Stream: Tom Waits – Bad As Me

By Alex Young on October 23rd, 2011 in News, Stream

Tom Waits will release his 17th studio album, and his first in seven years, Bad As Me, on October 25th via ANTI- Records. Right now, you can stream the 13-track effort in its entirety at NPR.org.

In an interview with The New York Times, Waits said the album was “written in a reasonably short period of time and recorded right away” earlier this year. Along with his wife and longtime writing partner Kathleen Brennan, album contributors include The Rolling Stones’ Keith Richards, Charlie Musselwhite, Los Lobos’ David Hidalgo, and Mark Ribot.

The album will be released in three configurations, including a digipak CD version with a 32-page booklet and free digital download in FLAC, AAC or MP3; a deluxe edition two-CD version with 40-page booklet and free digital download; and a 180 gram LP and CD with a lyric sheet and free digital download. You can pre-order your preference of choice at Waits’ web store. The album will also be available through all digital retailers.

Bad As Me Tracklist:
01. Chicago
02. Raised Right Men
03. Talking At the Same Time
04. Get Lost
05. Face to the Highway
06. Pay Me
07. Back In the Crowd
08. Bad As Me
09. Kiss Me
10. Satisfied
11. Last Leaf
12. Hell Broke Luce
13. New Year’s Eve
14. She Stole the Blush (Bonus)
15. Tell Me (Bonus)
16. After You Die (Bonus)

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  • Anonymous

    where’s the stream?

    • http://consequenceofsound.net Alex Young

      Click the NPR.org link.

  • Matt74

    ok…it’s 2hours later.  have to stop listening to this album because my face is getting hot from the scorching rock.  it’s also got some of the best vocals i’ve heard from waits in ten years.  one of these songs sounds exactly like it came from 1978.  either tom is in the best vocal form of his life or he has a time machine.  the album only began to stream  today and i feel fortunate to be among the first of the masses to hear it in it’s entirety and i’m here to say….this is the grammy winner for best album of 2011.  you heard it here.

  • Matt74

    good god…listening to the album right now, by the time i get to the second song i’m convinced it’s the best album waits has ever made, by the time i get to hell broke luce i think it’s the best album i’ll hear in ten year.  this guy is in fifties and can rock fiercer then men half is age, this album is blowing my MIND