Absolutely Tom Waits with the rambling calliope sound and his trademarked vocal growl. Lyrically rather bleak, the album opens with "Misery Is the River of the World" and "Everything Goes to Hell." Musically Blood Money combines the slower pacing of Closing Time with the harsher sounds of Rain Dogs. If you're a fan, grab this album; if you're not, leave it on the shelf; and if you haven't heard Waits before, well, if you prefer Dylan to Simon and Garfunkel this album's for you.
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The Phantom Tollbooth 2002Reviewed by Steve StockmanTom Waits? What a man? That voice? It sounds like the intoxication of tequila and there seems to be some broken glass from the bottle scraping the back of his throat. It should have an 18 rating. It is dark and seamy, welling up in the underground and crawling out like some slithery, slimy monster about to eat up the world. And yet it is lovely and addictive and a taste well worth taking the time…Similar sounding releases
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