Tom Waits isn’t an artist who’s ever courted mainstream success. Which is just as well, as he’d have been bitterly disappointed if he had. With the odd exception, his albums have rarely made the slightest dent in the charts, while his singles have fared similarly poorly. But commercial...
For example, The Essential Bruce Springsteen contains some of The Boss’ greatest tracks, but songs like “Thunder Road” and “The Promised Land” are so much more powerful when placed in the context of their respective albums. That said, there are bands and singers whose greatest hits collec...
Patrick Moraz helped modernize theMoody Bluessound during a tenure that lasted through four albums between 1978-91. Things ended badly, however, and both sides ended up in court in a wrongful termination suit. Actually, it was worse: They ended up onCourt TV. Moraz won that televised case, ...