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Tom Waits – Real Gone (2004)

Posted By: janwal46

Date: 3 Dec 2009 13:19:01

Tom Waits – Real Gone (2004)

Tom Waits, as usual, has produced another classic. It should be noted, however, that "Real Gone" is a really gritty, avant-garde effort. The sonic texture of the album is akin to some of the tunes on "Bone Machine" with a tinge of the sweaty grit of the more raucous parts of "Mule Variations" (e.g., the texture found on the rough and funky "Filipino Box Spring Hog"). If you are a fan of Waits' last few albums, you will enjoy "Real Gone." If what you enjoy about Waits' music is his piano playing, well, this is one you can skip–there is no piano whatsoever on this CD.

The music is oddly mixed and Tom's microphone sounds overloaded at times, but somehow it all fits together to make sense. The disc opens with "Top of the Hill," which is a great indicator of things to come with its funky rhythms with prominent percussive downbeats. If you enjoy this tune, you will likely enjoy "Metropolitan Glide," which comes up a few tracks later and uses turntables to great effect without dominating the musical landscape.
There are a couple beautiful slow pieces as well in "Dead and Lovely" and "How's It Gonna End." The guitar duties are largely handled by the legendary Marc Ribot, whose playing is perfectly suited to Waits' music. He really shines on "Real Gone." His guitar brings a haunting quality to the slower pieces and razor-sharp gutter funk to the faster tunes.

All told, this is just another classic Tom Waits album. He is amazing. "Real Gone" is like walking down an old dusty road in Mississippi and noticing something shiny along the roadside. You walk over to the item, look down, and see a handle of a box buried halfway in the dirt. You dig out the box, open it, and find an old pistol, a flask of good whisky, and $3000 in circa 1920 hundred-dollar bills. You know there must have been some foul play long ago, and that the locals still probably know all about it, but you pocket the cash and the pistol and head on your merry way. There are gifts in the dirt. The music on "Real Gone" is gritty and mysterious, but just go with it, because you really wouldn't want to know the answers to any of the questions you might have about this music.

Personnel:

Tom Waits - vocals, guitar, chamberlin
Marc Ribot - guitar, banjo
Larry Taylor - guitar, bass guitar
Harry Cody - guitar
Les Claypool - bass guitar
Casey Waits - drums, percussion, turntables
Brain - percussion
Mark Howard – bells

Tracklist:

01. Top of the Hill
02. Hoist That Rag
03. Sins of My Father
04. Shake It
05. Don't Go into That Barn
06. How's It Gonna End
07. Metropolitan Glide
08. Dead and Lovely
09. Circus
10. Trampled Rose
11. Green Grass
12. Baby Gonna Leave Me
13. Clang Boom Steam
14. Make It Rain
15. Day After Tomorrow

Written & Produced by Tom Waits & Kathleen Brennan
Recorded & Mixed by Mark Howard
Mastered by Gavin Lurssen at The Mastering Lab

Sound Quality: 9

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