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Real Gone
Rock · 2004 · 16 tracks

Real Gone

Tom Waits

A clattering, piano-free collision of beatboxed rhythms and distorted blues. Raw, rhythmic, and occasionally heartbreaking in its political intimacy.

October 4, 2004 · Anti-

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A clattering, rhythmic defiance that masks a deep, soulful vulnerability.

Tracklist · 16 Tracks
01
Top of the Hill
4:55
02
Hoist That Rag
4:20
03
Sins of My Father
10:37
04
Shake It
3:52
05
Don’t Go Into That Barn
5:22
06
How’s It Gonna End
4:52
07
Metropolitan Glide
4:14
08
Dead and Lovely
5:41
09
Circus
3:56
10
Trampled Rose
3:59
11
Green Grass
3:14
12
Baby Gonna Leave Me
4:29
13
Clang Boom Steam
0:46
14
Make It Rain
3:40
15
Day After Tomorrow
6:53
16
Chick a Boom
1:18
Moments Worth Listening For
The abrasive, mouth-made percussion loop that kicks off Top of the Hill, signaling a radical shift in rhythm.
Marc Ribot's jagged, Latin-inflected guitar solo on Hoist That Rag that feels like it's splintering into pieces.
The devastatingly simple acoustic arrangement of Day After Tomorrow, where the gravel in the voice softens into pure vulnerability.
Reviews
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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 Real Gone sound next to the rest of Tom Waits's catalogue?

Cabin In Woods+4.0σ

Cabin In Woods saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

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