Heartattack And Vine

Så ta' dog en Halls

This sounds like if oogie boogie from nightmare before Christmas put out and album

Another rough listen from Tom Waits...sigh....at least the first album I got from him was good.

Another trash listen. This album was just hooting and hollering at most

WTF is this guy's voice

This album legitimately bad. I cannot fathom why this list contains so many Tom Waits albums. Ooh, he's edgy. Ooh, he has a deep gravelly voice. Ooh, he experiments with different styles and instruments. Ooh, he's a musician's musician. He's goddamn tedious, that's what he is. One album on this list I can see. But this is, like, my 4th? 5th? Come on. My husband says Jersey Girl is a great song, which I'm willing to concede, but it doesn't really brighten the rest of my listening experience.

There is a tiny bar in the Ginza area of Tokyo called Apollo Bar. Every time I have been to Japan, I visit this place. It’s incredible. Space for around 10-12 customers, dimly lit, incredible showmanship from the proprietor and every single time, there is a never ending flow of Tom Waits’ music quietly playing over the speaker. The last time I was there, I just had to ask him why there was never anything but Tom Waits filling the airwaves and he responded in a heavy accent “Tom Waits…heartfelt music.” I disagree. Tom’s voice is comically bad. It’s an offensive exploitation of black American blues vocal style, sort of like a weird Sesame Street character in a deleted scene. It’s grating from the beginning and never gets any better. It’s so bad that even when the music is acceptable, the vocals take away any shred of musical integrity. It’s a bad joke. Just like the other Tom Waits albums on this list, I hated it.

Tom fucking waits

This is really, really bad.

Bone Machine might have been worse, but I'm just beyond annoyed at having to listen to this much of his utterly unejoyable vocals and weird escaped convict lyrics.

Sounds like a parody album

178. SHA LA LA (gruff, despairingly)

Oh god. This was painful

I do not understand the appeal of this guy. He sounds like a drunk. I have no idea but it's uninteresting

why are there five tom waits albums on this list

nie moge sluchac jego glosu i chujowe to jest do skpinecia przesluchalam jedna i troche drugiej i trzeciej

Not this guy again. With multiple entries, he now becomes eligible for consideration as one of the worst artists on this list: 1. Tim Buckley 2. Lou Reed 3. Todd Rundgren 4. Tom Waits

Wow! Just wow! That voice! I didn’t know a human throat could sound like that without filing a workers’ comp claim. On the bright side, it did give me confidence because if that counts as singing, my shower concerts are officially Grammy-worthy.

not my thing.

My fourth album by Tom Waits in this challenge, and I was hoping this might be the one that finally clicked. So far, though, I’ve really struggled with his music. I find it hard to listen to, lacking in melody, and difficult to connect with. Going into Heartattack and Vine, I was open to it changing my mind, but unfortunately it didn’t. It’s another tough listen for me, and one I just didn’t enjoy. There’s no denying his style is distinctive, and I can see why people rate him so highly, but it just doesn’t land for me at all. Favourite track: Jersey Girl, although I’d still rather hear Bruce Springsteen’s version Least favourite tracks: Most of the album didn’t work for me Album artwork: Great cover, easily the standout for me

i hate this

fuck this schmuck

This was actually terrible. And I don’t say that lightly. His voice sounds like the Tasmanian Devil from Looney Tunes trying to sing (and failing). I had to skip every song because I CANNOT with his voice. Can’t even speak to the rest of the band because his voice distracted from anything good.

okay, I let this guy groan and yell at me for the past 45 minutes. Now I can go on with my life and stop thinking about this fat jazz cat cartoonish voiced man.... until the next TW album. UGH

Karoke by a smoker horrible Favorite: downtown Least: jersey girl

This sounds a little bluesy but trying to be offbeat for the sake of being an oddball. Its just really filthy and grungy sounding but it works against it. Yeah, the feedback and voices in the back are charming I'm sure, but its just flat annoying.

His voice still kills it for me.

The only people that like tom waits are the people who think they're cooler than you because they listen to tom waits

honestly fuck off mate

I can understand the appeal but his voice, for me, actually makes it unlistenable. I’m sorry Tom Waits…

Just completely devoid of anything listenable or even interesting?

