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| released = October 21, 2011
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| recorded = February-July, 2011
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| genre = [[Rock music|Rock]], [[experimental rock]], [[blues]]<ref name="TG" />
| genre = *[[Experimental rock]]
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| label = [[Anti- (record label)|Anti-]]
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'''''Bad as Me''''' is the 16th and most recent studio album by American singer-songwriter [[Tom Waits]], released on October 21, 2011 by [[ANTI-|ANTI- Records]].<ref name="release">{{cite web|title=Tom Waits Private Listening Party!|url=http://www.antilabelblog.com/?p=7181|work=[[ANTI-]]|date=August 23, 2011|accessdate=August 23, 2011}}</ref> The album is known to have been recorded as early as February 2011<ref>{{cite web|title=Tom Waits &#124; News &#124; Tom Waits|url=http://www.tomwaits.com/news/article/130/Tom_Waits/|work=TomWaits.com|date=February 24, 2011|accessdate=August 23, 2011| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20110717071716/http://www.tomwaits.com/news/article/130/Tom_Waits/| archivedate= 17 July 2011 | url-status= live}}</ref> and was officially announced for release on August 23, 2011 on Waits' official web site<ref name="party">{{cite web|title=Tom Waits &#124; News &#124; Tom Waits' Private Listening Party|url=http://www.tomwaits.com/news/article/151/Tom_Waits_Private_Listening_Party/|work=TomWaits.com|date=August 23, 2011|accessdate=August 23, 2011}}</ref> and various [[social media]] networks. On the same day, the title track, "[[Bad as Me (song)|Bad as Me]]," was released as the album's first [[Single (music)|single]] on [[iTunes]].<ref name="iTunes">{{cite web|title=Bad As Me - Single by Tom Waits - Download Bad As Me - Single on iTunes|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/bad-as-me-single/id456832074|work=[[iTunes Store]]|date=August 23, 2011|accessdate=August 23, 2011}}</ref>
'''''Bad as Me''''' is the seventeenth studio album by American singer-songwriter [[Tom Waits]], released on October 21, 2011, by [[Anti- Records]].<ref name="release">{{cite web|title=Tom Waits Private Listening Party!|url=http://www.antilabelblog.com/?p=7181|work=[[Anti- (record label)|Anti-]]|date=August 23, 2011|accessdate=August 23, 2011|archive-date=October 4, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111004055148/http://www.antilabelblog.com/?p=7181|url-status=dead}}</ref> The album is known to have been recorded as early as February 2011<ref>{{cite web|title=Tom Waits &#124; News &#124; Tom Waits|url=http://www.tomwaits.com/news/article/130/Tom_Waits/|work=TomWaits.com|date=February 24, 2011|accessdate=August 23, 2011| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20110717071716/http://www.tomwaits.com/news/article/130/Tom_Waits/| archivedate= July 17, 2011 | url-status= live}}</ref> and was officially announced for release on August 23, 2011, on Waits' official web site<ref name="party">{{cite web|title=Tom Waits &#124; News &#124; Tom Waits' Private Listening Party|url=http://www.tomwaits.com/news/article/151/Tom_Waits_Private_Listening_Party/|work=TomWaits.com|date=August 23, 2011|accessdate=August 23, 2011}}</ref> and various [[social media]] networks. On the same day, the title track, "[[Bad as Me (song)|Bad as Me]]", was released as the album's first [[Single (music)|single]] on [[iTunes]].<ref name="iTunes">{{cite web|title=Bad As Me - Single by Tom Waits - Download Bad As Me - Single on iTunes|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/bad-as-me-single/id456832074|work=[[iTunes Store]]|date=August 23, 2011|accessdate=August 23, 2011}}</ref>


The album is Waits' first album consisting completely of new material in seven years since ''[[Real Gone (album)|Real Gone]]'' (2004). Waits' label, ANTI-, had recently agreed on a distribution deal with [[Warner Music Group]] allowing them to release the album internationally. This marks Waits' first release through the Warner organization since ''[[Heartattack and Vine]]'' (1980). Upon its release, ''Bad as Me'' received widespread critical acclaim.<ref name="MC"/> The album was nominated for a [[Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album]].<ref>{{cite web | last1=Eggertsen | first1=Chris | last2=Ellwood | first2=Gregory | last3=Hasty | first3=Katie | url=http://uproxx.com/hitfix/55th-grammy-awards-winners-and-nominees/ | title=55th Grammy Awards – winners and nominees | work=[[HitFix]] | date=February 10, 2013 |accessdate=February 21, 2017}}</ref>
The album is Waits' first album consisting completely of new material in seven years since ''[[Real Gone (album)|Real Gone]]'' (2004). Waits' label, Anti-, had recently agreed on a distribution deal with [[Warner Music Group]] allowing them to release the album internationally. This marks Waits' first release through the Warner organization since ''[[Heartattack and Vine]]'' (1980). Upon its release, ''Bad as Me'' received widespread critical acclaim.<ref name="MC"/> The album was nominated for a [[Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album]].<ref>{{cite web | last1=Eggertsen | first1=Chris | last2=Ellwood | first2=Gregory | last3=Hasty | first3=Katie | url=http://uproxx.com/hitfix/55th-grammy-awards-winners-and-nominees/ | title=55th Grammy Awards – winners and nominees | work=[[HitFix]] | date=February 10, 2013 |accessdate=February 21, 2017}}</ref>

Upon release, ''Bad as Me'' became Waits' first top 10 album in the US, peaking at number 6.<ref name="database">{{cite web |url= https://elpee.jp/artist/Tom%20Waits/#google_vignette |website=Billboard Database |title=Tom Waits |access-date=11 February 2024}}</ref>


