Search - Tom Waits :: Rain Dogs

A Beggars Banquet

ShinyDemon | Florida, USA | 10/05/2009

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I remember buying this for myself on my 21st birthday. It didn't leave my cassette player for 3 weeks. That was 18 years ago.

I would still, and probably always will, rank this in the top 10 albums ever made.

It's hard to imagine another album as diverse and creative as this.

I've tried to introduce others to this masterpiece over the years, with only one real success that I can recall.

Most just return the disc (of course, I replaced the tape eventually) and look at me like I have 3 heads.

That this is a work of genius there can be no doubt, but it is certainly an acquired taste."

Quirky Fun

K. Allen | everywhere | 10/12/2009

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I learned of Tom Waits in the last year and thought "where have you been all my life?"



This album is great, quirky fun. The poetry is fabulous. Some of the songs carry me away somewhere while others have me bouncing around, giggling and smiling like a ten-year old girl. The only one Waits song that could make this album more perfect would be the addition of Step Right Up.



I must warn Waits newbies that this is musical-art, not anything like you'd find in the Top 40. My fiance (a top-40-phile; poor dear) HATES this album with a flaming passion. He looks like he wants to claw his own face off every time I put it on, he also hates The Red Elvises, it's sad really.



If you like things like experimental jazz and non-linear poetry I think you'll really adore this album. If you think Casey Kasem is god's gift to radio, you'll probably want to skip this one."