Tom Club (Waits`favs+sound-alikes)
by sssvnnn

There is only one TOM WAITS.
And sometimes it feels like he created his own genre placed somewhere between blues, chanson, rock, jazz, avantarde...
And sometimes you are trying to describe the sound of a certain musician by explaning: He is the (...new, young, former, italian, german, russian, folky, whatever...)TOM WAITS.
So here is the TOM CLUB:
If there were a genre "TOM WAITS" this is the music you could probably find there.
To make this chart as trustworthy as possible I start with Tom Waits` own top 20 besteveralbums as you can see on: http://www.theguardian.com/music/2005/mar/20/popandrock1.
Everyone may feel free to name some more artists for the TOM CLUB.

• Chart updated: 03/13/2025 23:45
• (Created: 01/25/2014 15:18).
• Chart size: 100 albums.

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In The Wee Small Hours 

 Frank Sinatra

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[First added to this chart: 01/25/2014]

Year of Release:

1955

Appears in:

498 charts

Rank Score:

4,581

Rank in 1955:

1

Rank in 1950s:

6

Overall Rank:

369

Average Rating:

 80 (648 votes)

Comments:

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Solo Monk 

 Thelonious Monk

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[First added to this chart: 01/25/2014]

Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

55 charts

Rank Score:

138

Rank in 1965:

63

Rank in 1960s:

645

Overall Rank:

8,787

Average Rating:

 72 (54 votes)

Comments:

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Trout Mask Replica 

 Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

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[First added to this chart: 01/25/2014]

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

742 charts

Rank Score:

6,226

Rank in 1969:

13

Rank in 1960s:

41

Overall Rank:

264

Average Rating:

 74 (1,081 votes)

Comments:

173

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Exile On Main St. 

 The Rolling Stones

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[First added to this chart: 01/25/2014]

Year of Release:

1972

Appears in:

1,967 charts

Rank Score:

19,709

Rank in 1972:

2

Rank in 1970s:

13

Overall Rank:

45

Average Rating:

 85 (2,352 votes)

Comments:

210

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The Sinking Of The Titanic (1975) 

 Gavin Bryars

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[First added to this chart: 01/25/2014]

Year of Release:

1975

Appears in:

58 charts

Rank Score:

467

Rank in 1975:

52

Rank in 1970s:

565

Overall Rank:

3,201

Average Rating:

 76 (53 votes)

Comments:

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The Basement Tapes 

 Bob Dylan & The Band

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[First added to this chart: 01/25/2014]

Year of Release:

1975

Appears in:

283 charts

Rank Score:

1,585

Rank in 1975:

17

Rank in 1970s:

228

Overall Rank:

1,097

Average Rating:

 79 (371 votes)

Comments:

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Lounge Lizards 

 The Lounge Lizards

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[First added to this chart: 01/25/2014]

Year of Release:

1981

Appears in:

62 charts

Rank Score:

229

Rank in 1981:

100

Rank in 1980s:

847

Overall Rank:

5,763

Average Rating:

 76 (54 votes)

Comments:

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Rum Sodomy & The Lash 

 The Pogues

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[First added to this chart: 01/25/2014]

Year of Release:

1985

Appears in:

430 charts

Rank Score:

2,969

Rank in 1985:

10

Rank in 1980s:

88

Overall Rank:

575

Average Rating:

 78 (413 votes)

Comments:

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I'm Your Man 

 Leonard Cohen

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[First added to this chart: 01/25/2014]

Year of Release:

1988

Appears in:

357 charts

Rank Score:

2,250

Rank in 1988:

11

Rank in 1980s:

114

Overall Rank:

775

Average Rating:

 79 (381 votes)

Comments:

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The Explosive Little Richard 

 Little Richard

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[First added to this chart: 01/25/2014]

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

7 charts

Rank Score:

3

Rank in 1967:

585

Rank in 1960s:

5,172

Average Rating:

 69 (9 votes)

Comments:

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Tom Club (Waits`favs+sound-alikes) composition

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	3	3%
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	2	2%
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95/100  !	01/10/2025 16:29	DommeDamian	1,004	89/100
90/100  !	06/07/2023 13:06	Johnnyo	2,557	80/100
90/100  !	09/19/2021 07:34	Tamthebam	645	85/100
90/100  !	01/18/2021 19:12	Timestarter	114	90/100
95/100  !	01/18/2021 17:38	desh79	1,278	93/100

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This chart is rated in the top 1% of all charts on BestEverAlbums.com. This chart has a Bayesian average rating of 91.7/100, a mean average of 94.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 94.3/100. The standard deviation for this chart is 4.8.

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From pedro1976 11/22/2025 09:49 | #311779

two words - Mark Lanegan :) - from wikipedia - known for his baritone voice, which was described as being "as scratchy as a three-day beard yet as supple and pliable as moccasin leather" and has been compared to Tom Waits, Leonard Cohen and Nick Cave.

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90/100

From Johnnyo 06/07/2023 13:06 | #297432

Original and well thought out chart. Very interesting

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90/100

From Tamthebam 09/19/2021 07:37 | #273920

The concept of this chart is really brilliant don't agree with all your selections but this chart is a breath of fresh air ! Thanks.

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95/100

From DommeDamian 01/18/2021 11:00 | #264595

Even though I'm not a Tom fan, this is a very cool concept of a chart. I agree with Sinatra and Beefheart!

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From sssvnnn 08/03/2020 21:54 | #256654

"Yellow Shark" of Frank Zappa js not my choice.
It is among Tom Waits´ favourite Top 20 albums.
The first 20 slbums of this chart are Tom Waits´ Top 20.

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85/100

From vancevisuals 07/02/2020 21:44 | #254956

Never saw a nexus between Zappa and Waits before
would love to see a comment on that
interesting chart

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90/100

From StefanR10 07/02/2020 16:21 | #254943

Good album chart with some not so known albums i think it's good. And these artists i know are great so I give you 90 Points.

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From Norman Bates 05/07/2016 11:15 | #165360

I think you should put some Howlin' Wolf in here. Probs one of the most obvious influences.

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From Musyahid 04/12/2016 15:18 | #163694

Tom Waits was born even before Colombus haha

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90/100

From pantoffeljoscha 09/01/2015 00:23 | #148988

Most of it I really don't know. That is great. So much to discover. And the idea of the chart is fantastic

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