The Black Rider (album) - Definition

The Black Rider is an album by Tom Waits, released in 1993 on Island Records. The album contains studio versions of songs Waits wrote for the play The Black Rider, directed by Robert Wilson and co-written by William S. Burroughs. The play was based on the opera Der Freischütz by Carl Maria von Weber.

The Black Rider premiered on March 31, 1990, at the Thalia Theater in Hamburg, Germany. It's world English-language premiere occurred in 1998 at the Edmonton International Fringe Festival.

Waits' collaboration with Wilson would later continue with the plays Alice (1992) and Woyzeck (2000).

Track listing

All songs written by Tom Waits, except where noted.

1. "Lucky Day (Overture)" - [02:27]
2. "The Black Rider" - [03:21]
3. "November" - [02:53]
4. "Just The Right Bullets" - [03:35]
5. "Black Box Theme" - [02:42]
6. "T'ain't No Sin" (Walter Donaldson / Edgar Leslie) - [02:25]
7. "Flash Pan Hunter (intro)" - [01:10]
8. "That's The Way" (music: Waits, lyrics: William S. Burroughs) - [01:07]
9. "The Briar And The Rose" - [03:50]
10. "Russian Dance" - [03:12]
11. "Gospel Train (orchestra)" - [02:33]
12. "I'll Shoot The Moon" - [03:51]
13. "Flash Pan Hunter" (music: Waits, lyrics: Burroughs) - [03:10]
14. "Crossroads" (music: Waits, lyrics: Burroughs) - [02:43]
15. "Gospel Train" - [04:43]
16. "Interlude" (Greg Cohen) - [00:18]
17. "Oily Night" - [04:23]
18. "Lucky Day" - [03:42]
19. "The Last Rose Of Summer" - [02:07]
20. "Carnival" - [01:15]