Small Change is a stark, late-night collection of character sketches and confessionals, recorded live to two-track with minimal overdubs.
- The album was recorded in a single day, October 2-3, 1976, at Columbia Records' Hollywood studio.
- The track "The Piano Has Been Drinking (Not Bad)" was later covered by Waits's friend and collaborator, Chuck E. Weiss.
- Small Change reached number 98 on the Billboard 200 chart.
Tom Waits is a singer-songwriter from California, known for his distinctive, gravelly voice and Beat-influenced, jazz and blues-inflected music. In 1976, Small Change found Waits leaning into his persona as a purveyor of late-night, down-and-out narratives.
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