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Remastered vinyl LP pressing. 1977's Foreign Affairs takes the jazz and poetry that Waits explored on his earlier albums in a more cinematic direction, foreshadowing his own breakthrough work in the '80s. Opening with the instrumental InchCinny's WaltzInch and featuring some new standards like InchMurielInch and InchI Never Talk To Strangers,Inch his dramatic duet with Bette Midler, the album gets into some of Waits' most ambitious storytelling ever. Foreign Affairs also features the jazzy, colorful InchJack and NeilInch and the sweeping, dramatic InchPotters FieldInch as well as the classic ballads InchBurma ShaveInch and InchSight for Sore Eyes.Inch Album Tracks 1. Cinny's Waltz 2. Muriel 3. I Never Talk to Strangers 4. Medley Jack & Neal / California, Here I Come 5. A Sight for Sore Eyes 1. Potter's Field 2. Burma-Shave 3. Barber Shop 4. Foreign Affair