The review that said he sounds like a drunk muppet is spot on. Two years between Tom Waits albums was not long enough. Couldn’t turn on the ‘Do Not Play This Artist’ option back on fast enough.

Tom Waits, and I also wait for him to have good music that I can rate higher. I guess I can wait my whole life and that won't ever happen.

I don’t understand this lists obsession with Tom Waits. His voice is trash, which is a shame because the musicianship from the baking band is pretty good.

Niet voor mij

I don't know who keeps adding this guy to the list but hope this album was the last one. His voice sounds like he's trying to imitate Louis Armstrong and blues musicians with the gravelly voice except he sucks. This album was more bearable than the last one of his but still ass

did not like it awful

Nooooo

its awful. i only listend to two songs and i hated both. im definitly not giving this a chance.

honestly I think I expected more going into it. I saw some things that said it was similar to nick cave and bob Dylan, so I got excited thinking it was finally something more my speed. however, its quite disappointing.... I get what they were saying with it being similar to nick cave and bob Dylan, but it's nowhere near the same level. he has nowhere near the power of nick cave, he mainly just shouts over soft songs that could do with someone singing a bit quieter. he has a unique voice, I'll give him that. but it's not unique in a good way. bob Dylan's nasal, croaky voice has a sort of charm to it that fits quite well with the songs he writes. but this guy, he writes bob Dylan esque songs but screams like a drunkard over them - it doesn't work! None of the songs are really that original either, I feel like I've heard everything on here before.

what the actual fuck............

I like a lot of the music but Tom Waits's voice is just not for me. I would never listen to this again on purpose.

Raspy ass voice damn. Lyrics are interesting and make you think. Lots of religious undertones. Not really the album for me.

Not for me 1/5

definitely noise

couldnt wait for it to end

Not a fan, the musical choices and the way he uses his voice really put me off the album, some of the ways he sung made me laugh. One I will probably be ok not having to hear again, the last 2 songs were actually interesting but the chore of having to go through such a chaotic album were not worth it.

Tom Waits is a boil on the taint of everything good, decent and redeeming about music. I wish with all my heart I could rate any dreck he's associated with a - 1000. I've created better music after eating too much fiber.

Yeah I don't give a shit if the lyrics are good, this fucking sucks. Jersey Girl is a good song, great even. This is in spite of its performance here on this album. Downtown and On the Nickel are also good but fuck me man this was really hard to get through. My notes for this album include various iterations on "fuck this" and comments about Tom Waits' voice. I will probably listen to Jersey Girl again but if I find that the Springsteen performance of it is even 1% better I will never touch any song from this album again. Highlights: Jersey Girl

Yeah, I hate his voice. It's not even just the sound of it, his phrasing is awful. I just can't.

The drunk guy that sticks around you and your friends after you got kicked out of the last bar together who suddenly gets a stroke of inspiration-core

eu odeio o tom waits, reforço novamente (meu celular estragou e enquanto eu n tenho outro esqueci de ligar o pc e avaliar ebaaaa)

Hate his voice. Yuck.

Don’t like

Not my thing. I can understand why Tom Waits is considered a unique musician, but I think he's just alright. I wonder if most people like Tom Waits, because cool people like Tom Waits. I don't know. This was ok.

Ok ish

NO MORE TOM WAITS PLEASE. The dude does not need 800 albums on this list.

Nope. Couldn't listen. The pain in his voice pains my ears and head.

Is this a joke?

Just the most annoying crooning over meh instrumental you've ever heard. The dude sounds like he smokes 12 packs a day. I don't mind "bad" vocalists but don't shove in my face how bad it is. 2/10

He’s not my sound

🤷‍♀️ so many cigs

non sono riuscita ad andare avanti con l’ascolto e questo è un fatto

There is altogether too much Tom Waits on this list. The man may be considered a poet by some, but he sings like a muppet that is on a three day bender. That ruins everything else for me. 1⭐️

I hope there's a really good spit filter on the mic. And now I'll say good bye to ever listening to this again. The music wasn't terrible (which is why the best song is the instrumental), but man, his voice just really sucks. And it ruins any kind of interest I have in the album. Favorite Song(s): In Shades

I thought I'd really enjoy this, but turns out it's just whining to music. Piss off Tom

nah

Marginally better music. Still a 1.