==Release==
==Release==
On August 16, 2011, amid the rise of many rumours concerning ''Bad as Me'', Waits announced on his official web site and through various [[social media]] outlets<ref>{{cite web | title=There have been... | url=https://www.facebook.com/tomwaits/posts/10150408330544126 | work=[[Facebook]] | date=August 16, 2011 | accessdate=August 23, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Twitter / @tomwaits: There have been rumblings... | url=https://www.twitter.com/tomwaits/status/103570612739510273 | work=[[Twitter]] | date=August 16, 2011 | accessdate=August 23, 2011}}</ref> that he would "set the rumors straight" on August 23. On this date, the title track was released as a digital single through [[iTunes]],<ref name="iTunes" /> a video with previews of the album was released on [[YouTube]],<ref>{{cite web | title=Tom Waits' Private Listening Party | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeTja7JXK9A | work=[[YouTube]] | date=August 22, 2011 | accessdate=August 23, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | first=Theo | last=Spielberg | title=Tom Waits Announces 'Bad as Me' Album, Releases Title Track as Single - Spinner | url=http://www.spinner.com/2011/08/23/tom-waits-bad-as-me-album/ | work=[[Spinner (website)|Spinner]] | date=August 23, 2011 | accessdate=August 23, 2011}}</ref> and was followed by a press release on his site and ANTI-'s [[blog]], which read:
On August 16, 2011, amid the rise of many rumours concerning ''Bad as Me'', Waits announced on his official web site and through various [[social media]] outlets<ref>{{cite web | title=There have been... | url=https://www.facebook.com/tomwaits/posts/10150408330544126 | work=[[Facebook]] | date=August 16, 2011 | accessdate=August 23, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Twitter / @tomwaits: There have been rumblings... | url=https://www.twitter.com/tomwaits/status/103570612739510273 | via=[[Twitter]] | date=August 16, 2011 | accessdate=August 23, 2011}}</ref> that he would "set the rumors straight" on August 23. On this date, the title track was released as a digital single through [[iTunes]],<ref name="iTunes" /> a video with previews of the album was released on [[YouTube]],<ref>{{cite web | title=Tom Waits' Private Listening Party | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeTja7JXK9A | work=[[YouTube]] | date=August 22, 2011 | accessdate=August 23, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | first=Theo | last=Spielberg | title=Tom Waits Announces 'Bad as Me' Album, Releases Title Track as Single - Spinner | url=http://www.spinner.com/2011/08/23/tom-waits-bad-as-me-album/ | work=[[Spinner (website)|Spinner]] | date=August 23, 2011 | accessdate=August 23, 2011}}</ref> and was followed by a press release on his site and Anti-'s [[blog]], which read:


<blockquote>''Bad As Me'' is Tom Waits' first studio album of all new music in seven years. This pivotal work refines the music that has come before and signals a new direction. Waits, in possibly the finest voice of his career, worked with a veteran team of gifted musicians and longtime co-writer/producer Kathleen Brennan. From the opening horn-fueled chug of "Chicago," to the closing barroom chorale of "New Year's Eve," ''Bad As Me'' displays the full career range of Waits' songwriting, from beautiful ballads like "Last Leaf," to the avant cinematic soundscape of "Hell Broke Luce," a battlefront dispatch. On tracks like "Talking at the Same Time," Waits shows off a supple falsetto, while on blues burners like "Raised Right Men" and the gospel tinged "Satisfied" he spits, stutters and howls. Like a good boxer, these songs are lean and mean, with strong hooks and tight running times. A pervasive sense of players delighting in each other's musical company brings a feeling of loose joy even to the album's saddest songs.<ref name="party" /></blockquote>
<blockquote>''Bad As Me'' is Tom Waits' first studio album of all new music in seven years. This pivotal work refines the music that has come before and signals a new direction. Waits, in possibly the finest voice of his career, worked with a veteran team of gifted musicians and longtime co-writer/producer Kathleen Brennan. From the opening horn-fueled chug of "Chicago," to the closing barroom chorale of "New Year's Eve," ''Bad As Me'' displays the full career range of Waits' songwriting, from beautiful ballads like "Last Leaf," to the avant cinematic soundscape of "Hell Broke Luce," a battlefront dispatch. On tracks like "Talking at the Same Time," Waits shows off a supple falsetto, while on blues burners like "Raised Right Men" and the gospel tinged "Satisfied" he spits, stutters and howls. Like a good boxer, these songs are lean and mean, with strong hooks and tight running times. A pervasive sense of players delighting in each other's musical company brings a feeling of loose joy even to the album's saddest songs.<ref name="party" /></blockquote>


The album was made available to stream on October 17, 2011<ref>{{cite web | first=Jenn | last=Pelly | title=Stream the New Tom Waits Album - Pitchfork | url=https://pitchfork.com/news/44315-stream-the-new-tom-waits-album/ | work=[[Pitchfork Media]] | date=October 17, 2011 | accessdate=October 24, 2011}}</ref> and released digitally on [[iTunes]] on October 21,<ref name="iTunesa">{{cite web | title=Bad as Me (Deluxe Edition) by Tom Waits - Preorder Bad as Me (Deluxe Edition) on iTunes | url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/preorder/bad-as-me-deluxe-version/id458386332 | work=[[iTunes Store]] | date=August 23, 2011 | accessdate=August 24, 2011}}</ref> where it was previously available for pre-order. Domestic versions of the album were released worldwide on October 24, 2011<ref name="release" /> in three formats: a [[digipak]] [[Compact disc|CD]] version with a 32-page booklet and free [[Music download|digital download]] in [[Free Lossless Audio Codec|FLAC]], [[Advanced Audio Coding|AAC]], or [[MP3]]; a deluxe edition two-CD version with 40-page booklet and free digital download; and a 180&nbsp;gram [[Gramophone record|LP]] and CD with a lyric sheet and free digital download.<ref name="kings">{{cite web | title=Featured Items - The Official Tom Waits Online Store :: powered by Kings Road Merch | url=http://kingsroadmerch.com/tom-waits/ | work=Kings Road Merch | year=2011 | accessdate=August 23, 2011}}</ref> In an interview regarding ''Bad as Me'', Waits confirmed the influence of [[Captain Beefheart]], who had died earlier the same year.<ref>Randall Roberts [http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2011/10/personal-playlist-tom-waits-recalls-captain-beefheart-the-late-don-van-vliet.html Personal playlist: Tom Waits recalls Captain Beefheart, the late Don Van Vliet] ''Pop & Hiss [[The L.A. Times]] Musical Blog'', October 17, 2011</ref>
The album was made available to stream on October 17, 2011<ref>{{cite web | first=Jenn | last=Pelly | title=Stream the New Tom Waits Album - Pitchfork | url=https://pitchfork.com/news/44315-stream-the-new-tom-waits-album/ | work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] | date=October 17, 2011 | accessdate=October 24, 2011}}</ref> and released digitally on [[iTunes]] on October 21,<ref name="iTunesa">{{cite web | title=Bad as Me (Deluxe Edition) by Tom Waits - Preorder Bad as Me (Deluxe Edition) on iTunes | url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/preorder/bad-as-me-deluxe-version/id458386332 | work=[[iTunes Store]] | date=August 23, 2011 | accessdate=August 24, 2011}}</ref> where it was previously available for pre-order. Domestic versions of the album were released worldwide on October 24, 2011<ref name="release" /> in three formats: a [[digipak]] [[Compact disc|CD]] version with a 32-page booklet and free [[Music download|digital download]] in [[Free Lossless Audio Codec|FLAC]], [[Advanced Audio Coding|AAC]], or [[MP3]]; a deluxe edition two-CD version with 40-page booklet and free digital download; and a 180&nbsp;gram [[Gramophone record|LP]] and CD with a lyric sheet and free digital download.<ref name="kings">{{cite web | title=Featured Items - The Official Tom Waits Online Store :: powered by Kings Road Merch | url=http://kingsroadmerch.com/tom-waits/ | work=Kings Road Merch | year=2011 | accessdate=August 23, 2011}}</ref> In an interview regarding ''Bad as Me'', Waits confirmed the influence of [[Captain Beefheart]], who had died earlier the same year.<ref>Randall Roberts [http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2011/10/personal-playlist-tom-waits-recalls-captain-beefheart-the-late-don-van-vliet.html Personal playlist: Tom Waits recalls Captain Beefheart, the late Don Van Vliet] ''Pop & Hiss [[The L.A. Times]] Musical Blog'', October 17, 2011</ref>


