Bad As Me (studio album)
by Tom Waits

Bad As Me by Tom Waits
Year: 2011
Release date: 2011-10-21
Overall rank: 1,681st   
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 253 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2011 (38th)
Award Top albums of the 2010s (268th)
Award Best albums of all time (1,681st)

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Tom Waits bestography

Bad As Me is ranked 10th best out of 27 albums by Tom Waits on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Tom Waits is Rain Dogs which is ranked number 112 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 11,649.

Tom Waits album bestography « Higher ranked (1,622nd)
Franks Wild Years
This album (1,681st)
Bad As Me
Lower ranked (1,712th) »
Blue Valentine

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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).

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Bad As Me rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 1,681st | 2010s rank: 268th | 2011 rank: 38th

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Bad As Me ratings

Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 253 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 8% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.2/100, a mean average of 73.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.7.

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75/100
From 12/31/2019 16:43 | #246218
Good album.
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From 02/24/2018 09:53 | #209441
Ce ne fossero di "cattivi come lui".
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From 04/25/2016 14:50 | #164456
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.
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90/100
From 10/13/2015 18:42 | #151424
Tom Waits is one of those rare artists who just keeps getting better with age.
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From 10/10/2014 13:08 | #123870
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.
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From 07/18/2013 13:07 | #81836
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.
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80/100
From 07/16/2012 20:06 | #46643
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.
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