We warned you about Scarlett Johansson’s album of Tom Waits covers a couple of months back, and apparently cooler heads have not prevailed because we now have the album cover art. Those of us who were hoping for a shot inspired by the Waits classic “Pasties and a G-String” will have to settle for a sort of nature girl-hippie-earth mother image that doesn’t exactly evoke the Waits oeuvre. To its credit, it’s about as literal a depiction of the album title Anywhere I Lay My Head as you could imagine. Take a look after the jump.
I guess there’s a voyeuristic quality to the shot, as if we’re sharing the point-of-view of some sort of woodland creature peeping through his favorite knothole. And who knows what’s happening just out of sight? We’re sort of hoping it involves Bigfoot. We also have a tracklist, which includes some lesser known Waits tunes like “Fawn,” “Fannin Street” and “Green Grass,” as well as tried-and-true favorites like the title track and “I Don’t Want to Grow Up.” (We know, we know, you were hoping for “Filipino Box Spring Hog.” We feel your pain.) There is also one original, “Song for Jo,” and none other than David Bowie guests on a couple of tracks. It will be in stores May 20th.