==Reception==
==Reception==

{{Album reviews
{{Music ratings
| ADM = 8.5/10<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.anydecentmusic.com/review/3803/Tom-Waits-Bad-As-Me.aspx |title=Bad As Me by Tom Waits reviews |publisher=[[AnyDecentMusic?]] |accessdate=December 25, 2019}}</ref>
| ADM = 8.5/10<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.anydecentmusic.com/review/3803/Tom-Waits-Bad-As-Me.aspx |title=Bad As Me by Tom Waits reviews |publisher=AnyDecentMusic? |accessdate=December 25, 2019}}</ref>
| MC = 88/100<ref name="MC">{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/bad-as-me/tom-waits |title=Reviews for Bad as Me by Tom Waits |publisher=[[Metacritic]] |accessdate=October 26, 2011}}</ref>
| MC = 88/100<ref name="MC">{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/bad-as-me/tom-waits |title=Reviews for Bad as Me by Tom Waits |publisher=[[Metacritic]] |accessdate=October 26, 2011}}</ref>
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="AM">{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/bad-as-me-mw0002212266 |title=Bad as Me – Tom Waits |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |accessdate=October 26, 2011 |last=Jurek |first=Thom}}</ref>
| rev1score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="AM">{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/bad-as-me-mw0002212266 |title=Bad as Me – Tom Waits |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |accessdate=October 26, 2011 |last=Jurek |first=Thom}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]''
| rev2 = ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]''
| rev2Score = {{rating|5|5}}<ref name="DT">{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/cdreviews/8838937/Bad-as-Me-Tom-Waits-CD-review.html |title=Bad as Me: Tom Waits, CD review |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date=October 20, 2011 |accessdate=October 26, 2011 |last=Brown |first=Helen}}</ref>
| rev2score = {{rating|5|5}}<ref name="DT">{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/cdreviews/8838937/Bad-as-Me-Tom-Waits-CD-review.html |title=Bad as Me: Tom Waits, CD review |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date=October 20, 2011 |accessdate=October 26, 2011 |last=Brown |first=Helen}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''
| rev3 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''
| rev3Score = A−<ref name="EW">{{cite journal |url=https://www.ew.com/article/2011/10/25/bad-me-review-tom-waits |title=Bad As Me |work=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |date=October 25, 2011 |accessdate=October 26, 2011 |last=Anderson |first=Kyle}}</ref>
| rev3score = A−<ref name="EW">{{cite journal |url=https://www.ew.com/article/2011/10/25/bad-me-review-tom-waits |title=Bad As Me |journal=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |date=October 25, 2011 |accessdate=October 26, 2011 |last=Anderson |first=Kyle}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[The Guardian]]''
| rev4 = ''[[The Guardian]]''
| rev4Score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="TG">{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/oct/20/tom-waits-bad-as-me-review |title=Tom Waits: Bad As Me – review |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=October 20, 2011 |accessdate=October 26, 2011 |last=Simpson |first=Dave}}</ref>
| rev4score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="TG">{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/oct/20/tom-waits-bad-as-me-review |title=Tom Waits: Bad As Me – review |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=October 20, 2011 |accessdate=October 26, 2011 |last=Simpson |first=Dave}}</ref>
| rev5 = ''[[The Independent]]''
| rev5 = ''[[The Independent]]''
| rev5Score = {{rating|5|5}}<ref name="TI">{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/album-tom-waits-bad-as-me-anti-2373505.html |title=Album: Tom Waits, Bad As Me (Anti-) |work=[[The Independent]] |date=October 21, 2011 |accessdate=October 26, 2011 |last=Gill |first=Andy |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111229060151/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/album-tom-waits-bad-as-me-anti-2373505.html |archivedate=December 29, 2011}}</ref>
| rev5score = {{rating|5|5}}<ref name="TI">{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/album-tom-waits-bad-as-me-anti-2373505.html |title=Album: Tom Waits, Bad As Me (Anti-) |work=[[The Independent]] |date=October 21, 2011 |accessdate=October 26, 2011 |last=Gill |first=Andy |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111229060151/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/album-tom-waits-bad-as-me-anti-2373505.html |archivedate=December 29, 2011}}</ref>
| rev6 = ''[[MSN Music]]'' ([[Robert Christgau#Consumer Guide|Expert Witness]])
| rev6 = ''[[MSN Music]]'' ([[Robert Christgau#Consumer Guide|Expert Witness]])
| rev6Score = A−<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/ew2011-11.php |title=Tom Waits/Pusha T |work=[[MSN Music]] |date=November 29, 2011 |accessdate=October 26, 2011 |last=Christgau |first=Robert |authorlink=Robert Christgau}}</ref>
| rev6score = A−<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/ew2011-11.php |title=Tom Waits/Pusha T |work=[[MSN Music]] |date=November 29, 2011 |accessdate=October 26, 2011 |last=Christgau |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Christgau}}</ref>
| rev7 = ''[[NME]]''
| rev7 = ''[[NME]]''
| rev7Score = 6/10<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/tom-waits/12413 |title=Album Reviews: Tom Waits – 'Bad As Me' |work=[[NME]] |date=October 28, 2011 |accessdate=October 28, 2011 |last=Denney |first=Alex |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222100323/http://www.nme.com/reviews/tom-waits/12413 |archivedate=December 22, 2015}}</ref>
| rev7score = 6/10<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/tom-waits/12413 |title=Album Reviews: Tom Waits – 'Bad As Me' |journal=[[NME]] |date=October 28, 2011 |accessdate=October 28, 2011 |last=Denney |first=Alex |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222100323/http://www.nme.com/reviews/tom-waits/12413 |archivedate=December 22, 2015}}</ref>
| rev8 = ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''
| rev8 = ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''
| rev8Score = 8.1/10<ref name="PM">{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/15961-bad-as-me/ |title=Tom Waits: Bad as Me |work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |date=October 24, 2011 |accessdate=October 26, 2011 |last=Petrusich |first=Amanda |authorlink=Amanda Petrusich}}</ref>
| rev8score = 8.1/10<ref name="PM">{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/15961-bad-as-me/ |title=Tom Waits: Bad as Me |work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |date=October 24, 2011 |accessdate=October 26, 2011 |last=Petrusich |first=Amanda |author-link=Amanda Petrusich}}</ref>
| rev9 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
| rev9 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
| rev9Score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="RS">{{cite journal |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/bad-as-me-20111025 |title=Bad As Me |work=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=October 25, 2011 |accessdate=October 26, 2011 |last=Hermes |first=Will |authorlink=Will Hermes}}</ref>
| rev9score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="RS">{{cite journal |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/bad-as-me-20111025 |title=Bad As Me |journal=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=October 25, 2011 |accessdate=October 26, 2011 |last=Hermes |first=Will |author-link=Will Hermes}}</ref>
| rev10 = ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]''
| rev10 = ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]''
| rev10Score = 8/10<ref name="SPM">{{cite journal |url=http://www.spin.com/reviews/tom-waits-bad-me-anti |title=Tom Waits, 'Bad as Me' (Anti-) |work=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]] |date=October 24, 2011 |accessdate=October 26, 2011 |last=Weiss |first=Dan |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111109171715/http://www.spin.com/reviews/tom-waits-bad-me-anti |archivedate=November 9, 2011}}</ref>
| rev10score = 8/10<ref name="SPM">{{cite journal |url=http://www.spin.com/reviews/tom-waits-bad-me-anti |title=Tom Waits, 'Bad as Me' (Anti-) |journal=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]] |date=October 24, 2011 |accessdate=October 26, 2011 |last=Weiss |first=Dan |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111109171715/http://www.spin.com/reviews/tom-waits-bad-me-anti |archivedate=November 9, 2011}}</ref>
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''Bad as Me'' was released to widespread critical acclaim. At [[Metacritic]], which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 88, based on 40 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".<ref name="MC" /> [[AllMusic]]'s Thom Jurek said that "''Bad as Me'' is an aural portrait of all the places he's traveled as a recording artist, which is, in and of itself, illuminating and thoroughly enjoyable," awarding the album four out of five stars.<ref name="AM"/> [[Amanda Petrusich]] of ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'' noted that the album's "tracks are concise and expertly edited", adding that "''Bad as Me'' feels as new as it does ancient."<ref name="PM"/> In a five-star review, Helen Brown of ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'' praised the album's "rattling bawlers," adding that each were "distinctively turbocharged with reckless and richly textured energy," while also mentioning that the "ballads run poignantly on their rims, leaking emotion."<ref name="DT"/> Michael Wheeler, in his 9/10 review for ''[[Drowned in Sound]]'', praised its "exhilarating, terrifying, heartbreaking, tear jerking, bone-rattling style,"<ref name="DIS">{{cite web |url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/16605/reviews/4143872 |title=Tom Waits – Bad as Me |work=[[Drowned in Sound]] |date=October 25, 2011 |accessdate=October 26, 2011 |last=Weller |first=Michael}}</ref> Andy Gill in ''[[The Independent]]'' praised the album for containing "no filler at all" and gave it top marks,<ref name="TI"/> while Noel Murray of ''[[The A.V. Club]]'' called it "Waits' embrace of a legacy that now includes enshrinement in the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame," concluding that "for longtime fans it’s a fun reminder of Waits' ability to be a badass when necessary".<ref name="AV">{{cite web |url=https://www.avclub.com/articles/tom-waits-bad-as-me,63845/ |title=Tom Waits: Bad As Me |work=[[The A.V. Club]] |date=October 25, 2011 |accessdate=October 26, 2011 |last=Murray |first=Noel}}</ref>
''Bad as Me'' was released to widespread critical acclaim. At [[Metacritic]], which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 88, based on 40 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".<ref name="MC" /> [[AllMusic]]'s Thom Jurek said that "''Bad as Me'' is an aural portrait of all the places he's traveled as a recording artist, which is, in and of itself, illuminating and thoroughly enjoyable," awarding the album four out of five stars.<ref name="AM"/> [[Amanda Petrusich]] of ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'' noted that the album's "tracks are concise and expertly edited", adding that "''Bad as Me'' feels as new as it does ancient."<ref name="PM"/> In a five-star review, Helen Brown of ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'' praised the album's "rattling bawlers", adding that each were "distinctively turbocharged with reckless and richly textured energy," while also mentioning that the "ballads run poignantly on their rims, leaking emotion."<ref name="DT"/> Michael Wheeler, in his 9/10 review for ''[[Drowned in Sound]]'', praised its "exhilarating, terrifying, heartbreaking, tear jerking, bone-rattling style,"<ref name="DIS">{{cite web |url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/16605/reviews/4143872 |title=Tom Waits – Bad as Me |work=[[Drowned in Sound]] |date=October 25, 2011 |accessdate=October 26, 2011 |last=Weller |first=Michael |archive-date=February 2, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130202184142/http://drownedinsound.com/releases/16605/reviews/4143872 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Andy Gill in ''[[The Independent]]'' praised the album for containing "no filler at all" and gave it top marks,<ref name="TI"/> while Noel Murray of ''[[The A.V. Club]]'' called it "Waits' embrace of a legacy that now includes enshrinement in the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame," concluding that "for longtime fans it's a fun reminder of Waits' ability to be a badass when necessary".<ref name="AV">{{cite web |url=https://www.avclub.com/tom-waits-bad-as-me-1798170125 |title=Tom Waits: Bad As Me |work=[[The A.V. Club]] |date=October 25, 2011 |access-date=October 26, 2011 |last=Murray |first=Noel}}</ref>


