Album Rating: 4.0

drunk blues-era waits is so good, some people skip this shit straight to rain dogs and that pisses me off

Album Rating: 4.0

"Sounds like his first dip into his experimental side, no?"



nah not quite, this and Heartattack and Vine are maybe a little weirder than the other drunken bar era albums, but the true transition album is Swordfishtrombones

Album Rating: 4.0

"Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis" is the embodiment of Waits's ability to write picturesque detail from absolutely nothing



like, you get a picture of this person's entire life and how they feel looking back and the whole thing isn't even true at the end

Album Rating: 4.5

like Small Change is his ultimate "sad bastard" album but this gives it a run for its money

Album Rating: 4.0

Small Change > this > Closing Time > Heartattack and Vine > The Heart of Saturday Night > Foreign Affairs

Album Rating: 4.0

also i fucking hate West Side Story but Waits made me change my mind about "Somewhere"

Album Rating: 4.5

boi you need to hear the Sylvian cover from the Blemish era



straight up bare bones stuff but it's a beaut

Album Rating: 4.0

wow how did i miss that

Album Rating: 4.5

well i wouldn't blame you for two reasons:



1) it was made for a commercial aired during the Summer Olympics (Athens 2004), which was wildly different (had orchestration, was 45 seconds to the demo/full version's 3 minutes)



2) it's a bit tricky to find unless you know where to look



edit: okay the second bit is a bit false since it's on Youtube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MIOg2p_WTg

Album Rating: 4.0

yeah I just looked it up lol



it's pretty good

Album Rating: 4.5

yeah



not a huge fan of musicals/showtunes, so any reinterpretations of the stuff is welcome to me if it doesn't have the cheese or flamboyance honestly

Album Rating: 4.0

basically

Album Rating: 4.0

uhmmm

it's heartattack and vine >>> the rest

Album Rating: 4.5

Nah b



Heartattack is like the boring cousin of Blue Valentine

Album Rating: 4.0

nah, it's a masterpiece. I view it as the ultimate drunk'd, coke'd up album. It's way more paranoid and aggresive than previous albums and it's got this dangerous vibe that the others before it lacked. I can totally see Tom's body giving up on him had he continue down that path.

Album Rating: 4.5

Gonna have to revisit this soon

Kentucky Avenue is one of Waits' best

Album Rating: 4.5

Just here to say this is one of his best, that's all

Album Rating: 4.0

His rendition of Somewhere does something to me. When he switches from his rough voice to the smooth section about halfway I get goosebumps and start tearing up. I don't know why.

Album Rating: 4.5

This album is better than any of his albums that came before this