《Closing Time》是Tom Waits1973年发表的第一张专集。乱七八糟的70年代可是Tom Waits的黄金时期,7年时间总共给唱片公司,也给那些被他邋遢的酒气迷住的傻瓜们贡献了6张专集。
《Closing Time》的节奏舒缓,描摹酒吧的失落感受,而Tom Waits对迈尔斯·戴维斯(Miles Davis)的酷爱,和“垮掉的一代”作品在他身上烙印,注定了Tom Waits是个追求底层体验和风格变化的音乐人。他开始专注于爵士与布鲁斯风格的民歌,专辑《Small Change》(1976)正表现了这种“小小变化”,尤其是单曲《Step Right Up》,节拍硬朗的鼓、干脆的打击乐器、短促的萨克斯风管、和沉闷徘徊的二重贝司构成生动的对话,Tom Waits的玩世不恭也如小狗不时窜起;而在单曲《Pasties and a G-string》里,Tom Waits俨然一个说书者,讲述着荒诞的现实;他还烂醉如泥地唱起《The Piano Has Been Drinking》,颇具嘲讽意味,这首歌成为电影《各自各精彩》的片尾曲。
Closing Time is the debut studio album by the American singer-songwriter Tom Waits, released in March 1973 on Asylum Records. Produced and arranged by former Lovin' Spoonful member Jerry Yester, Closing Time was the first of seven of Waits' major releases through Asylum, the final being Heartattack and Vine (1980).