In ''[[The Guardian]]'', Dave Simpson called Waits's lyrics "as unpredictable and inspired as ever," while claiming his "songs hurtle past in waves of blistering energy and imagery."<ref name="TG"/> ''[[Rolling Stone]]'''s Will Hermes spoke highly of the album in a four out of five star review, saying that it was Waits's "most sharply focused record since the game-changing tag team ''[[Swordfishtrombones]]'' and ''[[Rain Dogs]]'' decades ago."<ref name="RS"/> In a review for ''[[Slant Magazine]]'', Jesse Cataldo stated that ''Bad as Me'' was "a self-affirming collection of the things Waits attempts to represent,"<ref name="SM">{{cite web |url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/tom-waits-bad-as-me/2660 |title=Tom Waits: Bad As Me |work=[[Slant Magazine]] |date=October 23, 2011 |accessdate=October 26, 2011 |last=Cataldo |first=Jesse}}</ref> and, in an equally positive appraisal, Dan Weiss of ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]'' said that the album "burns at fuse speed."<ref name="SPM"/> Likewise, Andrew Mueller of ''[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]'' concluded a glowing review by calling the album "the sound of a supremely confident artist convening a raucous celebration of his own myth, and is multifariously marvellous."<ref>{{cite journal |title=Tom Waits: Bad as Me |work=[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]] |issue=174 |date=November 2011 |last=Mueller |first=Andrew |page=78}}</ref>
In ''[[The Guardian]]'', Dave Simpson called Waits's lyrics "as unpredictable and inspired as ever", while claiming his "songs hurtle past in waves of blistering energy and imagery."<ref name="TG"/> ''[[Rolling Stone]]'''s Will Hermes spoke highly of the album in a four out of five star review, saying that it was Waits's "most sharply focused record since the game-changing tag team ''[[Swordfishtrombones]]'' and ''[[Rain Dogs]]'' decades ago."<ref name="RS"/> In a review for ''[[Slant Magazine]]'', Jesse Cataldo stated that ''Bad as Me'' was "a self-affirming collection of the things Waits attempts to represent,"<ref name="SM">{{cite web |url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/tom-waits-bad-as-me/2660 |title=Tom Waits: Bad As Me |work=[[Slant Magazine]] |date=October 23, 2011 |accessdate=October 26, 2011 |last=Cataldo |first=Jesse}}</ref> and, in an equally positive appraisal, Dan Weiss of ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]'' said that the album "burns at fuse speed."<ref name="SPM"/> Likewise, Andrew Mueller of ''[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]'' concluded a glowing review by calling the album "the sound of a supremely confident artist convening a raucous celebration of his own myth, and is multifariously marvellous."<ref>{{cite journal |title=Tom Waits: Bad as Me |journal=[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]] |issue=174 |date=November 2011 |last=Mueller |first=Andrew |page=78}}</ref>


