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84 out of 100

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9.5 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 15 Ratings

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  • Summary: Written for a Robert Wilson stage production of Georg Büchner's unfinished 1836 play 'Woyzeck,' 'Blood Money' is one of two Waits releases in May 2002 (the other being 'Alice,' which was similarly created for the stage).

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 19 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 19
  3. Negative: 0 out of 19
  1. CDNow
    90
    The effect of the combination of all these elements is stunning and profound, and ranks among Waits' finest albums, albeit his most depressing by a long shot.
  2. CultureDose.net
    90
    If the young, brooding Waits had done this score it would have been too much--too miserable--but our older, wiser Waits possesses the perfect combination of cynicism and idealism to pull it off.
  3. Pitchfork
    90
    While the rest of pop culture infantilizes itself with cussing puppets and manufactured bands who willfully dangle like marionettes, Waits is serving up vintage brittle fusion and somehow breaking the law of diminishing returns. [Review of both Alice and Blood Money]

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 11
  3. Negative: 0 out of 11
  1. SendarkK
    10
    Outstanding! This album is a brilliantly written, brilliantly performed masterpiece.
    • 1 of 1 users said yes
  2. Hein
    10
    Outstanding!
    • 1 of 1 users said yes
  3. [Anonymous]
    10
    Misery's the river of the world.
    • 1 of 1 users said yes

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