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Bone Machine

Tom Waits Format: Audio CD
4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 353 ratings
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Track Listings

1 Earth Died Screaming
2 Dirt In The Ground
3 Such A Scream
4 All Stripped Down
5 Who Are You
6 The Ocean Doesn't Want Me
7 Jesus Gonna Be Here
8 A Little Rain
9 In The Colosseum
10 Goin' Out West
11 Murder In The Red Barn
12 Black Wings
13 Whistle Down The Wind
14 I Don't Wanna Grow Up
15 Let Me Get Up On It
16 That Feel

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Tom Waits - Bone Machine - CD

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The abnormal has become the norm for Tom Waits, so, once again, Bone Machine is laden with odd timbres, archaic acoustics, and raw vocals. This time, however, Waits has built his songs around a Harry Partch-inspired fascination with primitive percussion. With a crew of Northern California musicians along to add spare adornments, Waits fashions pretty, sentimental tunes ("A Little Rain," Whistle Down the Wind") and hellish stampedes of clanging metal and hoarse shouting ("Earth Died Screaming," "Let Me Get Up on It," the latter the 53-second distillation of Bone Machine quintessence-just Waits distorted bellowing and banging. Bone Machine is both appalling and appealing. There are elements to this album that seem designed to drive away the faint of heart, and then there are melodies that melt in your hand. --Steve Stolder

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  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.71 x 5.08 x 0.39 inches; 3.6 ounces
  • Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Island
  • Item model number ‏ : ‎ 2138157
  • Original Release Date ‏ : ‎ 1992
  • SPARS Code ‏ : ‎ DDD
  • Date First Available ‏ : ‎ December 7, 2006
  • Label ‏ : ‎ Island
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B000001DVZ
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 353 ratings

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Darrell Jones
5.0 out of 5 stars WOW!
Reviewed in the United States on May 27, 2022
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He is out there. You can't find an Equal to Tom Waits Genius.
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Avery Dena Jacobs
5.0 out of 5 stars What music is supposed to do done in its own gritty and failed america way
Reviewed in the United States on August 29, 2013
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Tom Waits is monster on his own, starting from Swordfishtrombones and onward, he beings to taste of other flavors and amasses depth and versatility without losing sight in himself. I got the incentive to buy the album because of the strength of "Goin Out West," only to find out that the album is a mosaic and each song is a different part of the same thing. Bone Machine sounds like a grown man who has experienced real pain and struggle wrote it and sang it, in his classical story-telling style. Compared to the "blues" of today, they pale in comparison (corny I know).
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Mark
4.0 out of 5 stars another very good Waits album.
Reviewed in the United States on February 24, 2018
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This is a good Tom Waits album. It isn't his best, but that is a tall order.
This is a very percussive affair and unlike most of his later catalog, doesn't really reference any of his earlier stylings.
There are some great songs on here and those of you that like his post swordfishtrombones albums will probably enjoy this album.
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david t.
5.0 out of 5 stars True condition
Reviewed in the United States on August 20, 2021
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Great
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SYDNEY
5.0 out of 5 stars It rattled MY bones....in the best way!
Reviewed in the United States on July 4, 2016
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If you like hearing sounds you've never heard (even from Tom) and thoughts you've never thought, then you'll love this offering. How do I thank Mr. Waits for WHO ARE YOU....and is it time to thank his lady, Kathleen, too?
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Dvorbrach
5.0 out of 5 stars Worth the wait.
Reviewed in the United States on June 7, 2019
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Took a little while to get here but it's one of my favorites.
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Derek
5.0 out of 5 stars This is my favorite album title of all-time
Reviewed in the United States on May 22, 2015
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This is my favorite album title of all-time, and the album is in my top 3 Tom Waits albums, along with Mule Variations & Swordfishtrombones. It's classic, experimental and rough Tom Waits.
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4.0 out of 5 stars I forgot how good this was
Reviewed in the United States on April 7, 2015
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Classic. I forgot how good this was. I am by no means a hardcore Tom Waited fan. But how can you not love tracks like The Colusium and Going west...
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David Flynn
5.0 out of 5 stars Tom waits
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 5, 2023
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Great cd
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Vincenzo
5.0 out of 5 stars Tom Waits una garanzia!
Reviewed in Italy on November 11, 2020
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Se siete degli amanti di Mr. Waits non potete non avere questo album. A mio avviso uno dei migliori sfornati dall'eclettico artista statunitense! 5 STELLE COME SEMPRE AD AMAZON PER LA SPEDIZIONE.
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Juan Carlos
5.0 out of 5 stars DISCAZO
Reviewed in Spain on February 23, 2020
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Discazo! Para mí uno de los mejores trabajos de Waits, quizá sea el más oscuro de sus discos, lo recomiendo.
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Serge A. Simard
5.0 out of 5 stars I'm a fan
Reviewed in Canada on June 5, 2013
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I'm no expert on Tom Waits but I have three favorite albums: Swordfishtrombones, Mule Variations and yes, Bone Machine. I won't say we should all own these albums but if you like his voice, his presence, his music and the spoken word bits then you already know you'll find something you love in any of his other albums. Like I said, I'm no expert but I am truely a fan.
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Melomaniak
5.0 out of 5 stars Que d'os, que d'os ou le cauchemar de Mr. Waits
Reviewed in France on January 16, 2014
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5 ans ! Il aura fallu attendre 5 ans pour découvrir le tant attendu successeur du déjà très réussi  Frank's Wild Years ... Une éternité, mais le jeu en valait la chandelle. Pour patienter, il y aura bien eu le live  Big Time , la bande-son du  Night on Earth  de Jim Jarmush mais dieu que cette dixième oeuvre de l'improbable californien aura été attendue !