''[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]]'' placed the album at number 9 on its list of "Top 50 albums of 2011"<ref>{{cite web | url=https://stereogum.com/894362/mojos-top-50-albums-of-2011/list/ | title=Mojo's Top 50 Albums Of 2011 | publisher=[[Stereogum]] | date=December 2, 2011 | accessdate=December 16, 2011}}</ref> while ''Uncut'' placed the album at number 13.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://stereogum.com/891311/uncuts-top-50-albums-of-2011/list|title=Uncut‘s Top 50 Albums Of 2011|date=29 November 2011|publisher=}}</ref>
''[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]]'' placed the album at number 9 on its list of "Top 50 albums of 2011"<ref>{{cite web | url=https://stereogum.com/894362/mojos-top-50-albums-of-2011/list/ | title=Mojo's Top 50 Albums Of 2011 | website=[[Stereogum]] | date=December 2, 2011 | accessdate=December 16, 2011}}</ref> while ''Uncut'' placed the album at number 13.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://stereogum.com/891311/uncuts-top-50-albums-of-2011/list|title=Uncut's Top 50 Albums Of 2011|date=29 November 2011|website=Stereogum}}</ref>


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
{{Track listing
{{Track listing
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|all_writing = [[Tom Waits]] and [[Kathleen Brennan]].
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|title6 = Pay Me
|title6 = Pay Me
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|length6 = 3:14
|title7 = [[Back in the Crowd]]
|title7 = [[Back in the Crowd]]
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|length7 = 2:49
|title8 = [[Bad as Me (song)|Bad as Me]]
|title8 = [[Bad as Me (song)|Bad as Me]]
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|title14 = She Stole the Blush
|title14 = She Stole the Blush
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==Personnel==
==Personnel==
;Musicians
'''Musicians'''
*[[Tom Waits]] – [[Singing|vocals]] <small>(tracks 1–13)</small>, [[guitar]] <small>(1–4, 6, 7, 9–11, 13)</small> [[piano]] <small>(1, 6, 8, 9)</small>, [[percussion]] <small>(1, 4, 5, 12)</small>, [[banjo]] <small>(1)</small>, [[tabla]]s <small>(2)</small>, [[pump organ]] <small>(11)</small>
*[[Tom Waits]] – vocals (tracks 1–13), guitar (1–4, 6, 7, 9–11, 13) piano (1, 6, 8, 9), percussion (1, 4, 5, 12), banjo (1), [[tabla]]s (2), [[pump organ]] (11)
*[[Marc Ribot]] – guitar <small>(1–8, 10–12)</small>
*[[Marc Ribot]] – guitar (1–8, 10–12)
*Clint Maedgen – [[saxophone]] <small>(1, 3, 4, 8, 10, 12, 13)</small>
*Clint Maedgen – saxophone (1, 3, 4, 8, 10, 12, 13)
*Casey Waits – [[Drum kit|drums]] <small>(1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 12)</small>
*Casey Waits – drums (1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 12)
* [[David Hidalgo]] – guitar <small>(3, 4, 6, 7, 12)</small>, [[violin]] <small>(6)</small>, percussion <small>(7)</small>, [[accordion]], [[Bass guitar|bass]], [[background vocals]] <small>(13)</small>
* [[David Hidalgo]] – guitar (3, 4, 6, 7, 12), violin (6), percussion (7), accordion, bass guitar, background vocals (13)
*Ben Jaffe – [[trombone]] <small>(1, 3, 4)</small>, [[bass clarinet]] <small>(1)</small>, [[tuba]] <small>(12, 13)</small>
*Ben Jaffe – trombone (1, 3, 4), [[bass clarinet]] (1), [[tuba]] (12, 13)
*[[Charlie Musselwhite]] – [[harmonica]] <small>(1, 2, 8, 10, 12)</small>
*[[Charlie Musselwhite]] – harmonica (1, 2, 8, 10, 12)
*[[Patrick Warren]] – [[Keyboard instrument|keyboards]] <small>(3–5, 10, 13)</small>
*[[Patrick Warren]] – keyboards (3–5, 10, 13)
*James Whiton – bass <small>(3, 5–7, 11)</small>
*James Whiton – bass (3, 5–7, 11)
*[[Keith Richards]] – guitar <small>(1, 10–12)</small>, vocals <small>(11)</small>
*[[Keith Richards]] – guitar (1, 10–12), vocals (11)
*[[Augie Meyers]] – vox organ <small>(2)</small>, piano <small>(3)</small>, accordion <small>(6)</small>
*[[Augie Meyers]] – vox organ (2), piano (3), accordion (6)
*[[Gino Robair]] – percussion <small>(3, 5, 10)</small>, [[vibraphone]] <small>(6)</small>
*[[Gino Robair]] – percussion (3, 5, 10), [[vibraphone]] (6)
*[[Larry Taylor]] – guitar <small>(1, 2)</small>, bass <small>(1, 4)</small>
*[[Larry Taylor]] – guitar (1, 2), bass (1, 4)
*Chris Grady – [[trumpet]] <small>(3, 12, 13)</small>
*Chris Grady – trumpet (3, 12, 13)
*[[Flea (musician)|Flea]] – bass <small>(2, 12)</small>
*[[Flea (musician)|Flea]] – bass (2, 12)
*[[Will Bernard]] – guitar <small>(6, 12)</small>
*[[Will Bernard]] – guitar (6, 12)
*Dawn Harms – violin <small>(5)</small>
*Dawn Harms – violin (5)
*Marcus Shelby – bass <small>(9)</small>
*[[Marcus Shelby]] – bass (9)
*[[Les Claypool]] – bass <small>(10)</small>
*[[Les Claypool]] – bass (10)
*Zack Sumner – bass <small>(13)</small>
*Zack Sumner – bass (13)


