Rain Dogs is part of the trilogy of Waits. Where he 'ceased B. and folk, and started' with the old R. n Blues from the belly to make '. A style of Blues only he has mastered. Almost all Blues conventions throwing overboard Tom Wait created a new style here. Gloomy, cold and left alone he describes the people in his songs. Sings of greed, envy and brutality, to atonal sounds. Nothing destototz or perhaps because of a milestone in the discography of alternative music. My personal favorite song "Hang down your head" and "Time" which are harmonious ballads. With "9th & Hennepin" (Tom Waits describes speaking to an eerie music a gloomy, cold landscape that is like his cynical 'I've seen it all' just as cold at the end. If I remember correctly, was this piece of reason why I became a fan of Waits. (This is an Amazon.com at the university-student review.)