Mule Variations
Studio album by Tom Waits
Released	April 16, 1999
Recorded	???
Genre	Rock
Length	70:33
Label	Anti Epitaph
Producer	Kathleen Brennan Tom Waits
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Robert Christgau (A-) link Pitchfork (9. A studio album is an original collection of new tracks by a recording artist Thomas Alan Waits (born 7 December 1949) is an American Singer-songwriter, Composer, and Actor. Events 1178 BC - A Solar eclipse may have marked the return of Odysseus, legendary King of Ithaca, to his kingdom Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Rock and roll (also known as rock 'n' roll) is a form of Music that evolved in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s with roots in mostly African In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music ANTI- is an American Record label founded in 1999 as a sister label of Epitaph Records. Epitaph Records is a Hollywood California based Record label owned by Bad Religion guitarist Brett Gurewitz. In the Music industry, a record producer or music producer has many roles among them controlling the recording sessions coaching and guiding the musicians organizing Kathleen Brennan was born in Johnsburg Illinois, as noted by her husband and musical collaborator Tom Waits, in the song of the same name Thomas Alan Waits (born 7 December 1949) is an American Singer-songwriter, Composer, and Actor. allmusic (previously All Music Guide) is a Metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide. Robert Christgau (born April 18 1942) is an American Essayist, Music journalist, and the self-declared "Dean of American Pitchfork Media, usually known simply as Pitchfork, is a Chicago -based daily Internet publication devoted to music criticism and commentary 5/10) link Music Emissions link Rolling Stone link
Tom Waits chronology
Beautiful Maladies (1998) Mule Variations (1999) Blood Money (2002)

Mule Variations is an album by Tom Waits, released 1999 on the Anti sub-label of Epitaph Records. Rolling Stone is a United States -based Magazine devoted to Music, Politics, and Popular culture that is published Thomas Alan Waits (born 7 December 1949) is an American Singer-songwriter, Composer, and Actor. Thomas Alan Waits (born 7 December 1949) is an American Singer-songwriter, Composer, and Actor. Epitaph Records is a Hollywood California based Record label owned by Bad Religion guitarist Brett Gurewitz. It was Waits's first studio album since 1992's Bone Machine (the later The Black Rider was a collection of songs originally written for a play). Bone Machine is a critically acclaimed and award-winning album by Tom Waits, released in 1992 on Island Records. The Black Rider is an album by Tom Waits, released in 1993 on Island Records. It won a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album and was nominated for Best Male Rock Performance for the track "Hold On". The Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album was first awarded in 1987 The Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance has been awarded since 1980. It also sold more than 500,000 copies world wide.

The album was backed by an extensive tour of Europe and North America during the summer and autumn of 1999, which was Waits's first proper tour since 1987. Other promotional stops included a solo performance on VH1 Storytellers. Storytellers is a Television music series produced by the VH1 network

The band Primus played with Waits and Carney on "Big in Japan". Primus is an American rock band currently composed of singer and bassist Les Claypool, guitarist Larry "Ler" LaLonde, and

In 2003, the album was ranked number 416 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. Rolling Stone is a United States -based Magazine devoted to Music, Politics, and Popular culture that is published

Track listing

Songs co-written by Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan unless otherwise noted. Kathleen Brennan was born in Johnsburg Illinois, as noted by her husband and musical collaborator Tom Waits, in the song of the same name

1. "Big in Japan" – 4:05
2. "Lowside of the Road" – 2:59
3. "Hold On" – 5:33
4. "Get Behind the Mule" – 6:52
5. "House Where Nobody Lives" (Tom Waits) – 4:14
6. "Cold Water" – 5:23
7. "Pony" (Tom Waits) – 4:32
8. "What's He Building?" (Tom Waits) – 3:20
9. "Black Market Baby" – 5:02
10. "Eyeball Kid" – 4:25
11. "Picture in a Frame" – 3:39
12. "Chocolate Jesus" – 3:55
13. "Georgia Lee" – 4:24
14. "Filipino Box Spring Hog" (Tom Waits) – 3:09
15. "Take It with Me" – 4:24
16. "Come On Up to the House" – 4:36

Related promo CD

As a promotional limited offer, an EP titled Hold On was later released with two of the tracks from the Mule Variations album plus two previously unreleased tracks. Track listing:

1. "Hold On" (Tom Waits / Brennan) – 5:34
2. "Buzz Fledderjon" (Tom Waits) – 4:14
3. "Big in Japan" (Tom Waits / Brennan) – 4:05
4. "Big Face Money" (Tom Waits / Casey X. Waits) – 0:38

The Japanese release of the album includes "Buzz Fledderjon" and "Big Face Money" as bonus tracks as tracks number 17 and 18 respectively.

