Bad As Me
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| Studio album by Tom Waits | |||||
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2011 |
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| Label (s) | ANTI records | ||||
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LP, CD, 2xCD |
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Title (number) |
13 (Deluxe Edition: 16) |
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running time |
44:33 (Deluxe Edition: 53:52) |
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Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan |
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Studio (s) |
Rabbit Foot Studio |
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Bad As Me is Tom Waits '20th studio album, released in 2011 on ANTI-Records . His first album with new material since 2004 was received largely positively by the critics. Keith Richards , Les Claypool , Marc Ribot and Flea ,among others, were involved in the recording.
background
Bad As Me , released in October 2011, was the artist's first album of new material since 2004, when Real Gone was released. In the meantime, he had only released a collection of older songs and curiosities ( Orphans , 2006) and a live album ( Glitter and Doom , 2009). Jörn Schlueter commented in the German Rolling Stone : “They were wondering whether Waits might have made it to the final round.” But “[a] nface of the new album [Bad As Me] the question no longer arises.” Waits resigned Bad As Me in advance in an ironic “private listening party” on YouTube , in which he criticized the common practice of pirated copies .
The album was the first in Waits' discography that his wife, Kathleen Brennan, was not only a co-writer but also a co-producer. His eldest son, Casey, took part in the recordings as a drummer. At Brennan's request, the songs were limited to less than 4 minutes each. Stylistically, the individual songs are very different - from the "brutal military parody" Hell Broke Luce to the ballads Kiss Me or Back in the Crowd . Several well-known "regulars" of Waits were involved in the recordings. For example Marc Ribot , Keith Richards , Flea , Les Claypool or Charlie Musselwhite .
Deluxe Edition
The double CD deluxe edition of the album was released in the form of a small book and contains three additional songs on the second CD: She Stole the Blush , Tell Me and After You Die .
reception
According to the Internet service Metacritics, the album received almost exclusively positive reviews in the press and on the Internet with an overall rating of 88. Thom Jurek from the Internet service Allmusic rated Bad As Me with 4 out of 5 possible stars and described it as “... a fast, haunting, confused one , acoustic journey full of overwhelming stops and onward journeys. "
In the German edition of Rolling Stone , Arne Willander wrote about the album:
“Nowhere on this record is there the deconstruction, the destructive work of the percussion instruments, as it had recently become almost mandatory for Waits. Scrap yard was yesterday, reconstruction is today: more beauty than horror. "
The journalist rated Bad As Me with 4 out of 5 possible stars (which corresponds to "formidable" on the Rolling Stone scale) and described Chicago and Talking at the Same Time as the best songs.
In the review by Ulf Kubanke from Internet radio laut.de , the album received the highest rating, it was praised for its music as well as for the quality of the lyrics:
“Over the years, the former 'Hobo Sapiens' seems more versatile, angry and creative than ever before. Craftsmanship weaknesses do not exist. An LP for a better world. "
Track list
- Chicago - 2:15
- Raised Right Men - 3:24
- Talking at the Same Time - 4:14
- Get Lost - 2:42
- Face to the Highway - 3:43
- Pay Me - 3:14
- Back in the Crowd - 2:49
- Bad as Me - 3:10
- Kiss Me - 3:41
- Satisfied - 4:05
- Last Leaf - 2:56
- Hell Broke Luce - 3:57
- New Year's Eve - 4:32
- She Stole the Blush - 2:50 (CD 2 of the Deluxe Edition)
- Tell Me - 3:42 (CD 2 of the Deluxe Edition)
- After You Die - 2:47 (CD 2 of the Deluxe Edition)
occupation
- Tom Waits - vocals (tracks 1–16), guitar (1–4, 6, 7, 9–11, 13, 15, 16), piano (1, 6, 8, 9), percussion (1, 4, 5 , 12, 14, 16), banjo (1, 14), tabla (2), harmonium (11), glockenspiel (15)
- Marc Ribot - guitar (1–8, 10–12, 15), electric bass (15)
- Clint Maedgen - saxophone (1, 3, 4, 8, 10, 12, 13, 14)
- Casey Waits - drums (1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 12, 14)
- David Hidalgo - guitar (3, 4, 6, 7, 12, 15), violin (6), drums (7), accordion , electric bass, vocals (13)
- Ben Jaffe - trombone (1, 3, 4, 14), bass clarinet (1), tuba (12, 13)
- Charlie Musselwhite - harmonica (1, 2, 8, 10, 12)
- Patrick Warren - keyboards (3–5, 10, 13)
- James Whiton - electric bass (3, 5–7, 11, 14, 16)
- Keith Richards - guitar (1, 10-12), vocals (11)
- Augie Meyers - organ (2, 16), piano (3), accordion (6)
- Gino Robair - percussion (3, 5, 10, 14), vibraphone (6), drums (15, 16)
- Larry Taylor - guitar (1, 2, 14), electric bass (1, 4)
- Chris Grady - trumpet (3, 12, 13)
- Flea - electric bass (2, 12)
- Will Bernard - guitar (6, 12, 16)
- Dawn Harms - violin (5, 15)
- Marcus Shelby - E-Bass (9)
- Les Claypool - E-Bass (10)
- Zack Sumner - E-Bass (13)
- John Schott - guitar (14, 15)
Videos
Three videos were shot for the album and published on YouTube:
- Satisfied (Director: Jesse Dylan; November 8, 2011)
- Hell Broke Luce (Director: Matt Mahurin; August 7, 2012)
- Bad As Me (December 30, 2013)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Summary at Metacritics , accessed August 9, 2013
- ↑ a b Jörn Schlüter, On the Road Again , Rolling Stone, November 2011, pp. 34–38
- ^ Tom Waits' Private Listening Party on YouTube , accessed August 9, 2013
- ↑ a b review on laut.de , accessed on August 9, 2013
- ↑ Review at AllMusic ( "... a quick, insistent, and woolly aural road trip full of compelling stops and starts." ), Accessed on August 9, 2013
- ^ Arne Willander, Tom's late romanticism , Rolling Stone, November 2011, p. 85
- ^ Message on the Tom Waits homepage , accessed on August 9, 2013
- ^ Message on the Waits homepage , accessed on August 9, 2013
- ↑ Music video for "Bad As Me" on YouTube