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Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
Robert Christgau	C+
Los Angeles Times
The New York Times	(favorable)
Paste	(favorable)
Q
Rolling Stone	1974 2004
The Village Voice	(mixed)
Yahoo! Music	(favorable)

The Heart of Saturday Night is the second studio album by singer and songwriter Tom Waits, released in 1974 on Asylum Records. In 2003, the album was ranked number 339 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time, his highest placing. The album cover is based on In the Wee Small Hours by Frank Sinatra. Cal Schenkel was the art director and the cover art was by Lyn Lascaro aka Napolean.

Track listing

All songs written by Tom Waits.

Side one

No.	Title	Length
1.	"New Coat of Paint"	3:23
2.	"San Diego Serenade"	3:30
3.	"Semi Suite"	3:29
4.	"Shiver Me Timbers"	4:26
5.	"Diamonds on My Windshield"	3:12
6.	"(Looking for) The Heart of Saturday Night"	3:53

Side two

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Fumblin' with the Blues"	3:02
2.	"Please Call Me, Baby"	4:25
3.	"Depot, Depot"	3:46
4.	"Drunk on the Moon"	5:06
5.	"The Ghosts of Saturday Night (After Hours at Napoleone's Pizza House)"	3:16

"(Looking for) The Heart of Saturday Night"

"(Looking for) The Heart of Saturday Night" has since been covered by Jonathan Richman, Jerry Jeff Walker, Dion, Madeleine Peyroux, Diana Krall, Gwyneth Herbert and Shawn Colvin.

Personnel

Pete Christlieb - Tenor Sax
Bill Goodwin - drums
Jim Hughart - upright bass
Tom Waits - Vocals, Piano, Guitar
Bob Alcivar - Arranger

Notes

Ruhlmann, William. Review: The Heart of Saturday Night. Allmusic. Retrieved on 2009-08-05.
Christgau, Robert. Review: The Heart of Saturday Night. The Village Voice. Retrieved on 2009-08-05.
Siegal, Buddy. Review: The Heart of Saturday Night. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved on 2009-08-05.
Davis, Stephen. "Review: The Heart of Saturday Night". New York Times: 119. December 21, 1975.
LaBate, Steve. Review: The Heart of Saturday Night. Paste. Retrieved on 2009-08-05.
Columnist. "Review: The Heart of Saturday Night. Q: 100. October 1992.
Holden, Stephen. Review: The Heart of Saturday Night. Rolling Stone. Retrieved on 2009-08-05.
Hoard, Christian. Review: The Heart of Saturday Night. Rolling Stone: 854–855. November 2, 2004.
Maslin, Janet. "Review: The Heart of Saturday Night". The Village Voice: 105–106. November 21, 1974.
DiMartino, David. Review: The Heart of Saturday Night. Yahoo! Music. Retrieved on 2009-08-05.
Art Director: Cal Schenkel Cover Art: Napoleon aka Lyn Lascaro 339) The Heart of Saturday Night : Rolling Stone

References

Nathan Brackett, Christian Hoard (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Completely Revised and Updated 4th Edition. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.

External links

The Heart of Saturday Night at Discogs
RS500: The Heart of Saturday Night at Rolling Stone
Album Review at Treble

v t e Tom Waits
Studio albums	Closing Time The Heart of Saturday Night Nighthawks at the Diner Small Change Foreign Affairs Blue Valentine Heartattack and Vine Swordfishtrombones Rain Dogs Franks Wild Years Bone Machine Mule Variations Blood Money Alice Real Gone Bad as Me
Live albums	Big Time Romeo Bleeding: Live from Austin Glitter and Doom Live
Soundtracks	One from the Heart Night on Earth The Black Rider
Compilations	Bounced Checks Anthology of Tom Waits Asylum Years The Early Years, Volume One The Early Years, Volume Two Beautiful Maladies Used Songs 1973–1980 Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards
Notable songs	"Ol' '55" "(Looking for) The Heart of Saturday Night" "Tom Traubert's Blues" "The Piano Has Been Drinking (Not Me) (An Evening with Pete King)" "Step Right Up" "Somewhere" "Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis" "Romeo Is Bleeding" "Kentucky Avenue" "Heartattack and Vine" "Jersey Girl" "In the Neighborhood "16 Shells From a Thirty-Ought-Six "Jockey Full of Bourbon" "Hang Down Your Head" "Time" "Downtown Train" "Hang On St. Christopher" "Innocent When You Dream" "Way Down in the Hole" "Alice" "Bad as Me" "Back in the Crowd"
Tours	Glitter and Doom Tour
Musicals	The Black Rider Woyzeck
Related articles	Discography Kathleen Brennan Greg Cohen Bones Howe Jim Jarmusch Rickie Lee Jones Marc Ribot Larry Taylor Chuck E. Weiss Big Time (film) Wicked Grin Come On Up to the House: Women Sing Waits New Coat of Paint Step Right Up: The Songs of Tom Waits Tom Waits for No One

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