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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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Apr 1, 2020A massive album, with an impressive number of songs, a retrospective one, I could say, giving you the feeling that all of Tom's interpretive styles are condensed here.
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May 16, 2011
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IanB.Oct 3, 2009
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TimothyASep 26, 2009Life in all its raw woodbine broken doll glory.
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LynC.Jan 9, 2009His songs often make my cry. I can't begin to understand why. There is no one like him.
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ChrisV.Jul 31, 2008This album is truly a work of art. I pity those on here who don't get Mr. Waits but in a way I'm glad he divides opinion. He's almost a yardstick of musical taste. If you love him, you have it, If you don't, you don't!
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EoinB.Jan 26, 2008After more than a year with this album I'm still lost for words on how best to pay it tribute. Incredibly beautiful.
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DirtyJan 11, 2008
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TheDudeVGDec 20, 2007Mark L., I believe you have a rather big cd collection of Britney Spears and Mariah Carey... I ain't going to explain the difference between them and the likes of Tom Waits and Bob Dylan, because I think everybody listens to what they like. About the album... If I could keep my breath for more then 3 hours I would... indescribable
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Jon-E.KDec 13, 2007
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JerryJ.Dec 6, 2007Best release of 2006. By miles.
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KennethE.Sep 24, 2007I'm a communist and i like this very much.
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PaulWJul 28, 2007What can we say? This is another incredible offering from one of the most prodigious, influential and talented songwriters to grace the latter half of the 20th or early 21st century.
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NoneofYourBuisinessJun 2, 2007
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JamesMar 5, 2007Absolutely brilliant.
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JosephKFeb 18, 2007Perfect in every sense of the word. If you're already a Waits fan and don't like this album, you're a communist. If you son't like Tom Waits... well, you're already a commie so it doesn't matter, does it?
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SteveAFeb 12, 2007Tom Waits, delivers again.....what an album!
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AlbertPFeb 12, 2007At first, listening to the three cds was a daunting task. I've since loaded the entire collection into my iTunes library and when a song comes up unexpectedley in a shuffle I realise that each of them is a masterpiece.
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BernatBFeb 11, 2007Awesome album
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mikab.Feb 10, 2007awesome.
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JudyFeb 9, 2007
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jFeb 8, 2007I just HAD to comment in reply to someone else's comment. Tom Waits, a Springsteen rip off??? Are you kidding me? Never talk about music again. You didn't even spell Springsteen correctly. Just stay away from anything related to music.
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MattJan 31, 2007Album of the year.
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JimMJan 22, 2007
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moloJan 22, 2007
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JoeBossDec 29, 2006The most complete work form anyone in the past 10 years. The best and worst of Waits.
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MattDec 21, 2006Album of the year.
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ReubenFDec 18, 2006
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JaredSSDec 16, 2006thank god for tom waits. this album, along with joanna newsom's, both make up for a rather somber, forgettable year in music however, this and newsom's are both masterpieces that transcend age to such a degree, that this may end up being a monumental year for music in its own way
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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.