Rating: 73.85
Who's Tom Waits?!?! He's released 30 Albums since 1973; been honored with 19 tribute albums; contributed to 58 movies as a composer and/or actor; won two Grammys and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2011; his songs have been covered by Bruce Springsteen, the Eagles and Rod Stewart.He has to be one of the most dramatic performers in all of music and this album would probably be rated higher, if I was a better judge. In fact the average (normalized) review by the real critics was 88 out of 100, making it the best reviewed album of new music in all of 2011.
He has a tremendous cast of musicians that vary throughout the album, including, among others, Keith Richards on guitar, David Hidalgo (from Los Lobos) on almost everything, Flea (from the Red Hot Chili Peppers) on bass, Charlie Musselwhite on Harmonica and his son on drums.
My favorites include Talking At The Same Time and his response to the Rolling Stones' (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction, Satisfied where he sings "Now Mr. Jagger and Mr. Richards/I will scratch where I've been itchin.'" (Richards is playing guitar on this song.)
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