Tom Waits & Crystal Gayle - One From the Heart (1982)
Tom
Waits's first full foray into the movie business would have been much
more widely praised at the time, and the soundtrack would played today,
if the film had not met with bewilderment and accusations that Francis
Ford Coppola's ego had created a monstrous, expensive folly. To be
sure, One from the Heart is a curate's egg of a movie, but the songs,
production, (by Waits's early studio mentor, Bones Howe), and the
performances capture pure romance far better than the gauche visuals of
the movie. Set over the course of one night, the soundtrack essays the
thoughts of a pair of lovers--Waits and Crystal Gayle. Although working
in an unfamiliar idiom, Gayle is a fine singer who is well suited to
the material. Lush string and smoky jazz-club arrangements adorn these
torch songs. There are a few hints of the weird and surreal Waits,
particularly on the splendid "You Can't Unring a Bell." For Waits's
fans that love his romantic sides, this album contains as many reasons
to be cheerful as Blue Valentine and Closing Time.
01. Opening Montage
02. Is There Any Way Out Of This Dream?
03. Picking Up After You
04. Old Boyfriends
05. Broken Bicycles
06. I Beg Your Pardon
07. Little Boy Blue
08. Instrumental Montage
09. You Can't Unring A Bell
10. This One's From The Heart
11. Take Me Home
12. Presents