Daily album for May 18, 2026 The Heart of Saturday Night by Tom Waits (1974)

Cover art for The Heart of Saturday Night

Genres

  • blues
  • blues rock
  • jazz

The Heart of Saturday Night is the second studio album by singer and songwriter Tom Waits, released on October 15, 1974, on Asylum Records. The title song was written as a tribute to Jack Kerouac. The album marks the start of a decade-long collaboration between Waits and Bones Howe, who produced and engineered all Waits' recordings until the artist left Asylum.

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