;Technical personnel
'''Technical personnel'''
*[[Tom Waits]] – [[Record producer|producer]]
*[[Tom Waits]] – [[Record producer|producer]]
*[[Kathleen Brennan]] – producer
*[[Kathleen Brennan]] – producer
*Julianne Deery – assistant producer
*Julianne Deery – assistant producer
*Karl Derfler – [[Audio engineering|engineer]], [[Audio mixing (recorded music)|mixing]]
*Karl Derfler – [[Audio engineer|engineer]], [[Audio mixing (recorded music)|mixing]]
*Zack Sumner – assistant engineer
*Zack Sumner – assistant engineer
*[[Bernie Grundman]] – [[Audio mastering|mastering]]
*[[Bernie Grundman]] – [[Audio mastering|mastering]]
*Trevor Hernandez – [[art direction]]
*Trevor Hernandez – [[art direction]]
**[[Jesse Dylan]] – [[photography]]
**[[Jesse Dylan]] – photography
**Tom Waits – additional photography
**Tom Waits – additional photography


==Chart positions==
==Charts==
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|[[ARIA Charts|Australian ARIA Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite web|title=australian-charts.com - Tom Waits - Bad As Me|url=http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Tom+Waits&titel=Bad+As+Me&cat=a|work=australian-charts.com|publisher=[[Hung Medien]]|accessdate=October 30, 2011}}</ref>
! scope="col"| Peak<br /> position
|align="center"|11
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{{album chart|Australia|11|artist=Tom Waits|album=Bad as Me|rowheader=true|accessdate=May 11, 2021}}
|[[Ö3 Austria Top 40|Austrian Top 40]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Tom Waits - Bad As Me - austriancharts.at|url=http://austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=Tom+Waits&titel=Bad+As+Me&cat=a|work=austriancharts.at|publisher=Hung Medien|accessdate=April 22, 2012}}</ref>
|align="center"|5
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{{album chart|Austria|5|artist=Tom Waits|album=Bad as Me|rowheader=true|accessdate=May 11, 2021}}
|[[Ultratop|Belgian Albums Chart (Vl)]]<ref name="be">{{cite web|title=ultratop.be - Tom Waits - Bad As Me|url=http://www.ultratop.be/nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Tom+Waits&titel=Bad+As+Me&cat=a|work=[[Ultratop]]|publisher=Hung Medien|accessdate=April 22, 2012}}</ref>
|align="center"|4
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{{album chart|Flanders|4|artist=Tom Waits|album=Bad as Me|rowheader=true|accessdate=May 11, 2021}}
|[[Ultratop|Belgian Albums Chart (Wa)]]<ref name="be" />
|align="center"|24
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{{album chart|Wallonia|24|artist=Tom Waits|album=Bad as Me|rowheader=true|accessdate=May 11, 2021}}
|[[Canadian Albums Chart]]<ref name="bb">{{cite web|title=Bad as Me [Bonus Track] - Tom Waits &#124; Billboard.com|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=tom waits|chart=all}}|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=April 22, 2012}}</ref>
|align="center"|6
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{{album chart|BillboardCanada|6|artist=Tom Waits|rowheader=true|accessdate=May 11, 2021}}
|[[Tracklisten|Danish Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite web|title=danishcharts.com - Tom Waits - Bad As Me|url=http://danishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Tom+Waits&titel=Bad+As+Me&cat=a|work=danishcharts.com|publisher=Hung Medien|accessdate=April 22, 2012}}</ref>
|align="center"|3
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{{album chart|Denmark|3|artist=Tom Waits|album=Bad as Me|rowheader=true|accessdate=May 11, 2021}}
|[[MegaCharts|Dutch Top 100]]<ref>{{cite web|title=dutchcharts.nl - Tom Waits - Bad As Me|url=http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Tom+Waits&titel=Bad+As+Me&cat=a|work=dutchcharts.nl|publisher=Hung Medien|accessdate=April 22, 2012}}</ref>
|align="center"|3
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{{album chart|Netherlands|3|artist=Tom Waits|album=Bad as Me|rowheader=true|accessdate=May 11, 2021}}
|[[The Official Finnish Charts|Finnish Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite web|title=finnishcharts.com - Tom Waits - Bad As Me|url=http://finnishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Tom+Waits&titel=Bad+As+Me&cat=a|work=finnishcharts.com|publisher=Hung Medien|accessdate=April 22, 2012}}</ref>
|align="center"|12
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{{album chart|Finland|12|artist=Tom Waits|album=Bad as Me|rowheader=true|accessdate=May 11, 2021}}
|[[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|French SNEP Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite web|title=lescharts.com - Tom Waits - Bad As Me|url=http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Tom+Waits&titel=Bad+As+Me&cat=a|work=lescharts.com|publisher=Hung Medien|accessdate=April 22, 2012}}</ref>
|align="center"|28
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{{album chart|France|28|artist=Tom Waits|album=Bad as Me|rowheader=true|accessdate=May 11, 2021}}
|[[Media Control Charts|German Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite web|title=charts.de|url=http://www.officialcharts.de/album.asp?artist=Tom+Waits&title=Bad+As+Me&cat=a&country=de|work=[[Media Control Charts]]|accessdate=April 22, 2012}}</ref>
|align="center"|7
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{{album chart|Germany4|7|id=177638|artist=Tom Waits|album=Bad as Me|rowheader=true|accessdate=May 11, 2021}}
|[[Irish Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite web|title=GFK Chart-Track|url=http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240002&arch=t&lyr=2011&year=2011&week=43|work=chart-track.co.uk|accessdate=April 22, 2012}}</ref>
|align="center"|5
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{{album chart|Ireland2|5|artist=Tom Waits|rowheader=true|accessdate=May 11, 2021}}
|[[Federation of the Italian Music Industry|Italian FIMI Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite web|title=italiancharts.com - Tom Waits - Bad As Me|url=http://italiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Tom+Waits&titel=Bad+As+Me&cat=a|work=italiancharts.com|publisher=Hung Medien|accessdate=April 22, 2012}}</ref>
|align="center"|7
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{{album chart|Italy|7|artist=Tom Waits|album=Bad as Me|rowheader=true|accessdate=May 11, 2021}}
|[[Recording Industry Association of New Zealand|New Zealand RIANZ Top 40]]<ref>{{cite web|title=charts.nz - Tom Waits - Bad As Me|url=https://charts.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Tom+Waits&titel=Bad+As+Me&cat=a|work=charts.nz|publisher=Hung Medien|accessdate=April 22, 2012}}</ref>
|align="center"|14
