Real Gone by Tom Waits which includes songs like Sins Of My Father and Day After Tomorrow

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Real Gone

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Artist: Tom Waits
Publisher: Anti
Release Date: October 2004
UPC: 045778667826
List Price: ~~$17.98~~

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There's little risk of confusing Tom Waits with the gentle pop folk who have covered his songs--Rod Stewart, Sarah McLachlan, Everything But the Girl, just to name a few. That's because even though the eccentric songwriter is capable of summoning the most tender sentiments, his preferred method of delivery is through carnival melodies, crackpot instruments, and a bourbon-soaked bark. Real Gone continues the dark experimental streak of not just its predecessors like Alice and Blood Money, but the past 30 years. Yes, the percussion is sharper, the arrangements stranger, and the voice more ghost-like than ever, but at the center of all the chaos remains an uncanny storyteller--capable of ripping down governments ("Sins of My Father") and building up tears ("Day After Tomorrow"). --Aidin Vaziri

Tracks:
Top Of The Hill
Hoist That Rag
Sins Of My Father
Shake It
Don't Go Into That Barn
How's It Gonna End
Metropolitan Glide
Dead And Lovely
Circus
Trampled Rose
Green Grass
Baby Gonna Leave Me
Clang Boom Steam
Make It Rain
Day After Tomorrow

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One of his weakest efforts	Customer Rating:
I love most of what Tom Waits puts out but this one I wasn't impressed by. The songs sound rehashed or overdone or pushed too far into obscurity. I do love some songs on this but overall I would choose to listen to most of his other albums over this one.

NOISE! ...WONDERFUL NOISE!!!

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This is a real treat among Tom Waits albums. Directed primarily towards the loud and frenzic style of Tom Waits, with maybe one or two tender moments for good measure. This is the one to crank up insanely loud to get the demons out of your brain... and the one that I jumped out of my seat for upon it's release a few years back.
I saw then a lot of pan for this album amongst Waits fans, but I think the album is as good as any other classic Waits. The songs no doubtedly get a lot more coarse and raw as the years go by. This may not be 100% intentional. But TW always finds away to make 'em work, and I feel some of the most gravelly sounding tunes are some of the best... and what time was better to make the one that us kids were waiting for. Bang your head music, up and down a wall, with a sh*@ eating grin on your face from ear to ear. TOP OF THE HILL or HOIST THAT RAG make good examples just because they come first, but every song works toward it's goal. Delivering what is sometimes just insanity, but always coupled with a good hook and catchy melodies. A few in the mix help the style vary, with some common Tom Waits imagery, in songs such as the darkly beautiful DEAD AND LOVELY. And there are plenty of good old fashioned rhythym section shake downs and such to go around too. This stuff just sparks some excitement into the duller darker days of life. A must have... Tom Waits is the shizzzzzit!

New Incarnation of Archaic Sound

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Somehow, Chain-Gang early Clang Boom, BirthOfBlues stuff, meets the occasional (usually buried) turntable use.

Gruff, Raw, Carnal Sounds. Hard to 'classify'

Les Claypool (Bass player of Primus and other great stuff), and noted drummer, Brain, collaborate on some tracks, though not in their usual styles. It looks like Waits' kids played on some tracks as well, though you'd never guess it.

Mark Ribot, who's been around since at least Raindogs, continues to grace us with his unique take on lead guitar. I love it.

This album is not for everyone. If you prefer pristinely produced pop, refined jazz, live classical, standard rock, or radio rap, this maybe ain't for you. (Incidentally, I can't get enough jazz, 'classical,' or intelligent rock, and i dig good hip-hop.) If you want dirt under your nails, haunted shipwrecked tunes, spiritual echoes from confederate slave days, and deep, ancient, primal vibrations, check it out. I can't get enough. Inspirational.

Concludes beautifully with the most well-written war song I can call to mind, which Waits performed for a nervous, starstruck Jon Stewart and studio audience on Comedy Central's Daily Show. (Check it out on Youtube.)

More bang for your buck than you're used to, guaranteed.

One of a kind	Customer Rating:
Tom Waits is a true original, and this album makes good use of his unique voice, eclectic choice of accompaniment, and interesting song subject matter. This is not pop music, but if you are willing to work at it a bit, it is fabulously rewarding.

give it a chance - it WILL grow on you

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At first listen, only three of the tracks grabbed me (hoist #2, green grass #11, day after tomorrow #15) and by the second listen I'd moved my rating from one star to three. So that's where I am now...it could move even higher. This recording definitely improves with repeated listening.
I wouldn't have believed it but I gave it the chance and it's true.
So this is a discordant and clangy, percussive sound, little if any piano, but some tracks have some guitar I liked a lot. Closing Time is my favorite Tom Waits album, but it's not fair to compare this to that. They are thirty years apart I think and almost opposite. Real Gone might sound Real Strange but keep listening.