Bone Machine

I appreciate he is a legend, but this just does nothing for me. I couldn't wait for the album to end. Sorry, but not even going to pretend that I thought this was a good album.

Sounds like a bloke I met in Piccadilly Gardens in a sleeping bag

Struggled with this one…

I really, really, really want to like a Tom Waits album. I hear the odd track in a film and scramble for Spotify to listen to some more....only to sigh three tracks in and move on......

This is ass. 1.

Terrible

I’m glad I’m aware this music exists, but I am so ok never hearing it again. It’s cool to see what other artists have drawn inspiration from - but it should not be it’s own album.

Wtf did I just listen to

I do not like this

Hated this

# Playlist track - I don't wanna grow up # Notes - It's one of these albums that people need to explain why they like it. It's hard to listen, it's exhausting. Not my cup of tea for today.

And I thought that Bristish Steel was the worst thing I heard on this app... This feels like mediocre folk and weird garbage noises with a guy with a sore throat trying to sing over it. Terrible, boring, annoying.

Oh god do I have to listen to another Waits album? But hey, I can two days early and get this over with. Sorry, could only make it through two songs and I skipped them both. Tell me why the opening track scares me more than Slipknot? Is this man a serial killer? It’s funny because he plays the part of Renfield in Coppola’s Dracula, and every album I’ve heard of his sounds like he recorded while he was playing that psychotic insect eater inside the insane asylum.

Can someone get this man a cough drop??? Jesus Christ. The Tom DeLonge/Ben Folds award for worst vocalist goes to this poor man. I could barely get through a minute of each song. Maybe I’m still a little hungover but I highly doubt that is the root cause of my dislike. I miiiiiiiildly enjoyed some of the steel guitar/country vibes in a few songs but then the vocals came in and it was ruined. Maybe that one song at the end of the album that wasn’t available to listen to on Spotify redeemed the whole album, but unlike the Steelers ability to cover the spread, I would not bet on it.

Gar nicht meins, dachte erst es könnte interessante Redneck-Musik sein, aber ist zu jazzy

I don't understand how there's so much Tom Waits on this list.

I actually can't listen to it, it's unbearable

"One man's trash is another man's treasure . . " but, damn, this was awful. I kept waiting for some redeeming quality - some hook that would draw me back in - but nope. It's terrible.

His voice hahaha! It can't be real. Sounds like a voice you'd do when you prank call a pizza hut. This was hard to get through. Mainly because of the vocals. Maybe 2 songs I'd listen to again, Jesus Gonna Be Here and Goin Out West, probably because they were more blue-sy and soul-ey. The rest was a chore. I've never heard of Tom waits or any of his music, but apparently there's a few of his albums on this list so we'll see how those go. This one was a miss for me

Pumba s'il n'avait jamais rencontré Timon

This guy’s voice is just horrible. Not a fan at all. Seems like he belongs as a disgusting villain from a bad 80s movie. Some of this music was just too twisted and zany for my tastes. Like his other album we reviewed, this isn’t entirely repulsive, but many songs were. Some songs were half good, but got ruined by utter weirdness, grossness, or Tom Wait’s strangled, half-dead zombie voice. One and a half stars, rounded down.

I fucking hate tom waits

Every time a song ended and a new one began I groaned. I kept praying the album was almost done, only to see multiple songs left in the queue. I was so happy I will never have to listen to this album again. I don't think it's the artist Because I like other songs of theirs but this album is NO.

Wow I hate this. Sounds like a dying cat

Tom Waits is an artist who I want to love; he's always so much fun when he pops up in a movie, but I just can't get into his music. The whole throwback troubadour thing is cool, but just not for me I guess. Also, that album cover could not have been made in any decade besides the 90's.

I don't know why anyone legitimately likes listening to this guy, and am even less sure on how I'm gonna make it through 3 more albums

Yeah I could not finish this one. I kinda liked Rain Dogs but no.

hated it, weird noises lol

I don't get it.

Tom Waits has a serious frog in his throat, someone get him a menthol sweet or tell him to not sing first thing in the morning, sounds like he’s gasping for a cuppa…

Dude has the same voice as your alcoholic, chainsmoking uncle after three shots of a spirit at your family function.

