In addition to being an obvious "classic", 1985's Rain Dogs feels like the definitive Tom Waits album. It features many of his regular collaborators, including Keith Richards, and perhaps his best known song in "Downtown Train" (which was popularized by Rod Stewart). It also covers a remarkably broad stylistic range while somehow maintaining a coherent sound and style. The sound is interesting, coupling an obvious influence of then-popular production techniques with Waits's acoustic emphasis. The strangest sounds are the clanging percussion splats, which are badly-compressed to sound completely unnatural even as they're obviously made by conventional collisions. The mastering impressively captures good sound quality on very long LP sides, and the front cover image and design are iconic and classic.
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