Mix of Nico and Sonic Youth. Amazing! Perfect 4 lazy evening.

Strangely beautiful and haunting in a Nico-meets-80s-Synth-Pop kind of way. Does have its boring moments though.

look, I don't care what the reviewers say, this was a damn good album. just listen to it. trust me.

The idea works. Proto Tom Waits for this generation. And it was successful. Tom Waits is still a force and all this album does is reaffirm that. The production is beautiful and enthralling. It shows of all the great qualities of the tangible parts of this album like Steik and the musicians while pulling back on the idea to have Scarlett sell the thing with her presence. Listen Closely.

Scarlett is a good singer!!

Amazing production, and fine enough vocals to make it an amazing album.

Having listened to this album once through, I can say that it is not nearly as bad I would have guessed or the critics would lead me to believe. Sure she is not a great singer but its def a cool project with an interesting combination of artists and worth a listen.

Sure everything is not perfect, but the creativity of this album is impressive and deserves to be well rated. Furthermore, the overall atmosphere reminds me of productions like these of Mazzy Star, Cat Power, Cocteau Twins or This Mortal Coil, fact that I find rather refreshing, as really getting out of today's standards.

Scarlett's voice just fits. it's not the best album of the year, but it was worth the shot.

So much better than it should have been in every way. I'm pleasantly surprised to find myself hoping she'll do another album (hopefully with Mr. Sitek, again). Maybe some Bowie tunes next time?

This is not Scarlett! This is the producers creating a self-indulgent album. Scarlett has a beautiful voice - but it is drowned in the instrumentals. Someone obviously told her to sing that way - there's not an ounce of emotion. Bitterly disappointed, Scarlett ... hopefully next time, you'll sing for yourself.

Based on the lead single in front of this album I am vastly unimpressed.

I couldn't make it past track five. This is some of the worst music I've heard in years. Scarlett's voice is an atonal nightmare. There's no way any legitimate music critic should be giving this mess the kind of scores it's been getting. Absolutely horrible!

I really didn't expect to like this at all, let alone this much. Something in it just works.

Better than expected... beautiful instrumentation.

I'm a Tom Waits fan and I checked out this album with the same cynical attitude a lot of people had, and I was very pleasantly surprised. Scarlett's voice is very nice and David Sitek gives further evidence that he's one of the best producers working today. The album alternately reminds me of Sinead O'Connor's version of 'Nothing Compares 2 U', and of a music box playing in blizzard, and I mean both of those things as compliments. I think most of the haters probably don't like this style of music in the first place, and/or refuse to take it seriously because of who she is.… Expand

Wow! really! I Love Tom Waits and think scarlett is great. This album really sucks though.

I enjoyed it. This is not a pop album or commercial album by any means. This must be an album of love from Scarlett, because doing a goth version of Tom Waits' material is not something that the regular population would be attracted to. I applaud her for doing something she loves instead of just being another vapid pop star wannabe.

Why won't anyone tell her how bad this is? Not to mention that the idea of doing a cover album of Tom Waits songs.. Holly Cole did it years ago. And she can sing.

At least I haven't hung myself yet. Simply terrible.

Truth is, Scarlett Johansson could've recorded a hand-picked collection of beloved Roxette songs, and I'd still buy it. I was hoping for the best. The cover reminded me of the Michel Gondry-directed "Human Behavior" video for Bjork. If only she had a voice like Bjork, or at the very least, Marianne Faithful. Tactfully put, her voice is perfunctory. Strictly heard as a curio though, the vanity project of a talented, but uneven actress(memorable in Sofia Coppola's "Lost in Translation", dreadful in Brian DePalma's "The Black Dahlia"), "Anywhere I Lay My Head" isn't without its modest triumphs, in particular, "Falling Down" and "Fannin Street". "I Don't Wanna Grow Up" is the cd's bid for mainstream alternative radio airplay, and it's okay, but Johansson and her collaborator from TV on the Radio would've been better off recording "Downtown Train" or "The Heart of Saturday Night". "Downtown Train" is the gateway song for Tom Waits neophytes. If "Anywhere I Lay my Head" was my first exposure to Waits, I wouldn't understand why he's such a big deal. "Downtown Train" is an indestructible song. Since Johansson's vocal is buried so deep in the mix, the "Rain Dogs" standout wouldn't be hampered, because it's one of Waits' more dynamically melodic songs. Everybody now, "You wave your hand and they scatter like crows/They have nothing that will ever capture your heart/They're just thorns without the rose/Be careful of them in the dark...… Expand

I was expecting to ironically listen to this. But it's much better than expected, in a buzzy, 90s way. Seems to me most people don't like it because of their expectations/bias against actors. Not life changing, but certainly a record that can be enjoyed more and more every listen.

I really enjoyed this album. There are some highlights, like "Falling Down", "I Wish I Was In New Orleans" and my personal favourite, "Song For Jo", which is the only original song on this album. It's worth to listen to this CD - just for these three tracks.