VinylGuy wrote:Im such a fan of Waits previous work, i feel i need to pay more attention to his post Bone Machine releases...and yes its so fucking good. I love the chill vibe it has.
It's super dark and fucked up. I love it! I'm a big fan of the play it's based on, too. I read it in college and ended up doing a small paper on it for my Dramatic Structure class (which is sort of ironic given that Buchner died before finishing it).
yeah, i love how dark it is....im listening to Swordfishtrombones now. Its a good mix between the early years and the modern sound from him i think.
Yeah man! That's a great record. I think it's my favorite of that particular Waits era/run. I know Rain Dogs is sort of unfuckwithable for most people. And rightly so. But I like Swordfishtrombones more, honestly. Not that one can go wrong with either of them.
VinylGuy wrote:Guys, how you rank or feel about Blood Money? Its one im specially diggin it recently
It's top tier, Waits. I put it in a close second right behind Bone Machine. It was my favorite of his records for a long time. I'd also put it on my all time favorite albums (by any artist) list. It's gorgeous and theatrical and totally my jam.
It is my second favorite TW album. Some days it is number 1
Rain Dogs
Blood Money
Bone Machine
Mule Variations
Then some combo of Blue Valentines, Heart Attack and Vine, Frank's Wild Years, and Real Gone. I'd probably but Real Gone at the top of that list.
After that it's mostly individual songs I love on albums I rarely listen to from start to finish. But Tom Waits has always been more of a singles guy than an album guy for me
stip wrote:Rain Dogs
Blood Money
Bone Machine
Mule Variations
Then some combo of Blue Valentines, Heart Attack and Vine, Frank's Wild Years, and Real Gone. I'd probably but Real Gone at the top of that list.
After that it's mostly individual songs I love on albums I rarely listen to from start to finish. But Tom Waits has always been more of a singles guy than an album guy for me
Actually Orphans Disc 1 and 2 would be pretty high up there as well. If I could take the best tracks from those first two discs it would be my favorite TW album
Though not enough mike variations talk around here. That’s maybe my favorite all times album.
Mule Variations and Alice are my two favorites, with Small Change a very close third. However, Mule probably gets the most play of all of them, just because it has something to scratch every Waits itch. It has a brief stretch in the middle that kind of drags for me ("Black Market Baby," "Eyeball Kid"), but in general it plays through amazingly well for its length.
One Waits song I recently discovered I really like is "Union Square," a blues stomper that I never really gave its fair due before.
Bone Machine
Mule Variations
Alice
Blood Money
Real Gone
Bad as Me
That's my ranking since the 90's, because I'm not intimately familiar with The Black Rider album and Bad as Me is one I don't think I've returned to since it was new. Also, Bone Machine and Mule Variations are easily my two favorite all-time Tom Waits albums, not just for this era.
The Argonaut wrote:Bone Machine
Mule Variations
Alice
Blood Money
Real Gone
Bad as Me
That's my ranking since the 90's, because I'm not intimately familiar with The Black Rider album and Bad as Me is one I don't think I've returned to since it was new. Also, Bone Machine and Mule Variations are easily my two favorite all-time Tom Waits albums, not just for this era.
I'd move Real Gone up but otherwise I feel the same. I wish Bad as Me had more staying power, especially considering the long layoffs between new music as he has aged. Kind of doubt we'll hear from him again honestly.
