Temptation is a tribute album to Tom Waits, by Holly Cole. Originally released in Canada in 1995 on Alert Records, it was also released internationally in 1995 on the Metro Blue imprint of Capitol Records.

Track listing

All songs written by Tom Waits.

Temptation (Holly Cole album)

"Take Me Home" – 2:27

"Train Song" – 3:26

"Jersey Girl" – 3:45

"Temptation" – 3:05

"Falling Down" – 5:18

"Invitation to the Blues" – 4:23

"Cinny's Waltz" – 2:34

"Frank's Theme" – 3:10

"Little Boy Blue" – 2:58

"I Don't Wanna Grow Up" – 4:30

"Tango Til They're Sore" – 4:28

"(Looking For) The Heart of Saturday Night" – 3:37

"Soldiers Things" – 3:23

"I Want You" – 2:56

"Good Old World" – 1:35

"The Briar and the Rose" – 5:28

"Shiver Me Timbers" – 4:32

Personnel

Musicians

Cyro Baptista – percussion

Anne Bourne – cello

Dougie Bowne – drums

Kevin Breit – guitar, national steel guitar, slide guitar

Holly Cole – vocals

The Colettes – background vocals

Charles Daellenbach – tuba

Aaron Davis – arranger, brass arrangement, piano, string arrangements

Rhoda Dog – vocals

Phil Dwyer – horn arrangements, alto sax, baritone sax

Anne Lederman – violin

Howard Levy – harmonica

Fred Mills – trumpet

David Ohanian – french horn

Douglas Perry – viola

David Piltch – arranger, bass, acoustic bass, percussion

Ronald Romm – trumpet

Earl Seymour – horn arrangements, baritone sax

Eugene Watts – trombone

Perry White – horn arrangements, tenor sax

Production

Robin Aubé – assistant engineer

Julian Baglioni – assistant engineer

W. Tom Berry – executive producer

Sandeep Bhandari – assistant engineer

Rodney Bowes – design

Bill Emmons – assistant engineer

Victor Florencia – assistant engineer

Scott James – assistant engineer

Fred Kervorkian – assistant engineer

Danny Kopelson – engineer

Andrew MacNaughtan – photography

Jo Rossi – assistant engineer

Doug Sax – mastering

Craig Street – producer

References

Holly Cole albums

1995 albums

Albums produced by Craig Street

Capitol Records albums

Tom Waits tribute albums

Temptation (Holly Cole album)