Bone Machine
The abnormal has become the norm for Tom Waits, so, once again, Bone Machine is laden with odd timbres, archaic acoustics, and raw vocals. This time, however, Waits has built his songs around a Harry Partch-inspired fascination with primitive percussion. With a crew of Northern California musicians along to add spare adornments, Waits fashions pretty, sentimental tunes ("A Little Rain," Whistle Down the Wind") and hellish stampedes of clanging metal and hoarse shouting ("Earth Died Screaming," "Let Me Get Up on It," the latter the 53-second distillation of Bone Machine quintessence-just Waits distorted bellowing and banging. Bone Machine is both appalling and appealing. There are elements to this album that seem designed to drive away the faint of heart, and then there are melodies that melt in your hand. --Steve Stolder more
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Recent Reviews
- 5/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Mar-20-2008
- Opened a new world of music
One day in 1992 a couple friends and I were browsing through albums at our local record store when Bone Machine started blaring over the store's stereo. We all stopped and just listened to a couple tracks before asking the clerk who it...
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- 5/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Jan-04-2008
- Why bother reading this? Is five stars enough?
If you don't know who Tom Waits is, it's okay. However though, if you like an artist with his own voice, than Tom is your man. This guy, as a song writer (paired up with his wife, Kathleen Brennan), puts you in those situations, it's...
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- 5/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Nov-13-2007
- Excellence in Weirdness
Swinging from soul, to purely exciting garage noise, Tom Waits has gone from a singer in the back room of a bar, after hours only, singing quiet, heartfelt songs to big, noisy, deep voiced crooner of ballads that involve killers,...
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- 5/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Sep-29-2007
- Bone Machine
If you are a Tom Waits fan, this is his best as far as I am concerned. I actually love EVERYTHING he does but you will not be dissapointed if you purchase Bone Machine. This is the true Tom Waits at his best.
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Selected Reviews
- 5/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Mar-20-2008
- Opened a new world of music
One day in 1992 a couple friends and I were browsing through albums at our local record store when Bone Machine started blaring over the store's stereo. We all stopped and just listened to a couple tracks before asking the clerk who it...
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- 3/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Feb-06-2003
- hardly Waits' best album
After all of the fawning reviews of this album, and considering that that I own several Waits albums, I decided to purchase this one. Yet, much of the material is mediocre at best, the best song by far being 'I Don't Wanna Grow Up'. I...
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- 1/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Sep-28-2005
- Thank god for Hasselhoff
I was at a party last week and someone said I needed to listen to Tom Waits. I said what the heck because I'm always open to music I've never heard before. What I heard blew me away. This guy is the worst singer in the history of...
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