Editing Mule Variations (section)

{{Infobox album
| name         = Mule Variations
| type         = studio
| artist       = [[Tom Waits]]
| cover        = TomWaits-MuleVariations.jpg
| alt          = 
| released     = {{Start date|1999|04|16}}
| recorded     = 1998
| venue        = 
| studio       = [[Prairie Sun Recording Studios|Prairie Sun]] ([[Cotati, California]])
| genre        = {{hlist|[[Experimental rock]]|[[blues music|blues]]}}
| length       = {{Duration|m=70|s=33}}
| label        = [[ANTI-]]
| producer     = [[Kathleen Brennan]], Tom Waits
| prev_title   = [[The Black Rider (album)|The Black Rider]]
| prev_year    = 1993
| next_title   = [[Alice (Tom Waits album)|Alice]]
| next_year    = 2002
| misc         = {{Singles
 | name        = Mule Variations
 | type        = studio
 | single1     = Hold On
 | single1date = 
}}
}}

'''''Mule Variations''''' is the thirteenth studio album by American musician [[Tom Waits]], released on April 16, 1999, on the [[ANTI-]] [[record label|label]]. It was Waits' first studio album in six years, following [[The Black Rider (album)|''The Black Rider'']] (1993). The album was backed by an extensive tour in Europe and North America during the summer and autumn of 1999, which was Waits' first proper tour since 1987. Other promotional stops included a solo performance on ''[[VH1 Storytellers]]''.

''Mule Variations'' won a [[Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album]] and was nominated for [[Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance|Best Male Rock Performance]] for the track "Hold On". It has sold more than 500,000 copies worldwide. In 2012, the album was ranked number 416 on ''[[Rolling Stone]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s list of [[Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time|The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time]].<ref name="500-greatest">{{cite web| url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-156826/tom-waits-mule-variations-70833/| year=2012| title=500 Greatest Albums of All Time Rolling Stone's definitive list of the 500 greatest albums of all time| publisher=[[Rolling Stone]]| access-date= September 2, 2019}}</ref>