I was dreading listening to this, since I didn’t like Heartattack and Vine much …. but it’s actually really good? Waits voice still sounds like Captain Beefheart in Sesame Street, but I think his old bluesmans voice is fully utilised here. Instrumentation is sparse, soms clings and clangs and bits of conventional instruments here and there. It all sets a really nice tone with apt lyrics to back them up. I really liked this much more than I thought I would and will be revisiting.