Heartattack and Vine

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web|last=Jurek|first=Thom|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/heartattack-and-vine-mw0000690361|title=Heartattack and Vine – Tom Waits|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=November 22, 2020}}

| rev2 = Christgau's Record Guide

| rev2score = B{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|chapter=Tom Waits: Heartattack and Vine|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_album.php?id=8591|access-date=November 22, 2020|title=Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s|title-link=Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s|publisher=Pantheon Books|year=1990|isbn=0-679-73015-X}}

| rev3 = Classic Rock

| rev3score = 7/10{{cite magazine|last=Johnston|first=Emma|title=Tom Waits: Reissues|magazine=Classic Rock|issue=248|date=May 2018|page=98}}

| rev4 = Mojo

| rev4score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite magazine|title=Tom Waits: Heartattack and Vine|magazine=Mojo|issue=200|date=July 2010|page=76}}

| rev5 = Pitchfork

| rev5score = 8.5/10{{cite web|last=Deusner|first=Stephen M.|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/tom-waits-closing-timethe-heart-of-saturday-nightnighthawks-at-the-dinersmall-changeforeign-affairsblue-valentineheartattack-and-vine/|title=Tom Waits: The Asylum Era|website=Pitchfork|date=March 24, 2018|access-date=March 24, 2018}}

| rev6 = Q

| rev6score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite magazine|title=Tom Waits: Heartattack and Vine|magazine=Q|issue=73|date=October 1992|page=101}}

| rev7 = Rolling Stone

| rev7score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite magazine|last=Holden|first=Stephen|author-link=Stephen Holden|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/heartattack-and-vine-19810205|title=Heartattack And Vine|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=February 5, 1981|access-date=November 12, 2013}}

| rev8 = The Rolling Stone Album Guide

| rev8score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite book|last1=Coleman|first1=Mark|last2=Scoppa|first2=Bud|editor1-last=Brackett|editor1-first=Nathan|editor1-link=Nathan Brackett|editor2-last=Hoard|editor2-first=Christian|editor2-link=Christian Hoard|chapter=Tom Waits|title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide|title-link=The Rolling Stone Album Guide|publisher=Simon & Schuster|edition=4th|year=2004|isbn=0-7432-0169-8|pages=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/854 854–55]}}

| rev9 = Uncut

| rev9score = {{Rating|5|5}}{{cite magazine|last=Gill|first=Andy|title=What Is He Building in There..?|magazine=Uncut|issue=175|date=December 2011|pages=52–53}}

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Though critical of the album in many respects, including Waits' vocal delivery and the "morbid pathos" of the ballads, Stephen Holden of Rolling Stone wrote that "Tom Waits finds more beauty in the gutter than most people would find in the Garden of Eden," and referred to him as a "unique and lovable minor talent."

The album was included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.{{cite book|first=Will|last=Fulford-Jones|editor-first=Robert|editor-last=Dimery|chapter=Tom Waits: Heartattack and Vine|title=1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die|title-link=1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die|publisher=Universe Publishing|year=2006|isbn=978-0-7893-1371-3|page=[https://archive.org/details/1001AlbumsYouMustHearBeforeYouDie/page/n232/mode/1up 467]}}

All songs written by Tom Waits.

{{tracklist

| headline = Side one

| title1 = Heartattack and Vine

| length1 = 4:50

| title2 = In Shades

| note2 = Instrumental

| length2 = 4:25

| title3 = Saving All My Love for You

| length3 = 3:41

| title4 = Downtown

| length4 = 4:45

| title5 = Jersey Girl

| length5 = 5:11

}}

{{tracklist

| headline = Side two

| title1 = {{-'}}Til the Money Runs Out

| length1 = 4:25

| title2 = On the Nickel

| length2 = 6:19

| title3 = Mr. Siegal

| length3 = 5:14

| title4 = Ruby's Arms

| length4 = 5:34

}}

• Tom Waits – vocals, electric guitar, piano
• Bob Alcivar – string arrangement, orchestral arrangement, conductor
• Ronnie Barron – Hammond organ, piano
• Roland Bautista – electric guitar, twelve-string guitar
• Greg Cohen, Jim Hughart, Larry Taylor – bass guitar
• Victor Feldman – percussion, chimes, glockenspiel
• Plas Johnson – tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone
• Michael Lang – piano
• "Big John" Thomassie – drums
• Jerry Yester – orchestral arrangement, conductor

{{reflist}}

• [https://open.spotify.com/album/2fgQN85UzwZMRIBTs06FjX Heartattack and Vine] (Adobe Flash) at Spotify (streamed copy where licensed)

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