#357 Tom Waits, 'Rain Dogs' (1985)

With the utmost respect to Mr. Waits, this album is demented. In a good way, of course. On this record he chose to use an unusual motley of instruments, giving the album its unique sound; marimba, accordion, double bass, trombone and banjo. The result is an album that sounds like a 1930s New Orleans Jazz record, crossed with a Kurt Weill opera made in the basement of a gritty 1970s rock club while a samba party is happening upstairs.