I wondered when I'd get this album. I've already been forced to suffer through the other FOUR damn Waits albums (not to mention all the Waits-adjacent albums) on this list. I was dreading this but thought to myself, "you managed the others, you know what to expect. It'll be fine." Was I ever wrong. This may be the worst Waits album on the list. I mean, it doesn't contain a monologue about masturbation like "Nighthawks" did. At least, I didn't notice one but who knows? Waits's voice is so garbage, I might have missed it. What lyrics I could pick out were super tryhard when they weren't just stupid. I'm just going to say it: I hate this man's so-called music. It's a waste of breath, time, and energy.

These vocals are a joke he took too far, I expected it to only be a gimmick for the first song. Mostly unlistenable, but In The Colosseum somehow works for me

1/5 Best: Goin' Out West Worst: The Earth Died Screaming

Tom Waits' music is like someone who thinks they are being "creative" and "artistic" and "different" but have no actual talent to back it up. Distinctive? Yes. Good? Absolutely not

I tried, I really did, to get through this album but there was just no way that was happening. This was the musical representation of a meth head with a knife running straight at you. The only thing to do is run away as fast as you can.

This is one of the ugliest and most unpleasant things I’ve ever listened to. Thanks, Tom Waits!

Not for me. I tried

This is not John Waite. This is bad. I tried man, i really did. But I couldn't make it more than a minute into any of the 8M songs on this album. Someone listened to this and was like, "This guy's a star". That person should do less cocaine.

I just can’t with that voice.

The more I listen to Waits the more I don't want to. Make it stop

Cacaphony

Just not for me eh

I fucking hate tom waits

still don't like tom waits

Han mistet meg når det plutselig ble Mikke Mus-stemme. Albumet er for eksperimentelt til at jeg gidder høre det

I’m not a fan

No good

Not for me

it was kind of like primus with worse singing and worse music. very difficult listen.

What the fuck is wrong with people who like Tom Waits!

Eu ja ouvi a discografia toda do Tom Waits e nao sou fa, musica de bebado em bar.

If this is music then bring on the chatGPT age

Skipped through and listened to bits, after being burned by the previous Tom Waits album we were served. It’s just dog shit. Boycotted the album and listened to Gorillaz - Plastic Beach all day instead, with the knowledge that Bone Machine is on this list and zero Gorillaz albums are on it. I can’t SPAKE

man, i have TRIED with Tom Waits. really. and I don't like him. sorry not sorry!

Que bosta. Fala sério!

1.75

This is the 3rd or 4th Tom Waits album suggestion in the last 3 months. Too many. I'm not a fan to begin with and this volume of his work has only solidified that.

Deze plaat kwam uit toen ik nog veel CDs kocht. De naam en hoes ken ik goed, maar ik heb pas sinds kort echt eens wat gedraaid van Tom en geconcludeerd dat ik een naar haat neigende haat-liefde verhouding met 'm heb. Deze plaat is in ieder geval verschrikkelijk.

Dreadful

I’ve gotta say this is one of the worst albums I’ve heard. A mixture of the lyrics and his grumbly and crumbly voice I can safely say I would never ever listen to any of these songs again. Is this influential for avowing what not to do if you want to be a successful artist? My apologizes if you enjoy this kind of stuff- but please keep that to yourself because it’s embarrassing. 😬😬😬 #sorry

It's the vocals. If course - it's always the vocals that ruin absolutely everything. The earth died screaming and I died listening to this. Tom Waits... I can see him having some small - SMALL - cult following but there's no goddamn way this or anything else I've ever heard from him should approach any list of something I need to hear before I die. If he'd given the tracks to someone else - anyone else - to sing over this it could have been something real nice. But he didn't, and it's not. Wrecked. 2/10 1 star

I didn’t get this one at all.

I was really hopping there were no more Waits albums on this but I guess god hates us all. I’ll say it straight: this is shit. That parody singing is borderline offensive and why would he keep with the same puking over the microphone for decades I can only guess… by this time I know he damaged his vocal cords while recording and that he did not care because there were assholes always available to listen to this shit. Please god, no more waits albums!

Not his best work.

I really did think about it for a hot second, but naah. Some song’s vocals were too off putting. 1

This is the fourth time I’ve had to suffer through a Tom Waits album. If this list makes me listen to any more, I’m going to lose it.

Oh fucking give up Waits, you stupid raspy hack. 1/5.

