| Bone Machine | |||||
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| Studio album by Tom Waits | |||||
| Released | August 1992 | ||||
| Recorded | Prairie Sun Recording, Cotati, California | ||||
| Genre | Rock, Experimental | ||||
| Length | 53:30 | ||||
| Label | Island | ||||
| Producer | Joe Marquez Tom Waits |
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Bone Machine was recorded and produced entirely at the Prairie Sun Recording studios in Cotati, California in a room of Studio X known as "the Waiting Room," in the old cement hatchery rooms of the cellar of the buildings. Cotati (koʊˈtɑːtiː is an incorporated city in Sonoma County, California, U
Mark Rennick, Prairie Sun studio chief said:
[Waits] gravitated toward these 'echo' rooms and created the 'Bone Machine' aural landscape [. . . ]What we like about Tom is that he is a musicologist. And he has a tremendous ear. His talent is a national treasure. [1]
Waits himself said of the bare-bones studio "I found a great room to work in, it's just a cement floor and a hot water heater. "Okay, we'll do it here. It's got some good echo. " [2]
The cover photo, which consists of a blurred black-and-white, close-up image of Waits in a leather skullcap and protective goggles, was taken by Jesse Dylan, the son of music legend Bob Dylan. Goggles or safety glasses are forms of protective eyewear that usually enclose or protect the eye area in order to prevent particulates water or chemicals from Jesse Byron Dylan (born January 6 1966, New York City) is the eldest son of musician Bob Dylan and his first wife Sara Dylan. Bob Dylan (born Robert Zimmerman, May 24 1941 in Duluth, Minnesota) is an American singer-songwriter author poet and painter who has been a major [3]
A number of the songs from Bone Machine have been used in a number of high profile movie Soundtracks, and have been covered by artists in varying genres.
Album opener "Earth Died Screaming" is featured in the 1995 film Twelve Monkeys, while "Jesus Gonna Be Here" is featured in the 2005 film Domino, in which Waits himself appears. Twelve Monkeys is an Academy Award -nominated 1995 Science fiction film directed by Terry Gilliam and written by David Domino is a 2005 Action Film inspired by the story of Domino Harvey, the English daughter of stage and screen actor Laurence Harvey "Goin' Out West" is featured in the 1999 film Fight Club and has been covered by Queens of the Stone Age (during Era Vulgaris sessions [4]) as well as by Gomez and Australian band, The Dissociatives. Fight Club is a 1999 American feature film adaptation of the 1996 novel of the same name by Chuck Palahniuk, adapted by Queens of the Stone Age (also known as QOTSA or simply Queens) are a rock band from Palm Desert, California, United States Era Vulgaris is the fifth full length Studio album by American Hard rock band Queens of the Stone Age. Gomez are an English Indie rock band from Southport. Their first album Bring It On, won the Mercury Music Prize in 1998 "I Don't Wanna Grow Up" was covered by The Ramones for their last album Adios Amigos, and by Petra Haden and Bill Frisell on their album collaboration Petra Haden & Bill Frisell (2003) with a recent version on Hayes Carll's Trouble In Mind (2008). The Ramones were an American rock band often regarded as the first Punk rock group ¡Adios Amigos! is the Ramones ' last studio album It was released in 1995 Petra Haden (born October 11, 1971 in New York City) is an American Violinist and Singer. William Richard "Bill" Frisell (born March 18, 1951) is an American Guitarist and Composer. Joshua Hayes Carll, known as Hayes Carll, is a singer/songwriter from The Woodlands Texas currently signed to Lost Highway Records. For the 1985 film of the same name see Trouble in Mind (film for the 1926 blues standard Trouble in Mind (song for the 2008 Kevin Russell
Tracks written by Tom Waits, except where noted.