Bone Machine
by Tom Waits

Bone machine, is Tom Waits' industrial album. It's dark, unsettling, and has a kind of mechanical sound to it, like it was recorded in some nightmarish factory. First track, earth died screaming, is actually one of the more challenging songs, as if he wanted to scare the daylights out of any casual passers by. Such a scream, in the colosseum, and, murder in the red barn, all have this similar eeriness about them. Although, somewhere underneath all this doom and gloom are some of Waits' loveliest songs, a little rain, and, whistle down the wind, are both great, and, who are you, is superb too, although a little darker. My favourite tracks are the alt.rock of, goin' out west, and the utterly fantastic, I don't wanna grow up. That feel, featuring Keith Richards, is a brilliantly sloppy closer to a strange and unique album. The ultimate Tom Waits in hell record.

Bone Machine has to be considered somewhat of a masterpiece, it is probably on a par with Rain Dogs as Tom Wait’s best album. But whereas Rain Dogs is often quirky, Bone Machine has a much darker feel to it with songs such as Dirt In The Ground, Earth Died Screaming, Murder In The Red Barn and Black Wings. But Black Wings and Dirt In The Ground in particular are both brilliant tracks, the lyrics of Black Wings contain some wonderful imagery but don’t listen to it alone at night!

From Daydreamer 10/19/2017 22:37 | #199821 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.

Tom Waits' second best album, and it isn't much below Rain Dogs.

Very dark sounding album with an almost industrial sound in places. Like almost every Waits album it is a bit inconsistent but the highs are incredibly high.

Even though the album is quite diverse, the ballads are easily the best tracks for me here, with some of Tom's most passionate and emotional vocal performances.

A solid Tom Waits release. I tend to skip a track here or there, but once "The Ocean Doesn't Want Me Today" sets in I usually let it play through. "I Don't Want To Grow Up" has an instant appeal. The video is hilarious. Don't miss it. "In The Colosseum" , "That Feel" & "Goin' Out West" are some of my favorites as well.

This is the album to listen to while waiting for the gates of hell to open.

I just played the game Disco Elysium. This album has the same dark and desolate vibe. (Edited)