This is the second Tom Waits album on the list so far for me, and it's already two too many. I saw on one of the public reviews of the last one that the list has 5 (!) in total, which is absolutely baffling to me given he can't sing, doesn't write interesting lyrics, has a horribly grating voice, and so on. I honestly am not even sure how this guy managed to produce 5 albums - who's buying them?

Heartattack and Vine just kind of rambles along in a way that never really clicked for me, more noise and grit than actual songs I could latch onto.

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Not my thing at all.

Oh, Tom. My sweet, sweet Tom. Who gave you a career in music, my friend? Who listened to you push out a constipated duke in the stall next to them and thought, "hey, maybe that noise would lend itself to music?" Lowkey, he is sexy as fuck on that album cover. And lowkey, his voice makes me want to blow my brains across the car Pulp Fiction style. Sweet Tom. Please end my pain. Fave songs: - In Shades (no Tom singing, of course) - Downtown (kind of a vibe)

One of the worst vocal performances relative to the music I think I've ever heard. Not sure what Waits was thinking with very coarse vocals being in direct contrast to the softer music. Sounded like Cookie Monster doing an impression of Bruce Springsteen

À part la voix du chanteur que je trouve originale bah je suis vraiment pas fan

Clodo sous 8.6 dans le métro

Pas fan

Really not a fan of those vocals.

1,4/5

Is his throat okay? Is he in constant pain? This sounds a little too forced

I hated this. It felt like he’s got to be joking. Like it’s a parody album or something. And also, can he even talk anymore after singing like this?

There was nothing about this album I liked. I vaguely knew one song.

Smerige cartoon-achtige slijmerige stem, en deze blik alleen al. bleghj

One thing I have leaned with this list is that I absolutely hate Tom Waits voice. Without the "singing" this may be decent background music. This is better than Nighthawks at the Diner, but that's really not much of a compliment.

Ok, we get, you're drunk, wallowing in self-pity, and mad at everyone the world - get a grip, loser. His whole persona is meant to be this romanticized self destructive heart on his sleeve lovelorn guy, but in reality he'd be the most tedious bitter self involved dipshit you'd get stuck sitting next to on a Greyhound. He's the tragic figure in a movie where you know there's no hope of turning his arc around and you're just waiting to see how he gets put out of his misery and stops torturing everyone around him. He's good at writing songs painting this one specific, and wildly overdone, literary figure. The thing about making your lyrics the main thing but having a ludicrous kermit the frog on ludes sounding voice is that it's impossible to listen past how you're singing to hear what you're saying. There's no point having the genius mind of a poet and a silly voice deep into self-parody. Jersey Girl is a perfect example of how this album fails: it starts good, has a very cool feel to it and the clear cutting guitar sound is really pretty, and even the strings are well done, but it's ruined as soon as the vocals come in. If you can get past the voice there's a pretty good blues band playing on most of these songs, some decent atmospheric grooves, cool organ parts, and tasteful guitar work.

The man needs a good cough sweet and a pat on the back. It's like listening to someone slowly drowning from their own split.

I'm having a hard time understanding what makes anany of these albums legendary 😅

Poor. If they were playing this live in a pub (ideal environment for it), I would ask them to stop.

Probably could’ve given it more of a chance, but I could t make it past the first few songs

12. It's so bad it makes me laugh. I think his voice would be better suited with a different genre of music. I also hate the lyrics, that's what makes me laugh. 2/10

Nope. Tried listening but I really do not like his voice.

his voice is a joke

I like Tom Waits. I like his music. I like his lyrics. But I can't b hear them! Taking the P!

I just can't with this guy. Mumble, grumble growl... I'm sure I'd love his songs if someone else sung them. But there are so many tracks on this album that just sound like Tom Waits doing a brutal parody of Tom Waits. It's painful.