Musicians

• Tom Waits - Vocals (1-7, 9-16), The Voice (8), Guitar (1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 9, 12), Piano (5, 11, 13, 15, 16), Organ (3), Pump Organ (7), Percussion (9, 10), Chamberlin (9), Optigan (2), Boner (14)

• Andrew Borger - Drums (9, 14, 16), Percussion (14)
• Kathleen Brennan - Boner (14)
• Ralph Carney - Trumpet (1), Sax (1, 16), Alto-Sax (11), Bass Clarinet (10), Reeds (8, 9)
• Les Claypool - Bass (1)
• Greg Cohen - Bass (11, 12, 15), Percussion (10)
• Linda Delucia-Gbidossi - Violin (13)
• Dalton Dillingham III - Bass (13)
• Joe Gore - Guitar (3, 16)
• Chris Grady - Trumpet (2, 14)
• John Hammond - Harp (7)
• Stephen Hodges - Percussion (3, 4)
• Smokey Hormel - Guitar (4), Dobro (7) , Chumbus & Dousengoni (2)
• Jacquire King - Programming (2, 14)
• Larry LaLonde - Guitar (1)
• Brain Mantia - Drums (1)
• Christopher Marvin - Drums (6)
• Charlie Musselwhite - Harp (4, 12, 14, 16)
• Nik Phelps - Bari-Sax (11, 16)
• DJ M. Thomas Alan Waits (born 7 December 1949) is an American Singer-songwriter, Composer, and Actor. Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, which is often contrasted with Speech. The guitar is a Musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles The piano is a Musical instrument played by means of a keyboard that produces sound by striking steel strings with Felt covered hammers The pump organ is a version of the Reed organ where the player maintains the air pressure needed for creating the sound in the free reeds by pumping pedals with their feet The Chamberlin is an electro-mechanical Keyboard instrument related to the Mellotron. The Optigan (a Portmanteau of Opti cal Or' gan') was an early electronic Keyboard instrument designed for the consumer market A drum kit (also drum set or trap set) is a collection of Drums Cymbals and sometimes other Percussion instruments such as cowbells Kathleen Brennan was born in Johnsburg Illinois, as noted by her husband and musical collaborator Tom Waits, in the song of the same name Ralph Carney (born January 23, 1956, Akron, Ohio, USA) is an American musician SAX ( Simple API for XML) is a Serial access Parser API for XML. The alto saxophone is a member of the Saxophone a family of Woodwind instruments invented by Adolphe Sax. The bass clarinet is a Musical instrument of the Clarinet family A reed is a thin strip of material which vibrates to produce a sound on a Musical instrument. Leslie Edward "Les" Claypool (born September 29, 1963 in Richmond, California, U Greg Cohen is a Jazz bassist He is perhaps best known for his work with John Zorn 's Masada quartet; more recently he has been touring with Ornette The violin is a bowed String instrument with four strings usually tuned in Perfect fifths It is the smallest and highest-pitched member John P Hammond (born John Paul Hammond, 13 November 1942, New York) (often mistakenly known as "John Hammond Jr" which Blues harp, also called a richter tuned harmonica or 10-hole harmonica (in Asia is the most widely known type of Harmonica. Smokey & Miho was a musical group named after lead vocalists Miho Hatori and Gregory "Smokey" Hormel (born 1959, Los Angeles, CA Dobro is a Trade name now owned by Gibson Guitar Corporation and used for a particular design of Resonator guitar. The cümbüş (dʒymˈbyʃ sometimes approximated as dʒumbuʃ by English speakers is a Turkish stringed instrument of relatively modern origin Larry "Ler" LaLonde (born Reid Lawrence LaLonde on September 12, 1968 in Oakland California) is a Guitarist who currently plays in Bryan "Brain" Mantia is a contemporary rock Drummer. He has played with bands like Primus, Guns N' Roses and Godflesh, and Charlie Musselwhite (born January 31, 1944 in Kosciusko Mississippi) is an American Blues-harp player and Bandleader, one of Blues harp, also called a richter tuned harmonica or 10-hole harmonica (in Asia is the most widely known type of Harmonica. The baritone saxophone, often called " bari sax " (to avoid confusion with the Baritone horn, which is often referred to simply as "baritone" is Mark "The III Media" Reitman - Turntable (8, 9, 10, 14)
• Larry Rhodes - Contrabassoon (10)
• Marc Ribot - Guitar (3, 9, 10, 14), Lead Guitar (5), Guitar Solo (6, 9)
• Jeff Sloan - Percussion (8), Boner (14)
• Larry Taylor - Bass (3, 4, 5, 6, 14, 16), Guitar (14), Rhythm Guitar (5)
• Wings Over Jordan Gospel, Bali Eternal - Turntable Samples (10)

The contrabassoon is a larger version of the Bassoon sounding an octave lower Marc Ribot ( born 21 May 1954 in Newark New Jersey) is an American Guitarist and Composer. Larry Taylor (born Samuel Taylor, 26 June 1942, New York) is an American Bass guitarist, best known for his work as

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