Tom Waits for No Man

The Observer has posted one of the first reviews of Real Gone that I’ve found so far. 4 out of 5 stars, but hey not everyone completely get’s Mr. Waits.

Waits has come an awful long way from the ballads of Closing Time , no longer even adrift somewhere in the desperate early hours, more woken with a start sleeping something off, crazed to find out where he is. In this mood, he will never write ‘Martha’ again, or even ‘Innocent when you Dream’ but still within the extraordinary sound there are heartbreaking corners to the voice, all the more affecting given what else it is now capable of.

The Observer | OMM | Tom Waits: Real Gone