Rating: 5/5
Review:
Outstandingly good
I think this is an outstandingly good album. I know this is
sacrilege to many people, but I struggle with Tom Waits; he’s a
fantastic songwriter but that
I’m-about-to-throw-up-and-then-I’ll-probably-kill-you delivery
gets a bit much for me. Here we have some of the finest female
Americana/country singers really giving his songs meaning and pathos.
A couple of
favourites are Rosanne Cash’s performance of Time, which is quite
magical and Ruby’s Arms by the great Patty Griffin, which is
spellbinding and heartbreaking. I don’t think there’s a weak
track on the album; everything is superbly performed and excellently,
sensitively produced. My advice is to listen to a few samples and
then snap it up. It’s an album of great songs, performed
wonderfully – what more could you want?
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