“Featuring contributions from longtime bandleader Marc Ribot, Keith Richards, and Flea, among others, Bad as Me is Tom Waits' first proper collection of studio material since 2004's Real Gone. He doesn't veer from his established sound, but the songwriting is as strong as ever.”
“"With my coat and my hat/I say goodbye to all that," snarls Tom Waits on "Chicago," hopping a train rhythm of horns, harmonica, banjo and electric guitars. The opener of his latest set is a classic American narrative: a hard-luck case setting out for a better life. But this is 2011, the world bled by […]”
“Tom Waits' latest album, rather than showing a new side to the eccentric singer-songwriter, it somewhat of a retrospective, revisiting the numerous sounds that have made this guy so "bad" for all these years.”
