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Bone Machine
Rock · 1992 · 16 tracks

Bone Machine

Tom Waits

A skeletal, percussive masterpiece of apocalyptic blues. Recorded in a concrete room, it sounds like the world ending in a junk shop.

August 1992 · Island Records

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A grimly humorous and deeply visceral exploration of mortality set against a backdrop of industrial-blues clatter.

Tracklist · 16 Tracks
01
Earth Died Screaming
3:39
02
Dirt in the Ground
4:09
03
Such a Scream
2:09
04
All Stripped Down
3:03
05
Who Are You
3:57
06
The Ocean Doesn’t Want Me
1:51
07
Jesus Gonna Be Here
3:22
08
A Little Rain
2:59
09
In the Colosseum
4:51
10
Goin’ Out West
3:20
11
Murder in the Red Barn
4:29
12
Black Wings
4:38
13
Whistle Down the Wind
4:36
14
I Don’t Wanna Grow Up
2:32
15
Let Me Get Up on It
0:55
16
That Feel
3:13
Moments Worth Waiting For
The primal, rhythmic thud of the Conundrum percussion on the opening track.
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Where This Album DepartsEach spoke is a trait. The orange shape shows where this album pulls away from — or holds to — the rest of the artist’s catalogue. Tap for more.

How does Bone Machine sound next to the rest of Tom Waits's catalogue?

Desert+4.0σ

Desert saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

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