Rain Dogs helped to solidify Tom Waits’ reputation as one of America’s great bohemian weirdos. “Big Black Mariah”—anchored by Keith Richards’ raucous guitar squawk and percussion seemingly salvaged from a junkyard—is a gnarly mash of country blues and avant-garde theater. “Anywhere I Lay My Head” is equally cuckoo, with Waits howling like a drunken bulldog over marching-band jazz. But the record isn’t 100% bizarro—it also contains romantic stuff like “Downtown Train,” one of the all-time great subway love songs.