Pour le coup, c'est un Tom Waits bien noir, lugubre même, qui nous revient. Parce que dès sa pochette (signée Jesse Dylan, fils de Bob), pochette qui ne ment pas, Bone Machine s'affiche comme un étrange animal, une exploration quasi-gothique du versant waitsien de la musique américaine où, c'est heureux, les belles ballades tristes, qui sont devenues la trademark du possédé, ne sont pas totalement absentes et servent idéalement de respiration dans un ensemble plutôt beaucoup plus étrange et claustrophobe que ce que Tom avait eu l'habitude de livrer jusqu'alors. Et c'est en grande partie à cette intense bizarrerie assumée, à cette absolue noirceur que reviennent l'exceptionnelle réussite artistique de l'album.
Parce que si état de grâce compositionnelle et sonore il y a indéniablement, pour la rigolade, vous repasserez ! Obsédé par la mort textuellement, Bone Machine s'affiche en blues cassé et percussif orné des croassements si immédiatement du Maître de Cérémonie. De fait, pour parvenir à ses noirs desseins, Waits remanie en partie ses accompagnateurs, trouvant d'idéals nouveaux partenaires de jeu dans la (alors) jeune génération en la personne de Les Claypool et Brain des agités du bocal de Primus. Le résultat, outres les belles ballades tristes précitées, est souvent glaçant avec Tom en grand ordonnateur vaudou, en touche-à-tout instrumental aussi.
Les meilleurs moments ? Tous ! Même quand l'invité de luxe Keith Richards y va de sa guitare et de sa gorge (That Feel, qui clôt l'album), même quand un chicano rocker de Los Lobos, David Hidalgo sur Whistle Down the Wind, vient poser son habituellement clicheteux violon et accordéon (pas ici !), c'est dire !

Sur la lancée de cette épatante réussite, Tom Waits sortira son petit frère bâtard trop ambitieux,  The Black Rider  qui, s'il comporte quelques très beaux moments, n'a ni la classe ni l'esprit ni l'ambiance de son glorieux devancier. Un de chute pour Tom qui se remettra bien vite, mais ça vous le savez déjà. Reste donc Bone Machine, beau de toute sa laideur, laid de toute sa beauté, un opus noir toujours aussi indispensable. Le meilleur de Tom ? Peut-être même bien !

Tom Waits - Vocals (all songs), Chamberlin (1,6,9), Percussion (1,3,4,5,6,15), Guitar (1,3,5,12,14,16), Sticks (1), Piano (2,13), Upright Bass (7), Conundrum (9), Drums (10,11,12,16), Acoustic Guitar (14)
Brain - Drums (3,9)
Kathleen Brennan - Sticks (1)
Ralph Carney - Alto Sax (2,3), Tenor Sax (2,3), Bass Clarinet (2)
Les Claypool - Electric Bass (1)
Joe Gore - Guitar (4,10,12)
David Hidalgo - Violin (13), Accordion (13)
Joe Marquez - Sticks (1), Banjo (11)
David Phillips - Pedal Steel Guitar (8,13), Steel Guitar (16)
Keith Richards - Guitar (16), Vocal (16)
Larry Taylor - Upright Bass (1,2,4,5,8,9,10,11,12,14,16), Guitar (7)
Waddy Wachtel - Guitar (16)
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