Rain Dogs
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Rain Dogs is the ninth studio album by American singer-songwriter Tom Waits, released in September 1985 on Island Records. A loose concept album about "the urban dispossessed" of New York City, Rain Dogs is generally considered the middle album of a trilogy that includes Swordfishtrombones and Franks Wild Years.

The album, which features guitarists Keith Richards and Marc Ribot, is noted for its b…

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Released
1985
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Album
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Island

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AllMusic (William Ruhlmann)
5/5 stars
Chicago Sun-Times (Don McLeese – January 19, 1987)
4/5 stars
Houston Chronicle (Andrew Dansby – November 19, 2006)
4/5 stars
The Village Voice (Robert Christgau – December 3, 1985)B+
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