Waits (vai Kathleen Brennan) on kohtalaisen kiinnostava sovittaja, jonka kokeilut tällä saralla ovat sinänsä perusteltuja. Biisintekijänä hän ei kuitenkaan ole mistään kotoisin: Waits, samoin kuin joku Elvis Costello, on selvästi opiskellut historiansa ja kuunnellut klassikot laidasta laitaan, mutta missään vaiheessa hänen kehitelmänsä eivät saavuta sitä melodista tai rytmistä variaatiota, joka vaaditaan siirtymään genreharjoitelmasta sävellykseen. Ja hienoa, sanoitukset ovat synkkiä - mitä sitten? Loppuvaikutelma: teennäistä paskaa.

Didn’t excite me.

Niet mijn muziek….

So fucking bad. How is this guy rated and famous? I've suffered two albums by him now. Atrocious.

pretty OK 1.5

Dreadful

I don’t have anything witty to say about how horrible his voice is, like all the other reviewers try to do. I just didn’t derive any enjoyment from this album, except for the times I laughed at how goofy and clunky it was. Even if his voice were good I don't think I'd care about the music. There were some good lyrics but I don't factor that in much when I think about whether I liked the music

Not my thing

I think I’ve herd of him before… The album opens with the earth died screaming well I half hated it as the instrumental of the song is good but this isn’t even a hilariously bad voice, it’s just shit. Dirt on the ground is gloomy and slightly jazzy, he has a raspy voice on this song that actually complements it well ( but I still wouldn’t listen to this ever again). Such a scream has such a scream to his voice It’s just not my type of thing. Wow what a horrible song! Was what I thought when I herd all striped down. Who are you this time is probably the best it’s still a shit acoustic track though. The ocean is a druggie spoken word interlude, nothing bad but not a good song. Jesus gonna be here is slightly bluesy I would actually say this song is passable if it wasn’t backed by the most boring rhythm. A little rain is okay vocally he doesn’t exaggerate his annoying traits too much but the song is dull and lifeless. In the colosseum is wired his vocals work well in this song and I guess it can be appreciated as experimental music but it’s too bad to be liked. Okay now we have something that’s alright in the form of Goin’ out west a true rocker with bad arse guitars ( even his vocals are still shit). Murder in the red barn is boring just folky and dull filler. Black wings is odd spoken word over a cool instrumental I really don’t like it but it’s in the top songs of this album. Whistle in the wind is sweet it would’ve worked perfectly as an album closer it’s in the same Goin’ out west, black wings tier where I don’t love ( or even like) it too much but it’s still solid. And if his voice didn’t sound like a hillbilly who smokes tobacco for every second of his life I don’t wanna grow up would be one of those better songs too ( well I guess it’s still one of the albums best if I were to rank the tracks). Let me down up on it is an interlude that sounds like a shorter version of all stripped down. Oh and we’ve finally reached the end with that feel it’s shit but not bad. Wow this was bad; the second half was slightly better but it’s still a 1. I think if it was like 8 or 9 songs and only had the greatest songs it might’ve been higher but there’s so much shit that it’s not worth it.

No just no

To weird

I respect Tom Waits but that doesn't mean I like his music. Very grating and absolutely not for me. I had to break this album up over a few days because I couldn't take more than a few songs at a time. Never going to listen to this again.

No

Nope.

Puh. Give me Helge Schneider anytime, aber das hier halte ich wirklich nicht gut aus.

not 4 me lmao

TW is iconic — can’t deny that. But I do not enjoy his music.

Bro.... I fuckin hated it.

As the only person that seemed to like the prior album by him on this list, his voice when he got older makes this almost unlistenable.

Might be a little too 'experimental' for my tastes. Not a pleasant listening experience. 1/5.

Horrible. Skipped all throughout. Would give 0 stars if I could. Worst album yet. 1/10.

Strange.

A bit too weird

I think there’s art in here somewhere??

Very rough, grumbly vocals - is it singing or spoken...who knows? My vocal cords hurt listening to this. Not sure if this is on purpose, but this music makes me viscerally uncomfortable. I want it to end. Some later songs are less discordant. Couldn't finish it.

Not me

Te gimmicky, vond dit echt niks. Kon er niet doorheen komen.

Strange, but an interesting listen.