Alice
by Tom Waits

Alice by Tom Waits
Year: 2002
Release date: 2002-05-06
Overall rank: 2,009th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 210 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2002 (33rd)
Award Top albums of the 2000s (327th)
Award Best albums of all time (2,009th)

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Tom Waits bestography

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 112 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 11,445.

Tom Waits album bestography « Higher ranked (1,745th)
Blue Valentine
This album (2,009th)
Alice
Lower ranked (2,299th) »
Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards

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Alice track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Alice rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 2,009th | 2000s rank: 327th | 2002 rank: 33rd
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2026 videoheadcleanerTop 90 Music Albums of 20026/905
2026 TheDarkOrbTop 100 Music Albums of the 2000s90/1002
2026cicadelicTop 97 Music Albums of 200238/973
2026 ExTeaSeaTop 89 Music Albums of 200245/893
2026mostlymorTop 100 Music Albums of 200229/1004
2026 videoheadcleanervideoheadcleaner's 401-50093/100 -
2026 TamthebamTop 96 Music Albums of 200235/963
2026 videoheadcleanerTop 100 Music Albums of the 2000s87/1003
2026 sssvnnnTop 80 Music Albums of 20026/805
2026 HaydenTop 50 Music Albums of 200239/501
2026 cestuneblagueTop 100 Music Albums of the 2000s50/10010
2026 WasinskiTop 80 Music Albums of 200252/802
2026 Sandrof1969Top 10 Music Albums of 20024/104
2026ScrabblerTop 100 Greatest Music Albums48/10053
2026daCriticTop 32 Music Albums of 200210/324
2025 NightprowlerTop 54 Music Albums of the 2000s48/543
2025 NightprowlerTop 8 Music Albums of 20025/83
2025 sssvnnnTop 100 Music Albums of the 2000s19/10016
2025HyggevinylTop 58 Music Albums of 200217/584
2025 EyeKanFlyTop 75 Music Albums of 200253/752
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 173
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 820
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Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 210 votes)
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70/100
 
02/28/2026 01:16 DaveH68  Ratings distribution  1,36376/100
 
75/100
 
01/26/2026 05:41 mattmaster  Ratings distribution  44779/100
 
75/100
 
01/25/2026 14:46 CellarDoor  Ratings distribution  8,37679/100
 
75/100
 
01/03/2026 11:27 liquidbottle  Ratings distribution  38588/100
 
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12/29/2025 18:01 mutant  Ratings distribution  1,67156/100

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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 75.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.0.

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From 12/01/2021 11:17 | #276943
I think that "Fawn" is one of my fav Tom Waits track..It almost has a sacred feeling. like a Chinese folk song....beautiful
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From 11/27/2020 00:00 | #261465
I think Alice is the best song Waits ever wrote. (or San Diego Serenade)
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From 12/31/2019 16:44 | #246219
Great stuff!
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75/100
From 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...
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From 04/22/2016 14:48 | #164273
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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