Got nothing -didn't connect for me. Similar to the pogues style

Like a drunk at karaoke - not for me

I don’t know who I despise more vocally at this point. Tom Waits or Bob Dylan. I of course am not going to waste my time listening to either of their music to find out that answer.

Yeah no thanks. Sorry Tom.

cannot stand his voice

possibly the most annoying voice ever, painful listen.

Not my thing at all

Ugh

don't like his voice

I am not usually this visceral about a person's voice. That was brutal.

I’m actually not familiar with Tom Waits. Not a fan at all so far… So I understand when someone has a growly voice. What I don’t understand is why one would take up singing. Anytime Waits started yelling lyrics I couldn’t understand what he was saying. The last two songs weren’t so bad IMO. There weren’t many times he tried yelling. Every other song was grating to me though. There were times I had to lower the volume. Louis Armstrong’s ‘What a Wonderful World’ comes to mind. Spectacular lyrics, but he also never tries yelling anything in that song. He keeps it nice and steady. Doesn’t go overboard. If there’s more albums by Waits on this list, then I hope they are easier to listen to for me…

No.

Tom Waits - You may love him, or not. I'm from the second group

A did not listen for me. Couldn't get through the first song.

I tried, but I gave up at track 5. It's like listening to the drunk guy at karaoke who won't stop singing.

Toy Story music

not for me.

This singing is unbearable for me to listen to.

Another record with obnoxious vocals that really annoyed me. The one song I enjoyed from this record was an instrumental.

After recently reviewing a number of extremely long entries, I was relieved to see that this had only 9-tracks of mostly reasonable lengths. Unfortunately, it FELT just as long as those double albums. Seriously. This POS shouldn't even exist, let alone be on ANY requisite listening list.

44 minutes in a dive bar.

Jesus Christ Tom. What a shite voice. Who's actually putting this album on at home by choice. It's like a rambling drunk guy stumbled on to the mic at some seedy underground wanky cocktail bar and everyone is too polite to kick him out. Almost gave it a 2* because the backing music wasn't that terrible but I even skipped the instrument track after about 3/4 of the way through so even that's severely lacking.

Man needs to clear his throat. Can't listen to more than 20 seconds.

Clear. Your. Damn. Throat. I don't get the fanboys for Tom Waits. To me, he sounds like a muppet who's character trait is the stereotype of what a blues singer sounds like. I cannot stand the gag inducing phlegm that is dancing around this man's vocal cords.

I can't get into this one. The vocals are really not doing it for me.

Shocker.

Nope

From other reviews, I've read that his lyrics are amazing. Problem is, you can't understand a single word the dude says. I've heard other singers with gravelly voices, but this guy takes it to a new level, almost like wants to be incomprehensible. Jersey Girl was kinda nice, Saving All My Love For You was good. The rest was eh. Music is nice though. WHAT? WHY ARE THERE 5 ALBUMS FROM THIS GUY? Best song: Saving All My Love For You

I get it. But I don’t like it.

Dios mío. 2/10

Really not my thing

Pre-listening thoughts: I am not sure if I’ve ever heard a Tom Waits song but from seeing the reviews this may be the genre where Adelynn and Oliver intersect and I do not lol. Also there are FIVE Tom Waits albums on this list?? Christ. Hoping for my sake I enjoy this cause I’m screwed otherwise. Post/during listening thoughts: hmmm listening to this guy sounds like listening to someone try to sing while gargling mouthwash. He sounds drunk. Some lyrics are great and some I can’t quite understand cause this guys voice is making me subconsciously clear my own throat. It’s very bluesy which is fine. I think I’m learning blues is not my favorite genre through this challenge. I enjoy jazz, I enjoy soul, but blues tends to get sooo repetitive. An instrumental for track 2 is a brave choice that ultimately did not win me over. This is what bad bar karaoke sounds like 2/10 DID I NEED TO HEAR THIS BEFORE I DIE: no can we start uplifting vocal AND lyrical talent?? Why is is always one or the other Fav tracks: girl idk Least fav tracks: holy moly like literally all of them. Cannot do this guys voice and 5 albums of this in the future is gonna kill me

This was pretty terrible.