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{{album chart|New Zealand|14|artist=Tom Waits|album=Bad as Me|rowheader=true|accessdate=May 11, 2021}}
|[[VG-lista|Norwegian Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite web|title=norwegiancharts.com - Tom Waits - Bad As Me|url=http://norwegiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Tom+Waits&titel=Bad+As+Me&cat=a|work=norwegiancharts.com|publisher=Hung Medien|accessdate=April 22, 2012}}</ref>
|align="center"|1
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{{album chart|Norway|1|artist=Tom Waits|album=Bad as Me|rowheader=true|accessdate=May 11, 2021}}
|[[Polish Music Charts|Polish Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Oficjalna lista sprzedaży :: OLiS - Official Retail Sales Chart|url=http://olis.onyx.pl/listy/index.asp?idlisty=700&lang=en|work=[[OLiS]]|publisher=[[Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry]]|date=November 7, 2011|accessdate=November 12, 2011}}</ref>
|align="center"|11
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|[[Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa|Portuguese Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite web|title=portuguesecharts.com - Tom Waits - Bad As Me|url=http://portuguesecharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Tom+Waits&titel=Bad+As+Me&cat=a|work=portuguesecharts.com|publisher=Hung Medien|accessdate=April 22, 2012}}</ref>
! scope="row"| Polish Albums ([[ZPAV]])<ref>{{cite web|title=Oficjalna lista sprzedaży :: OLiS - Official Retail Sales Chart|url=http://olis.onyx.pl/listy/index.asp?idlisty=700&lang=en|work=[[OLiS]]|publisher=[[Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry]]|date=November 7, 2011|accessdate=November 12, 2011}}</ref>
| 11
|align="center"|6
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{{album chart|Portugal|6|artist=Tom Waits|album=Bad as Me|rowheader=true|accessdate=May 11, 2021}}
|[[Productores de Música de España|Spanish Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Top 100 Albumes - Semana 43: del 24.10.2011 al 30.10.2011 |url=http://www.promusicae.org/files/listassemanales/albumes/historial/TOP%20100%20ALBUMES%2011_43.pdf |publisher=Promusicae |date=October 30, 2011 |accessdate=November 10, 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425083325/http://www.promusicae.org/files/listassemanales/albumes/historial/TOP%20100%20ALBUMES%2011_43.pdf |archivedate=April 25, 2012 }}</ref>
|align="center"|9
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{{album chart|Scotland|8|date=20111030|rowheader=true|accessdate=May 11, 2021}}
|[[Sverigetopplistan|Swedish Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite web|title=swedishcharts.com - Tom Waits - Bad As Me|url=http://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Tom+Waits&titel=Bad+As+Me&cat=a|work=swedishcharts.com|publisher=Hung Medien|accessdate=April 22, 2012}}</ref>
|align="center"|4
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{{album chart|Spain|9|artist=Tom Waits|album=Bad as Me|rowheader=true|accessdate=May 11, 2021}}
|[[Swiss Music Charts|Swiss Hitparade Chart]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Tom Waits - Bad As Me|url=http://hitparade.ch/showitem.asp?interpret=Tom+Waits&titel=Bad+As+Me&cat=a|work=[[Swiss Music Charts|Hitparade]]|publisher=Hung Medien|accessdate=April 22, 2012}}</ref>
|align="center"|3
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{{album chart|Sweden|4|artist=Tom Waits|album=Bad as Me|rowheader=true|accessdate=May 11, 2021}}
|[[UK Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Tom Waits &#124; Artist &#124; Official Charts|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/tom%20waits#albums|work=[[UK Albums Chart]]|accessdate=April 22, 2012}}</ref>
|align="center"|10
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{{album chart|Switzerland|3|artist=Tom Waits|album=Bad as Me|rowheader=true|accessdate=May 11, 2021}}
|[[Billboard 200|US ''Billboard'' 200]]<ref name="bb" />
|align="center"|6
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{{album chart|UK2|10|date=20111030|rowheader=true|accessdate=May 11, 2021}}
|[[Billboard charts#Albums|US ''Billboard'' Digital Albums]]<ref name="bb" />
|align="center"|5
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{{album chart|Billboard200|6|artist=Tom Waits|rowheader=true|accessdate=May 11, 2021}}
|[[Independent Albums|US ''Billboard'' Independent Albums]]<ref name="bb" />
|align="center"|1
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{{album chart|BillboardDigital|5|artist=Tom Waits|rowheader=true|accessdate=May 11, 2021}}
|[[Billboard charts#Albums|US ''Billboard'' Rock Albums]]<ref name="bb" />
|align="center"|2
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{{album chart|BillboardIndependent|1|artist=Tom Waits|rowheader=true|accessdate=May 11, 2021}}
|[[Billboard charts#Albums|US ''Billboard'' Tastemaker Albums]]<ref name="bb" />
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|align="center"|1
{{album chart|BillboardRock|2|artist=Tom Waits|rowheader=true|accessdate=May 11, 2021}}
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{{album chart|BillboardTastemaker|1|artist=Tom Waits|rowheader=true|accessdate=May 11, 2021}}
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! scope="col"| Position
|-
! scope="row"| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=2011&cat=a|title=Jaaroverzichten 2011|publisher=Ultratop|accessdate=May 11, 2021}}</ref>
| 99
|-
! scope="row"| Danish Albums (Hitlisten)<ref>{{cite web|title=Hitlisten.NU |url=http://www.hitlisterne.dk/yearlist2011.asp?list=Album%20100 |work=[[Hitlisten]] |publisher=[[IFPI Danmark]] |accessdate=January 23, 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120609045421/http://www.hitlisterne.dk/yearlist2011.asp?list=Album%20100 |archivedate=June 9, 2012 }}</ref>
| 67
|-
! scope="row"| Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=2011&cat=a|title=Jaaroverzichten – Album 2011|website=dutchcharts.nl|accessdate=May 11, 2021}}</ref>
| 58
|-
! scope="row"| Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/83?dspy=2011&dspp=1|title=Årslista Album – År 2011|publisher=Sverigetopplistan|language=sv|accessdate=May 11, 2021}}</ref>
| 63
|-
! scope="row"| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hitparade.ch/charts/jahreshitparade/2011/alben|title=Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2011|website=hitparade.ch|accessdate=May 11, 2021}}</ref>
| 84
|-
! scope="row"| US Top Rock Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2011/top-rock-albums|title=Top Rock Albums – Year-End 2011|work=Billboard|accessdate=May 11, 2021}}</ref>
| 64
|}


