UPDATE (Nov. 2): A somewhat belated update, but with two nice audio clips: the Fresh Air interview on NPR and the Triple J interview.
- NPR: The Fresh Air interview (audio clip)
- Triple J (audio clip)
- Uncut (which has Tom Waits in the cover this month and includes a 'Tom Waits Juke Box' cd)
- BBC Radio 4 (audio clip)
- Detroit Free Press
- Bohemian.com
- Berlingske Tidende (Danish)
- Pitchfork
- NY Times: A Grizzled Troubadour Dusts Off His Bowler
- Der Standard: Die Klagelaute sterbender Elefanten (German)
- CBC's Q with Jian Ghomeshi: radiointerview from Oct. 18th (download the podcast on iTunes)
- The Australian: Tom Waits is on the road again, metaphorically speaking
- La Repubblica: 'Altman? Uno sceriffo sul set mi mandò a quel paese' (Italian)
- Wall Street Journal: The storyteller's secret
- LA Times blog: Tom Waits recalls Captain Beefheart
- Lisa Thatcher
- Ventox
- The American songwriter
- Mojo: A great bunck of guys (scanned image)
- Q: The thinking artist's thinking artist returns: maverick genius intact (scanned image)
- Louder than war
- Spin.com
- Uncut: Album of the month (scanned image c/o jerseyraindog)
- Chicago Tribune: Album review: Tom Waits, 'Bad as Me'
I've uploaded a scan of a review from Uncut Magazine (UK) (4 stars, album of the month).
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UK mag Uncut has Bad As Me as Album of the Month: Growling, whooping, yelping and crooning: a swaggering, multifarious tour-de-force ... 4 stars
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Marco
oh apologies to jerseyraindog!
ReplyDeleteAnd Jeremy posted this Q review on tomwaitsfan's forum:
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http://louderthanwar.com/featured/tom-waits-bad-as-me-album-review
ReplyDeleteMojo Magazine (Album of the month - 4 stars)
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American Songwriter review:
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Ventvox review:
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I did a review - not sure if you are into layman's reviews.
ReplyDeleteBut I really loved the album.
http://lisathatcher.wordpress.com/2011/10/19/bad-as-me-tom-waits-and-the-new-jazz/
Dear Tom Waits customer,
ReplyDeleteToday, your “Bad As Me” was put on the truck. It will arrive within the next few days, depending on your post office’s delivery schedule.
Now THAT'S great news!
ReplyDeleteNice bunch of review. Thanks EBK et al. for the hard work.
ReplyDeleteLisa, you're clearly a thoroughly marvellous human being. Your review was a joy to read.
ReplyDeletefor the life of me I can't imagine TW won't be playing shows somewhere sometime soon. after all he gets to do it hanging out with his son these days. wherever it is i'll be there, ready.
ReplyDeleteMy copy - the limited book edition - arrived today. What a beaut!
ReplyDeleteThe music itself notwithstanding, can anybody tell me the artistic justification of making the questionable step to make a socalled deluxe version with three (3) extra songs on a separate dvd? Surely, if the record company or Mr. Waits found the songs good enough they would fit on the original dvd (and the vinyl), so it comes across as a not very sympathetic and highly commercial step to exploit (in lack of a better word) fans and collectors.
ReplyDeleteAlso, it's a little annoying to see that the deluxe booklet has several flaws, i.e. are the lyrics of the two last songs printed in the wrong order and on one of the track someone is playing an unknown instrument, persussion. Come on, Anti Records!
Other than that, after three listenings it sounds like Bad as Me is a very good if not vintage TW album. Ironically, two of the songs on the extra dvd are among my favourites (Tell Me and After You Die).
Oops, I do of course mean cd's and not dvd's in the above post. Silly me.
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