This album marked Waits' return to recording after a seven-year absence, and his first release on the Anti label. It features a raw, blues-infused sound that revisits the experimental spirit of his earlier work.
- "Mule Variations" was Waits' first album in seven years.
- The album won a Grammy for Best Contemporary Folk Album in 2000.
- It was Waits' first release on the independent label Anti-, an imprint of Epitaph Records.
Tom Waits is an American musician, composer, and actor known for his distinctive, gravelly voice and eccentric stage persona. In 1999, with "Mule Variations," he was entering a new phase of his career after a period of less frequent recording.
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