Blood Money
by Tom Waits
User Score
8.5

Universal acclaim- based on 26 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 23 out of 26
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 26
  3. Negative: 2 out of 26

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  1. DaveH.
    Jun 29, 2002
    10
    A masterpiece.
  2. Hein
    May 4, 2006
    10
    Outstanding!
  3. [Anonymous]
    Mar 10, 2008
    10
    Misery's the river of the world.
  4. AlayneP.
    Jul 24, 2002
    10
    "I'd sell your heart to the junk man baby, for a buck, for a buck..." It's a beautiful album, as beautiful and disturbing as Alice.
  5. JonathanH
    Apr 13, 2004
    10
    Another wonderful Waits album
  6. SendarkK
    Dec 31, 2005
    10
    Outstanding! This album is a brilliantly written, brilliantly performed masterpiece.
  7. MattB
    Mar 19, 2005
    10
    Dark and beautiful, gruff yet smooth, something that can only be accomplished by the great one.
  8. lorem
    Mar 31, 2020
    9
    There is literally "blood" in these songs. An amazing album focused on the cruelty of human nature.

Awards & Rankings

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#19 Best Album of 2002
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#99 Most Shared Album of 2002

Critic Reviews

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Metascore
84

Universal acclaim - based on 19 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 19 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 19
  3. Negative: 0 out of 19
  1. Uncut
    80
    Waits -- now in complete mastery of his unique art -- knows what he's doing, and the stark, unforgiving brutality is leavened, or granted grace, by passages of purple pathos. [Co-Album Of The Month, June 2002, p.106]
  2. Splendid
    80
    Like waking up one morning to discover you suddenly like coffee, this is one of those albums that feels natural; the discord and the overwrought weepiness, the experimentalism and the simplicity -- everything works. It fits.
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  3. Q Magazine
    80
    A powerful and almost gleeful celebration of the horrors of the world. [May 2002, p.114]
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