Tom Waits - Heartattack and Vine

Released in 1980, Heartattack and Vine was Waits' fnal album on Elektra
Asylum and it built on the raw blues approach of blue valentine with the
incendiary title track, the funky, organ driven "Downtown" and the
stomping Nola blues of "Mr Siegal"
This album also contains some of Waits' most popular ballads, including "Jersey
Girl" which was famously a hit for Bruce Springsteen. "On the Nickle" is a moving
song about the homeless people who lived on 5th street in Downtown LA, and
"Ruby's Arms" is a beautiful song with a lovely Bach-like melody.