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''Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards'' is an epic three disc set from Music/TomWaits, released in 2006. It started life as a fairly standard b-sides and rarities compilation (sometimes known as an "odds 'n' sods" collection, after an album in this mode by Music/TheWho). Waits quickly decided he had no interest in releasing such an album, so he and wife/collaborator Kathleen Brennan set about making something else: a tour through his past and present work divided into thematic thirds. New material was recorded for the project as well. The first disc covers Waits' harder, more rockish material. The second is dedicated to ballads and acoustic-sounding songs. The third is made up of Waits' [[AvantGardeMusic experimental songs]] and not-quite-songs. There is some bleed between the groups, and LargeHam moments from Waits on all three. Altogether a good introduction to the man and his work. It was later released as a 7LP boxset with the last LP consisting of tracks not on the CD release.

# “Lie to Me” – 2:10
# “[=LowDown=]” – 4:15
# “2:19” – 5:02
# “Fish in the Jailhouse” – 4:22
# “Bottom of the World” – 5:42
# “Lucinda” – 4:52
# “Ain’t Goin’ Down to the Well” – 2:28
# “Lord I’ve Been Changed” – 2:28
# “Puttin’ on the Dog” – 3:39
# “Road to Peace” – 7:17
# “All the Time” – 4:33
# “The Return of Jackie and Judy” – 3:28
# “Walk Away” – 2:43
# “Sea of Love” – 3:43
# “Buzz Flederjohn” – 4:12
# “Rains on Me” – 3:20

# “Bend Down the Branches” – 1:06
# “You Can Never Hold Back Spring” – 2:26
# “Long Way Home” – 3:10
# “Widow’s Grove” – 4:58
# “Little Drop of Poison” – 3:09
# “Shiny Things” – 2:20
# “World Keeps Turning” – 4:16
# “Tell It to Me” – 3:08
# “Never Let Go” – 3:13
# “Fannin Street” – 5:01
# “Little Man” – 4:33
# “It’s Over” – 4:40
# “If I Have to Go” – 2:15
# “Goodnight Irene” – 4:47
# “The Fall of Troy” – 3:01
# “Take Care of All My Children” – 2:31
# “Down by the Train” – 5:39
# “Danny Says” – 3:05
# “Jayne’s Blue Wish” – 2:29
# “Young at Heart” – 3:41

# “What Keeps Mankind Alive” – 2:09
# “Children’s Story” – 1:42
# “Heigh Ho” – 3:32
# “Army Ants” – 3:25
# “Books of Moses” – 2:49
# “Bone Chain” – 1:03
# “Two Sisters” – 4:55
# “First Kiss” – 2:40
# “Dog Door” – 2:43
# “Redrum” – 1:12
# “Nirvana” – 2:12
# “Home I’ll Never Be” – 2:28
# “Poor Little Lamb” – 1:43
# “Altar Boy” – 2:48
# “The Pontiac” – 1:54
# “Spidey’s Wild Ride” – 2:03
# “King Kong” – 5:29
# “On the Road” – 4:14
# “Dog Treat” – 2:56
# [[HiddenTrack “Missing My Son”]] – 3:38

but I'll never let go of your hand.

* {{Corpsing}}: "Missing Son" is told by Waits and an UrbanLegend story that he stretched into a ShaggyDogStory, where the deliberately underwhelming punchline is followed by a brief pause and a deranged-sounding wheeze of a laugh.

** Music/TheRamones ("The Return of Jackie and Judy" and "Danny Says", both from ''Music/EndOfTheCentury'')

** Creator/BertoltBrecht and Music/Kurt Weill ("What Keeps Man Alive?" from ''Theatre/TheThreepennyOpera'')

** "Lucinda" has the lyrics "the Devil dances inside empty pockets", a reference to Country singer [[Music/JoeDiffie]]'s song "If The Devil Danced (In Empty Pockets).

* SpecialGuest: Blues singer Charlie Musselwhite plays harmonica on some of the tracks. Les Claypool and Larry [=LaLonde=] (Music/{{Primus}}) plays bass. Mark Linkous (Music/{{Sparklehorse}}) also appears playing guitar, bass and drums.

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but I'll never let go of your hand.
* YourCheatingHeart: "Lie to Me"
-->I know you got another\\
Jockey at home\\
Let me be your rider till your real man comes.

** "Heigh Ho", a cover from the ''Disney/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs'' song, which is so unrecognizable that the Disney company even phoned up Waits to check whether this song was indeed based on the Disney song.

** The latter in ''Disney/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarves'' ("Heigh Ho")

** "Heigh Ho" is an adaptation from the eponymous song from ''Disney/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs'' and appeared on the 1988 Disney tribute album ''Music/StayAwake''.

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''Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards'' is an epic three disc set from Music/TomWaits, released in 2006. It started life as a fairly standard b-sides and rarities compilation (sometimes known as an "odds 'n' sods" collection, after an album in this mode by Music/TheWho). Waits quickly decided he had no interest in releasing such an album, so he and wife/collaborator set about making something else: a tour through his past and present work divided into thematic thirds. New material was recorded for the project as well. The first disc covers Waits' harder, more rockish material. The second is dedicated to ballads and acoustic-sounding songs. The third is made up of Waits' [[AvantGardeMusic experimental songs]] and not-quite-songs. There is some bleed between the groups, and LargeHam moments from Waits on all three. Altogether a good introduction to the man and his work. It was later released as a 7LP boxset with the last LP consisting of tracks not on the CD release.

