Description:Bone Machine is a critically acclaimed and award-winning album by Tom Waits, released in 1992 on Island Records. It won a Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album, and features guest appearances by Los Lobos' David Hidalgo, Primus' Les Claypool, and The Rolling Stones' Keith Richards.
Bone Machine marked a return to studio matBone Machine is a critically acclaimed and award-winning album by Tom Waits, released in 1992 on Island Records. It won a Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album, and features guest appearances by Los Lobos' David Hidalgo, Primus' Les Claypool, and The Rolling Stones' Keith Richards.
Bone Machine marked a return to studio material for Waits, coming a full five years after his previous studio album, Franks Wild Years (1987). The album is often noted for its dark lyrical themes of death and murder, and for its rough, stripped-down, percussion-heavy blues rock style.... (more)(less)
Manufacturer : Island Release date : 8 September 1992 Number of discs : 1 EAN: 0731451258022 UPC: 731451258022
"Tom Waits first album was in 1973, most musicians fail to deliver after 20 years but 1992Bone Machine stands as one of his best. Favorite song 'Who are you'
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"Released: September 8, 1992
Genres: Blues Rock, Country Rock, Experimental Rock
Favourite Tracks:
- Black Wings
- Dirt In The Ground
- Earth Died Screaming
- I Don't Wanna Grow Up
- That Feel
- Whistle Down The Wind"
Mr. Saturn added this to a list 1 year, 3 months ago
"Took a few listenings for me to get this but when I did, it really hit me since this one is incredible in every way and perhaps the best Waits I've heard so far (Swordfishtrombones is a good challenger though). The overall feeling is very raw and rough and so on and there are many great songs, such as "Dirt in the Ground" or "Goin' Out West". Almost worth five stars.
/edit: Bought it."
blue_skies added this to a list 2 years, 6 months ago
"1992
Favourite song: "That Feel"
Favourite moment: The "drunken emperor Nero" vocals on "In the Colosseum", the cool lyrics to "Black Wings", the desperation of "I Don't Wanna Grow Up", the apocalyptic feel on "Earth Dies Screaming"... could pick anything."
"Bone Machine is one of my favorite Waits records just because it's so scary and rugged. The stripped-down approach works beautifully and the dark and provoking yet beautifully melancholic lyrics are some of his best stuff. "Murder in the Red Barn" is my favorite Waits song of all time.
Why I'm using the word "beautifully" so much when the record is so grimey and depressing? The magic of Tom Waits.
Produced by Tom Waits "
"Tom Waits' darkest album to date. BONE MACHINE is a moody album with traditional raspy voiced Tom Waits singing his poetry. Music is closer to the Rain Dogs -era than the 70's bar jazz. But BONE MACHINE isn't Avant Garde -It's a blues album with domination percussion and haunting guitar work.
Tracklist
1. "Earth Died Screaming" (w/ Les Claypool) 10/10
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"
littlesprout added this to a list 3 years, 3 months ago
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