for the guitar, Waits is getting rawer and bluesier and title track is a great example of this. Waits is in transition here, so you also get a stunning orchestrated rendition of Gershwin’s “Somewhere”, and the beautiful piano ballad, “Kentucky Ave.”, but you also get the juke joint swagger of “Romeo Is Bleeding” and “Whistlin’ Past the Graveyard”. This is also the record that contains one of Waits’ most popular songs ever, “Christmas Card from A Hooker in Minneapolis”.

TRACKLIST:

A1. Somewhere (From "West Side Story")

A2. Red Shoes By The Drugstore

A3. Christmas Card From A Hooker In Minneapolis

A4. Romeo Is Bleeding

A5. $29.00

B1. Wrong Side Of The Road

B2. Whistlin' Past The Graveyard

B3. Kentucky Avenue

B4. A Sweet Little Bullet From A Pretty Blue Gun

B5. Blue Valentines