Perfection

Every once in a while you buy an album and ask yourself "How the hell did I not buy this years ago, it's so good how did I miss it?" Over the years it's kept winking at me, begging to be bought but i've resisted, the time was never right. Well it finally seduced me and I gave in.

Tom Waits: Closing Time
I just knew it would be great from the cover, in a way that's why I never bought it, I didn't need to hear it to know I'd love it. Drunken love songs played over a percussion of chinking glasses and bar room piano.

My thoughts on individual tracks don't matter, make your own mind up. The best song argument is a waste of time, everyone will have their own. All you need to know is it is the perfect album and when I finally open my late night drinking den this will be playing as the lights dim.

I have a mate who named his first child Martha, I don't know where his inspiration came from but I hope it was track 6.

https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/closing-time/id285283129