Awful and excruciatingly painful. Dude sounds like he just had COVID, is drunk & constipated.

Trash

This was horrible! How was Tom Waits ever popular?! The voice was painful to listen to, the songs dragged, and I really just couldn't wait for this to be over. I think if his voice was good, this would have been a 2 star album, but after hearing him sing, this immediately goes to 1 star. How does anybody enjoy this?!

Tom's gravel-like tones didn't always marry with the music, like nails on a blackboard!

he can't be serious

If only Tom didn’t sing

Just cannot get interested in this stuff. 1/5

Waits music is like slipping into a bad dream

Painful vocals. Hated this one.

1/5. Maybe it would be higher if I could understand what he was saying (singing?).

I hate his voice so much. Like cannot stand it at all.

didn’t like it. first song was fine. everything after that was not

Tried to poke this guy for years. Not going to happen.

I hate this because there are no gay niggers as I love

Annoying voice

didnt finish the album because of this guys awful voice

This dudes voice makes me wanna vomit

I got excited because the instruments sounded nice in the opening of this song, but then this guy started singing? spitting? it sounds like he's growling and salivating all over the microphone. No thanks... Oh my GOD this is SO BAD. Hate. Bye. Literally do not play this man ever again.

# 176 : This was dull. It is hard to know what he is singing about with that incoherent voice of his! I didn't like any of it.

Did not enjoy

Redelijk mooie muziek die totaal wordt verneukt door een flapdrol die het nodig vindt om als een extreme versie van cookiemonster liedjes te gaan oprochelen. Ik zie hier echt niet de lol van in. Dankzij ome Joe Talbot van IDLES heb ik een sterker dan gemiddelde tolerantie voor sputumgeluiden, maar hier trek ik een grens. Ik wilde het tijdens track 1 al afzetten. Track 2 was instrumentaal en zorgde voor verlichting, maar daarna was het weer reutelen geblazen. Niet alles van Tom Waits is kut, maar dit wel. Ik heb in deze lijst eigenlijk nog nooit of zelden een album uitgezet, maar nu is het zover. Bij track 6 was m'n emmer aan het overlopen. Wellicht dat ik later op de dag die laatste 3 tracks er nog even er doorheen jaag omdat ik vind dat je albums korter dan een uur eigenlijk helemaal moet luisteren, maar ik gun mezelf nu even beter dan dit.

Not my kind of music

1.5 I did not vibe with this

Not for me

Jersey Girl was the standout for me, but just can't get into Tom Waits.

Nah fam.

Not my speed.

I'd rather stick my dick in a cheese grater! Sorry not a fan of Tom Waits.

Can’t stand the voice

Learning that the sound of Tom Waits voice is not for me. I did enjoy the blusey parts when he wasn’t singing.

#43. What is this? No, that wasn't a rhetorical question. Could someone please explain to me what in the actual fuck is this? This isn't real music, right? Nelson Mandela used some AI this morning to make this and subject me to it as a social experiment, right? I've heard some terrible music in my day, and I've listened to a few terrible albums on this playlist even [looking at you, Elvis Costello]. But I have never even imagined anything in the same realm of terribleness as whatever the fuck this was. It makes me think that maybe I judged a few previous albums too harshly, because this deserves a special place on its own special one star shelf of shame. I refuse to accept this is even real music and not some joke someone is playing on me. 0/5: absolutely fucking unacceptable

strong dislike

Whispering from one's deathbed is not my idea of good listen. Confusing that there needs to be multiple albums from him on this list.

This sucked so bad I couldn’t even finish

I listened to it all and hated every bit. Why is this man considered great? If it's the lyrics, I can't even understand half of them. Musicianship is solid, but doesn't make up for the rest. Or is he a vampire who has hypnotized people into thinking his music is good?

I did not enjoy this. I do not like the vocals.

- audibly said "what is this" when he started singing - Loved all the parts where his voice was not in it, bluesy vibes - Feel for the guy tho, these lyrics are very sad - 1.5

too rough

What a terrible voice!

DROSS

Não gostei. Parece que ele tá bêbado.

