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Product Summary
Format: CD
Manufacturer: Anti Records/ada
Buy.com Sku: 224885328
UPC: 045778715121
UPC 14: 00045778715121
Release Date: 10/24/2011
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Song Listing
Disc 1
Song Title
Sample
1. Chicago ~ Tom Waits
2. Raised Right Men ~ Tom Waits
3. Talking At the Same Time ~ Tom Waits
4. Get Lost ~ Tom Waits
5. Face To the Highway ~ Tom Waits
6. Pay Me ~ Tom Waits
7. Back In the Crowd ~ Tom Waits
8. Bad As Me ~ Tom Waits
9. Kiss Me ~ Tom Waits
10. Satisfied ~ Tom Waits
11. Last Leaf ~ Tom Waits
12. Hell Broke Luce ~ Tom Waits
13. New Year's Eve ~ Tom Waits
Album Notes and Credits
Notes & Personnel Info |
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Audio Mixer: Karl Derfler. |
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Recording information: Rabbit Foot Studio. |
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Photographers: Jesse Dylan; Tom Waits. |
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Bad as Me, Tom Waits' first studio album of all new music in seven years, features a stellar cast of musicians, and co-production and songwriting from Kathleen Brennan. While the trademarks of Waits' 21st century music are showcased in tracks such as "Chicago" and "Hell Broke Luce," he also nods back to his very beginnings in ballads such as "Last Leaf" and the barroom chorale "New Year's Eve." "Raised Right Men" is a modern take on Waits' blues clatter, while "Satisfied" employs his take on gospel. Three packages are available: the standard CD digipack, a deluxe edition with a hardbound a 40-page booklet and three bonus cuts, and a 180-gram LP. |
Engineer: Karl Derfler |
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Compilation Appearances
Associated Artists and Works
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Cole, Holly |
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Gayle, Crystal |
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Original Soundtrack |
Technical Info
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Release Date : 10/24/2011 |
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Original Release Date : 2011 |
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Catalog ID : 87151 |
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Label : Anti (USA) |
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Number of Discs : 1 |
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Studio/Live : Studio |
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Mono/Stereo : Stereo |
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SPAR Code : n/a |
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UPC : 00045778715121 |
Professional Reviews
Rolling Stone (p.76)
- 4 stars out of 5 -- "At its heart are electric guitars. Marc Ribot's jagged, Cuban-tinged riffs have helped define Waits' sound since the 1980s."
- 4 stars out of 5 -- "At its heart are electric guitars. Marc Ribot's jagged, Cuban-tinged riffs have helped define Waits' sound since the 1980s."
Rolling Stone (p.70)
- Ranked #23 in Rolling Stone's '50 Best Albums Of 2011' -- "Tom Waits sings in a heartbreaking growl on this vocally dynamic, emotionally direct album, one of his best."
- Ranked #23 in Rolling Stone's '50 Best Albums Of 2011' -- "Tom Waits sings in a heartbreaking growl on this vocally dynamic, emotionally direct album, one of his best."
Spin (p.76)
- "BAD AS ME burns at fuse speed, beginning with 'Chicago,' which sounds like it starts in the middle..."
- "BAD AS ME burns at fuse speed, beginning with 'Chicago,' which sounds like it starts in the middle..."
Entertainment Weekly (p.73)
- "One thing you cant' fake: Wait's personal universe, full of carnies, dust, tears, whiskey, and hope. And yes, a whole lot of growling." -- Grade: A-
- "One thing you cant' fake: Wait's personal universe, full of carnies, dust, tears, whiskey, and hope. And yes, a whole lot of growling." -- Grade: A-
Alternative Press (p.98)
- 4 stars out of 5 -- "BAD AS ME works as Waits' 'greatest methods collection, encapsulating familiar m.o.'s as fractured grooves, rough-hewn, smoky yearning, dive-bar juke-joint shuffles, backstreet swagger and existentialist-loser paeans."
- 4 stars out of 5 -- "BAD AS ME works as Waits' 'greatest methods collection, encapsulating familiar m.o.'s as fractured grooves, rough-hewn, smoky yearning, dive-bar juke-joint shuffles, backstreet swagger and existentialist-loser paeans."
Magnet (p.45)
- Ranked #2 in Magnet's '20 Best Albums Of 2011' -- "Waits is a hands-on technician; he rips the tires off the car and burns the rubber down."
- Ranked #2 in Magnet's '20 Best Albums Of 2011' -- "Waits is a hands-on technician; he rips the tires off the car and burns the rubber down."
Magnet (p.51)
- "BAD AS ME sounds like a welcome echo of RAIN DOGS' spellbinding urban magic realism."
- "BAD AS ME sounds like a welcome echo of RAIN DOGS' spellbinding urban magic realism."
The Wire (p.68)
- "The love songs are chastened, the anger is tar-black but contained, the verbal play not done for show but intimate, a gift to another....BAD AS ME might be his best ever."
- "The love songs are chastened, the anger is tar-black but contained, the verbal play not done for show but intimate, a gift to another....BAD AS ME might be his best ever."
Mojo (Publisher)
(p.90)
- 4 stars out of 5 -- "[I]t's a kick to hear him serving the needs of his songs without dressing them up in identical work clothes....BAD AS ME is alive with some of his greatest yet."
(p.90)
- 4 stars out of 5 -- "[I]t's a kick to hear him serving the needs of his songs without dressing them up in identical work clothes....BAD AS ME is alive with some of his greatest yet."
Record Collector (magazine)
(p.93)
- 4 stars out of 5 -- "BAD AS ME is shot through with rockabilly verve; 'Get Lost' bursts with youthful abandon, as if releasing the pent-up urges of a generation of 50s teens..."
(p.93)
- 4 stars out of 5 -- "BAD AS ME is shot through with rockabilly verve; 'Get Lost' bursts with youthful abandon, as if releasing the pent-up urges of a generation of 50s teens..."
Uncut (magazine)
(p.78)
- "BAD AS ME is the sound of a supremely confident artist convening a raucous celebration of his own myth, and is multifariously marvelous."
(p.78)
- "BAD AS ME is the sound of a supremely confident artist convening a raucous celebration of his own myth, and is multifariously marvelous."
Uncut (magazine)
(p.34)
- Ranked #13 in Uncut's '50 Best Albums Of 2011' -- "Exuberant, tender, truly idiosyncratic, Wait's first album of new songs in seven years was a stunner."
(p.34)
- Ranked #13 in Uncut's '50 Best Albums Of 2011' -- "Exuberant, tender, truly idiosyncratic, Wait's first album of new songs in seven years was a stunner."
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