Suggest a Tom waits album to start with

Start at the beginning with “Closing Time”

If you like Rock - Bone Machine
If you like Alternative - Mule Variations
If you like classic 50s-60s music - Step Right Up, Closing Time, or Heartattack and Vine


You will eventually get everything, no question.

Completely off topic but I was thinking about this movie the other night and had to revisit this clip from "Cigarettes and Coffee" with Tom Waits and Iggy Pop (also the Rza, Gza, and Bill Murray one is pretty good).

Waits and Pop

I too started with rain dogs. So I’d say that, closing time or small change (my favorite waits’ album).