-->''I know you will not see me''\\
''but I know you have a daughter''\\
''I hear she has my eyes''\\
''they say she calls him father''\\
''and he's proud of her''\\
''even believes all of your lies''\\
''but for all your faithless beauty''\\
''I'd give all my tomorrows''\\
''if you're still thinking of me...''

-->''I left Texas to follow Lucinda''\\
''Now I'll never see Heaven or home.''

-->''I've only got one leg to stand''\\
''you can send me to hell''\\
''but I'll never let go of your hand.''

-->''I know you got another''\\
''Jockey at home''\\
''Let me be your rider till your real man comes.''

** In ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}} 2'' Captain Hook is seen playing and singing "Little Drop Of Poison" in a bar.

'''''Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards''''' is an epic three disc set from Music/TomWaits, released in 2006. It started life as a fairly standard b-sides and rarities compilation (sometimes known as an "odds 'n' sods" collection, after an album in this mode by Music/TheWho). Waits quickly decided he had no interest in releasing such an album, so he and wife/collaborator set about making something else: a tour through his past and present work divided into thematic thirds. New material was recorded for the project as well. The first disc covers Waits' harder, more rockish material. The second is dedicated to ballads and acoustic-sounding songs. The third is made up of Waits' [[AvantGardeMusic experimental songs]] and not-quite-songs. There is some bleed between the groups, and LargeHam moments from Waits on all three. Altogether a good introduction to the man and his work. It was later released as a 7LP boxset with the last LP consisting of tracks not on the CD release.

'''''Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards''''' is an epic three disc set from Music/TomWaits, released in 2006. It started life as a fairly standard b-sides and rarities compilation (sometimes known as an "odds 'n' sods" collection, after an album in this mode by Music/TheWho). Waits quickly decided he had no interest in releasing such an album, so he and wife/collaborator set about making something else: a tour through his past and present work divided into thematic thirds. New material was recorded for the project as well. The first disc covers Waits' harder, more rockish material. The second is dedicated to ballads and acoustic-sounding songs. The third is made up of Waits' [[AvantGardeMusic experimental songs]] and not-quite-songs. There is some bleed between the groups, and LargeHam moments from Waits on all three. Altogether a good introduction to the man and his work.

** The latter in ''WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarves'' ("Heigh Ho")

** "Heigh Ho" is an adaptation from the eponymous song from ''Disney/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs''.

* AlliterativeTitle: "Orphans, '''B'''rawlers, '''B'''awlers & '''B'''astards", "'''A'''rmy '''A'''nts", "'''K'''ing '''K'''ong".

* EverythingIsMusic: "Army Ants" is Waits reading quotes from nature encyclopaedias and it sounds like its some kind of conspiracy theory.

'''''Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards''''' is an epic three disc set from Music/TomWaits, released in 2006. It started life as a fairly standard b-sides and rarities compilation (sometimes known as an "odds 'n' sods" collection, after an album in this mode by Music/TheWho). Waits quickly decided he had no interest in releasing such an album, so he and wife/collaborator set about making something else: a tour through his past and present work divided into thematic thirds. New material was recorded for the project as well. The first disc covers Waits' harder, more rockish material. The second is dedicated to ballads and acoustic-sounding songs. The third is made up of Waits' experimental songs and not-quite-songs. There is some bleed between the groups, and LargeHam moments from Waits on all three. Altogether a good introduction to the man and his work.

* TheCoverChangesTheMeaning: As sung by Lead Belly, "Goodnight Irene" is one of American music's great {{obsession song}}s, the confession of a man so tormented by the object of his affections that he wishes her never to have been born. On this cover, the singer sounds so ecstatically drunk that he's on his way to forgetting her name... and his own.

** Music/TheRamones ("The Return of Jackie and Judy", "Danny Says")

** Music/DanielJohnston ("King Kong")
** Creator/BertoltBrecht and Music/Kurt Weill ("What Keeps Man Alive?")

* DeliberatelyMonochrome: The cover

* OneManSong: "Buzz Flederjohn"

* ProtestSong: "Road to Peace", about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

# “[=LowDown=]” –

'''''Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards''''' is an epic three disc set from Music/TomWaits, released in 2006. It started life as a fairly standard b-sides and rarities compilation (sometimes known as an "odds 'n' sods" collection, after an album in this mode by Music/TheWho). Waits quickly decided he had no interest in releasing such an album, so he and wife/collaborator set about making something else: a tour through his past and present work divided into thematic thirds. The first disc covers Waits' harder, more rockish material. The second is dedicated to ballads and acoustic-sounding songs. The third is made up of Waits' experimental songs and not-quite-songs. There is some bleed between the groups, and LargeHam moments from Waits on all three. Altogether a good introduction to the man and his work.

->''I know you will not see me''\\