Cormoran Strike may not be the most well known protagonist J.K. Rowling has created, but he's certainly one of the most well written I've ever read. A huge, one-legged private detective, he has certainly seen a lot in his life, yet remains deeply empathetic underneath his tough exterior. Despite being as different from him as you could possibly get, I am fully able to inhabit his point of view when reading it. What has any of this got to do with Tom Waits? Well, for whatever reason, J.K. Rowling decided to make him Strike's favourite artist. Naturally, when generated his album today, this piqued my interest. But after listening to "Heartattack and Vine," I can confidently say that I wish she'd picked anyone else. I should add that I had had some other previous exposure to Tom Waits, when I was studying towards a Bachelor of Music. We looked at him in one of my lectures, but literally all I remembered was the name, and I think I was even confusing him with Nick Cave, who we also looked at in the same uni course. However, my first association was with Strike. Onto the music now... or should I say, the noise. I apologise to Waits as a songwriter for my one star rating. His songs are well written, and probably deserve better. But his voice—or probably more accurately, the way he sings—made this album unlistenable. Why on Earth does he feel the need to apply so much distortion, all the time? Reading a bunch of other reviews on this site, saying he was putting on an act, suddenly brought the uni lecture on him all back. It was all about how he was putting on an act. And that might be why he's unlistenable. The distortion isn't natural—he's putting it on. There are moments when he drops it, and you hear that he actually has quite a nice voice underneath it all. Why he feels the need to ruin his voice to fit some ridiculous persona is beyond me. On the positive side, he's unintentionally shown the whole world how important it is to be yourself. Hearing that there are several more Tom Waits albums on this list is honestly such a letdown. I have to listen to several more albums of this voice??? I made it through this one, but I'm going to have to be really brave to make it through any more. Unfortunately, and though I tried, I couldn't put myself in Cormoran Strike's shoes while listening to this one. Highlights: the instrumental track

I’ve always hated TW so my heart sank at this one. Afraid to report, album is as boring as the songs I’ve been forced to listen to for years.

Still cant do it

I just cannot get past his voice, I do appreciate the instruments but life is too short to listen to Bob Dylan’s son sing with razor blades in his windpipe.

this was such a struggle to get through - i thought about turning it off so many times but powered through anyway. i kinda wish i had stopped listening, because there really was nothing for me in this album. instrumentally it's just ok. vocally i hate it so much. his voice is so so so so so awful. sorry. and the album cover pisses me off. i don't like his expression.

Boy sound like he needa clear his froat. Only thing I like about Tom Waits is Health Ledger mimicking his whole style for Joker. Look up Tom Waits interview from 1979.

King krule before king krule. And much like king krule, I couldn’t really dig this.

Who did this guy bribe to get 4 albums and counting on this list?

I say a lot of things here that exaggerate my actual emotions to either invoke a reaction or justify a poor review towards a mediocre album, but I don't think I've ever felt so much discomfort and disgust while listening to music. There was so much fluid and non-solid sensation violating my earballs that I literally dry-heaved during breakfast. For reference, vocal fry is my biggest pet peeve of all time, so while some might appreciate Waits' guttural, gravelly, gross voice, it makes me want to throw myself off the top floor of the library. Just refer to the album, he looks like a wet-mouthed, stinky iPad baby who's going to give me thirty different types of diseases when he opens his mouth. Jesus I'm still shuddering.

I made it halfway through the album just didn’t like the voice at all.

I don't get why tom waits/captain beef are all over this list

This man sounds like he is going to imminently vomit and I can't deal with it. Tom's voice is actively unpleasant to listen to so it gets a 1.

i love it when he doesnt sing!

This was honestly insulting. Every thing about this album was awful. His voice was completely intolerable and just so so bad. Biiiiig thumbs down.

I particularly enjoy how at the beginning of the first track they neglected to edit out the parts where it sounds like he's on the toilet. goddammit. fking THREE albums of this guy thus far. hardest of nopes. 2/10 1 star.

