Home / Music / Rain Dogs is Tom Waits at his most sprawling — 19 tracksMusic linernotes album music tom-waitsRain Dogs is Tom Waits at his most sprawling — 19 tracksRain Dogs is Tom Waits at his most sprawling — 19 tracks.Nineteen tracks of grim nightlife memoirs and portraits of small-time hustlers. One of Waits’ largest albums. Search Amazon As an Amazon Associate, Work Notes may earn.Related NotesKathleen Brennan pushed Tom Waits toward the avant-gardeNighthawks at the Diner peaked at No. 164 — Tom Waits' highest chart position yetTom Waits was just 25 when he recorded Nighthawks at the DinerClosing Time barely registered on release — Tom Waits' debut went largely unnoticedTom Waits wanted Closing Time to be a jazz album. The folk influence won.ExploreDon't Be Cruel turned Bobby Brown from New Edition member into a solo starGiant Steps was Coltrane's first album of entirely original compositionsHeaux Tales was technically an EP but critics called it a concept albumI Put a Spell on You started as a gentle ballad before Hawkins transformed itIllinois was the second state in Sufjan Stevens' Fifty States Project — which he later called a gimmickPrevious Roger McGuinn originally planned a double album tracing American music historyNext Rain Dogs is the middle chapter of Tom Waits' trilogy.