Bad As Me
by Tom Waits
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Tom Waits bestography
Bad As Me is ranked 8th best out of 27 albums by Tom Waits on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Tom Waits is Rain Dogs which is ranked number 113 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 11,156.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Bad As Me track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Bad As Me rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 1 hour ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | juanr1096 | Top 99 Music Albums of 2011 | 35/99 | 3 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 36/100 | 13 |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 2011 | 83/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | martintho | Top 100 Music Albums of 2011 | 46/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  greatson | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 2/100 | 20 |
| 2026 | joathome | Top 82 Music Albums of 2011 | 71/82 | 1 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Vibrations (CH) Les meilleurs disques 2011 | 11/18 | - |
| 2026 |  zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2011 | 13/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Romanelli | Top 34 Music Albums of 2011 | 4/34 | 5 |
| 2026 |  paladisiac | top 60r albums (60), #0001-0100* | 61/66 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 256 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 1,095 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/31/2026 05:08 | Toffuey | 490 | 79/100 |
| ! | 07/02/2026 17:31 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,696 | 70/100 |
| ! | 04/25/2026 21:45 |  Robert Anton Wil | 1,149 | 84/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 7% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.3/100, a mean average of 74.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.8.
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Bad As Me forum mentions
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RockyRaccoon TOP 100 COMMENTER 07/18/2013 13:07 | #81836 | TOP COMMENT
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This is just Tom Waits doing what Tom Waits does best. Making incredible music. He’s never been one to soar across the radio and be incredibly well known, but those who do know him can really appreciate his genius. He’s got a voice that one may call an acquired taste, but if you can look past that, you can see the great music he makes and this album is no exception. Every song is very well-written both lyrically and musically.
Forty years into his career, Tom Waits can still make great, fresh, original music that sounds different from all his previous work. I like every album he's made, and this one's no exception. His best since Mule Variations.
Bad as me, is another excellent album in terms of songs, but it all feels a little like Tom Waits is trying to make the stereotype Tom Waits album. This is the first Waits record where I feel he is stuck, and not quite sure which direction he wants to go in, so he's decided to cover all Tom Waits bases. There's great stuff here like, talking at the same time, hell broke luce, and, back in the crowd, but it's nothing we haven't heard before. Even, new years eve, feels almost like a parody. It's the first Waits album that doesn't have anything new on it. Still, as I said, it's brilliant in terms of quality, but a little short on originality.
This is the only Tom Waits album I own myself.
I know his music from friends but I am not sure about the albums names that I have heard. Whatever: This one is my own and it's super.
louisjwyatt TOP 100 COMMENTER 10/13/2015 18:42 | #151424 | TOP COMMENT
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Tom Waits is one of those rare artists who just keeps getting better with age.
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