Oh man this sucked so hard. I hated every minute

While I like and appreciate Tom Waits in general, I have to remain consistent in my review system on the generator. I am principally opposed to having multiple albums by the same artist on a list such as this, especially when the artist does not undergo significant stylistic changes between albums. Of course, there are some artists who are worthy of more than one inclusion, and Mr. Waits could certainly fall into that category as well, but 5 albums from the man is entirely too much. This is one of the five works that should have been cut. It's not a bad album per se, but his shtick of posturing as a drunken slob is over done and gets tired by the middle part of the album. Speaking of shticks and posturing, I recommend replacing this album with At Home With Screamin' Jay Hawkins, who is a magnificent blues singer, and much like Tom Waits has a penchant for portraying himself as an over-the-top dramatic degenerate. Screamin' Jay also has an excellent cover of the title song from here, but being Tom's senior by several decades, he is also clearly influential to the former. Sorry Tom, one skull out of five. 💀

Fucking awful voice. Holy shit I do not think I have heard a worse voice.

I feel like this is similar situation as with Nick Cave - you need to like poetry, different musical textures and need to be connected to him personally.

The vocals grated on me big style as the album progressed. Not for me this

This has not aged well. I don’t know much about Tom Waits but after hearing this I don’t care to. Sot Saving All My Love For You 1/5

Good god. I remember hearing a Tom Waits album I liked, but this is clearly not it. Aside from Jersey Girl, this is a regular guy’s cartoonish attempt at being a down-and-out, whiskey soaked, dive bar act. Much of this sounds like it belongs on the Who Framed Roger Rabbit soundtrack.

Did not hit

Fuck Tom Waits!

Don’t like his voice.

What on earth am I listening to? It's blues sung by a man with a tracheotomy? I see wiki calls that a 'trademark deep and gravelley voice'. By gravelly I picture on my mind smooth like liquor, like Louis Armstrong or something - not a fucking forced-labour quarry project with 500 tonne excavators and a shit tonne of TNT blowing holes into solid granite. In fact - some of it borders on parody of someone trying to do a deep voice. Shame - because the music is classy.

Not for me

It’s a no from me dawg

The voice ruins everything

Couldn’t finish the album his voice is too annoying

Couldn’t get through it. It may have been revolutionary or something, but his voice is just too weird.

I did not like this album or the style of music. It wasn't my cup of tea and I didn't make it through the whole album because I really didn't enjoy it.

I never knew cookie monster released an album.

Heel erg vervelende schorre schreeuwende stem

This is the second Tom Waits album I’ve been assigned. Again, I cannot get past the gravelly voice. I liked this even album less than Rain Dogs. Not much to say other than I was basically clenching my teeth to get through this.

I listened to the first three songs, it's not great, not my style and super random lyrics. The sound is decent

1980. Heartattack And Vine

Sound of rubbing your ear on gravel.

No.

Is he ok?

okay sure this might be a classic but this is so not my thing. raspy voice gets on my nerves, don't like the jazzy guitar, lyrically uninteresting to me. did not get through the whole album

American, 80s, Blues + = Male - Hate his voice, it's soo unpleasant/awkward/muscle {0/9}

A voice more like a cadaver than a kitten, I just can’t enjoy it. It’s like Tom Waits is the South Park guys lampooning Tom Waits

If I feel eh about the most popular track on this album, I can feel I won't be as pumped for the remaining tracks. I don't know Tom Waits music very well, I know only of him from interviews. I'm going to take a guess that he's like the Lenny Bruce of music? He does blues, likely jazz type music.

Someone get this guy a lozenge! Not a voice I want to listen to again.

I can't think of anything redeeming

Not good at all, didn't enjoy his voice or the music! Wanted to skip it

They say an album cover is a window into the music. That it can make or break the experience. I agree, and I'd say this one was ruined. The minute I saw this man on a dirty bathroom newspaper looking like Marilyn Manson at his first wedding, I shuddered even pressing play. When I did press play, I stopped. I don't need some guy trying to sound likes a blues man. Honestly by the third track I thought this was a gag album.

Nope. Not my style du tout.

super slow and uninteresting

sounds like he has nails in his throat

Классный альбом. Понравилось классическое, "приблюзованное" звучание.