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Universal acclaim- based on 170 Ratings
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Positive: 149 out of 170
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Mixed: 6 out of 170
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Negative: 15 out of 170
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ScottMDec 3, 2006The songs themselves are very good, but the vocals are so rough that it makes listening to it unpleasant. Its like a nice looking sweater that itches too much when you try to wear it. Waits should stick to writing songs, in my opinion.
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MarcJan 5, 2007Ok there are a few good songs scattered on these 3 CD's and over the years Waits has written and performed a lot of music that I really like. The problem is he has writtten a lot of lousy material. I challenge anyone that gave this disc a 10 to sit through the third cd more than once. Go on I dare ya!
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RJan 15, 2007Totally overrated record
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CookieMonsterDec 6, 2006Tom Waits plagerized me :-(
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MarkL.Oct 23, 2007
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timeNov 20, 2006I freakin HATE Tom Waits. It's sounds like he's getting an enema while he's singing. This guys the supposed to be the Johnny Cash of nerdy Indie rock. He's a total joke.
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RodneyBingenheimerNov 27, 2006He sounds like Springstein having a seizure. This is why people never pay attention to reviews. Critics don't know squat.
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Awards & Rankings
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Orphans is a major work that goes beyond the origins of the material and drags everything past and present with sound and texture into a present to be presented as something utterly new, beyond anything he has previously issued.
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This set stands alongside Waits's finest work.
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An outstanding musical creation... that nods to almost every known genre of American music, and some that have yet to be named.