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Universal acclaim- based on 26 Ratings
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Positive: 23 out of 26
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Mixed: 1 out of 26
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Negative: 2 out of 26
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DaveH.Jun 29, 2002A masterpiece.
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HeinMay 4, 2006Outstanding!
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[Anonymous]Mar 10, 2008Misery's the river of the world.
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AlayneP.Jul 24, 2002"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.
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JonathanHApr 13, 2004Another wonderful Waits album
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SendarkKDec 31, 2005Outstanding! This album is a brilliantly written, brilliantly performed masterpiece.
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MattBMar 19, 2005Dark and beautiful, gruff yet smooth, something that can only be accomplished by the great one.
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Mar 31, 2020There is literally "blood" in these songs. An amazing album focused on the cruelty of human nature.
Awards & Rankings
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UncutWaits -- 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]
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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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Q MagazineA powerful and almost gleeful celebration of the horrors of the world. [May 2002, p.114]