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 album is noted for being predominantly folk influenced although Waits intended for Closing Time to be "a jazz, piano-led album." Upon release, the album was mildly successful in the United States, although it did not chart and received little attention from music press in the United Kingdom and elsewhere internationally. Critical reaction to Closing Time was positive. The album's only single—"Ol' '55"—attracted attention due to a cover version by Waits' better-known label mates The Eagles. Other songs from the album were covered by artists ranging from Tim Buckley to Bette Midler. The album has been certified Gold in the United Kingdom and has gained a contemporary cult following among rock fans. The album has been reissued four times since its initial release: on LP in 1976, on CD in 1992 and 1999, and 180 gram LP in 2010.
The book has two stories that are interwoven throughout – that of Yossarian in the last stages of his life, and that of Sammy Singer and Lew Rabinowitz, two men from Coney Island who also fought in World War II (the Sammy Singer character makes a brief appearance in Catch-22 as the tailgunner aboard Yossarian's bomber who kept waking up and fainting when he saw Yossarian trying to attend to the wounds of Snowden).
As with Catch-22, the topic of death is omnipresent, only in this case from (usually) age-related illnesses, in particular cancer (rather than dying in battle, as with its predecessor).
One notable inconsistency in the book is that although Yossarian was 28 in Catch-22, which took place in 1944, in Closing Time Yossarian is 68, and the time of Catch-22 is referred to as "50 years ago". When asked about the inconsistency in an interview with The New York Times, Heller replied, "I know, but I decided to ignore it."
The hardest part is the walking away And turning your back on what you thought was a safe place The easy bit it is the starting again It's even easier to make the same mistake In dark cloudless sky it was closing time Tomorrow lies well it's a little bit like the blue sky Cloudless sky it's closing time now to moralies You go straight in that the shallow end And ambulance chasing is a good it's a good good game Embroiled in jury just to justify A lack of any kind of planning that in fog rainy day In dark cloudless sky it's closing time Tomorrow lies well it's a little bit like the blue sky Cloudless sky it's closing time as a moralies In dark cloudless sky it is closing time Tomorrow lies it's a little bit like the blue sky Cloudless sky it is closing time and tomorrow lies
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Baltimore Sun
15 Jan 2025
Baltimore Sun
15 Jan 2025