Alice
by Tom Waits
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Alice is ranked 12th 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 11,236.
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Alice track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Alice rankings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/11/2026 12:23 | Scrabbler | 288 | 76/100 |
| ! | 06/18/2026 10:52 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,335 | 70/100 |
| ! | 02/28/2026 01:16 | DaveH68 | 1,363 | 76/100 |
| ! | 01/26/2026 05:41 | mattmaster | 447 | 79/100 |
| ! | 01/25/2026 14:46 |  CellarDoor | 8,702 | 79/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.3/100, a mean average of 74.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.9.
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ffudnebbuh 12/01/2021 11:17 | #276943 | TOP COMMENT
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I think that "Fawn" is one of my fav Tom Waits track..It almost has a sacred feeling. like a Chinese folk song....beautiful
I think Alice is the best song Waits ever wrote. (or San Diego Serenade)
Great stuff!
Sandrof1969 02/20/2018 21:34 | #209000
Abbondanza creativa dopo diversi anni di silenzio; due album in un anno, entrambi validi. Questo per me è il migliore...
Released on the same day as, blood money, Alice, is another of Tom Waits' musical collobarations, this time inspired by the books of Lewis Carroll. It's a more orchestral affair than Waits had previously released, with even nods back to his seventies recordings. The title track is just that, a smoky, jazzy, three o'clock in the morning number, it's lovely. Other standouts on the album are, reeperbahn, fish & bird, and my favourite, lost in the harbour, absolutely beautiful. Kommienezuspadt, is gloriously insane, and, I'm still here, and, barcarolle, are excellent too. There is a bit of filler, I suppose, but hey, Tom Waits filler is better than most people's highlights. Another very good LP from Waits.
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