===Singles===
===Singles===
{|class="wikitable"
{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
|-
!rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2"| Year
! style="width:160px;" rowspan="2"| Single
! style="width:160px;" rowspan="2"| Single
!colspan="3"| Peak positions
! colspan="3"| Peak positions
|-
|-
!style="width:3em;font-size:75%"| [[Ultratop|BE (Vl)]]<br /><ref>{{cite web|title=ultratop.be - Tom Waits - Back In The Crowd |url=http://www.ultratop.be/nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Tom+Waits&titel=Back+In+The+Crowd&cat=s |work=Ultratop |publisher=Hung Medien |accessdate=April 22, 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111216040016/http://www.ultratop.be/nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Tom+Waits&titel=Back+In+The+Crowd&cat=s |archivedate=December 16, 2011 }}</ref>
!style="width:3em;font-size:85%"| [[Ultratop|BEL<br />(FL)]]<br /><ref>{{cite web|title=ultratop.be - Tom Waits - Back In The Crowd |url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/song/dd905/Tom-Waits-Back-In-The-Crowd |work=Ultratop |publisher=Hung Medien |accessdate=April 22, 2012 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111216040016/http://www.ultratop.be/nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Tom+Waits&titel=Back+In+The+Crowd&cat=s |archivedate=December 16, 2011 }}</ref>
!style="width:3em;font-size:75%"| [[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|FR]]<br /><ref>{{cite web|title=lescharts.com - Tom Waits - Bad As Me|url=http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Tom+Waits&titel=Bad+As+Me&cat=s|work=lescharts.com|publisher=Hung Medien|accessdate=April 22, 2012}}</ref>
!style="width:3em;font-size:85%"| [[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|FRA]]<br /><ref>{{cite web|title=lescharts.com - Tom Waits - Bad As Me|url=http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Tom+Waits&titel=Bad+As+Me&cat=s|work=lescharts.com|publisher=Hung Medien|accessdate=April 22, 2012}}</ref>
!style="width:3em;font-size:75%"| [[UK Indie Chart|UK Ind]]<br /><ref>{{cite web|title=2011-09-03 Top 40 Independent Singles Archive &#124; Official Charts|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/archive-chart/_/12/2011-09-03/|work=[[UK Indie Chart]]|accessdate=April 22, 2012}}</ref>
!style="width:3em;font-size:85%"| [[UK Indie Chart|UK Ind.]]<br /><ref>{{cite web|title=2011-09-03 Top 40 Independent Singles Archive &#124; Official Charts|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/independent-singles-chart/20110828/130/|work=[[Official Charts Company]]|accessdate=April 22, 2012}}</ref>
|-
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2011
| rowspan="2"| 2011
| "[[Bad as Me (song)|Bad as Me]]"
! scope="row"| "[[Bad as Me (song)|Bad as Me]]"
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| 50
|align="center"| 50
|align="center"| 36
|align="center"| 36
|-
|-
| "Back in the Crowd"
! scope="row"| "Back in the Crowd"
|align="center"| 73
|align="center"| 73
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| —
|}

===Year-end charts===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="text-align:center;" border="1"
|-
!scope="col"| Chart (2011)
!scope="col"| Position
|-
|align="left"|[[Hitlisten|Danish Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Hitlisten.NU |url=http://www.hitlisterne.dk/yearlist2011.asp?list=Album%20100 |work=[[Hitlisten]] |publisher=[[IFPI Danmark]] |accessdate=January 23, 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/64uMyOSLI?url=http://www.hitlisterne.dk/yearlist2011.asp?list=Album%20100 |archivedate=January 23, 2012 }}</ref>
|align="center"| 67
|-
|[[Swiss Music Charts|Swiss Hitparade Chart]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2011 - hitparade.ch|url=http://hitparade.ch/year.asp?key=2011|work=Hitparade|publisher=Hung Medien}}</ref>
|align="center"| 84
|}
|}


{{col-end}}
{{col-end}}


Tom Waits netted his first top 10 album-and highest-charting album ever-when his 17th studio album, Bad As Me, bowed at No. 6 on the Billboard 200. The album, his first set of new studio recordings since 2004's Real Gone, also scored his best sales week since SoundScan launched in 1991. Bad As Me peaked at No. 2 on Top Rock Albums and has sold 190,000 copies. <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/1483774/2013-grammy-awards-rock-alternative-metal-nominations|title=2013 Grammy Awards: Rock, Alternative & Metal Nominations|publisher=}}</ref> As of January 2012 UK sales stand at 40,305 copies according to The Guardian. <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2012/jan/16/indie-rock-slow-painful-death|title=Indie rock's slow and painful death|first=Dorian|last=Lynskey|date=16 January 2012|publisher=|via=www.theguardian.com}}</ref> In 2012 it was awarded a diamond certification from the [[Independent Music Companies Association]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.impalamusic.org/node/163|title=13/12/12: More Independent Artists Take European Gold, Silver and Platinum Awards Than Ever Before - Impala|website=www.impalamusic.org}}</ref> which indicated sales of at least 200,000 copies throughout Europe.
''Bad as Me'' earned Waits his best sales week since [[Nielsen SoundScan]] launched in 1991, entering at number six on the ''Billboard'' 200 and number two on the Top Rock Albums chart; by 2013 it had sold 190,000 copies.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/1483774/2013-grammy-awards-rock-alternative-metal-nominations|title=2013 Grammy Awards: Rock, Alternative & Metal Nominations|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=December 21, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140104075746/https://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/1483774/2013-grammy-awards-rock-alternative-metal-nominations|archive-date=January 4, 2014|accessdate=July 31, 2020}}</ref> As of January 2012, UK sales stand at 40,305 copies according to ''The Guardian''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2012/jan/16/indie-rock-slow-painful-death|title=Indie rock's slow and painful death|first=Dorian|last=Lynskey|date=16 January 2012|work=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref> In 2012, it was awarded a diamond certification from the [[Independent Music Companies Association]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.impalamusic.org/node/163|title=13/12/12: More Independent Artists Take European Gold, Silver and Platinum Awards Than Ever Before - Impala|website=impalamusic.org|access-date=2017-09-11|archive-date=2018-07-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180718084112/http://www.impalamusic.org/node/163|url-status=dead}}</ref> this indicated sales of at least 200,000 copies throughout Europe.


==Release history==
==Release history==
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
|-
! scope="col" | Region
! scope="col"| Region
! scope="col" | Date
! scope="col"| Date
! scope="col" | Format
! scope="col"| Format
! scope="col" | Label
! scope="col"| Label
|-
|-
| Germany<ref>{{cite web|title=Bad As Me (Deluxe Edition) von Tom Waits - Bad As Me (Deluxe Edition) bei iTunes vorbestellen|url=https://itunes.apple.com/de/preorder/bad-as-me-deluxe-version/id458386332|work=[[iTunes Store]]}}</ref>
! scope="row"| Germany<ref>{{cite web|title=Bad As Me (Deluxe Edition) von Tom Waits - Bad As Me (Deluxe Edition) bei iTunes vorbestellen|url=https://itunes.apple.com/de/preorder/bad-as-me-deluxe-version/id458386332|work=[[iTunes Store]]}}</ref>
| rowspan="2" | October 21, 2011
| rowspan="2"| October 21, 2011
| rowspan="7" | [[Music download|Digital download]]
| rowspan="7"| [[Music download|Digital download]]
| rowspan="7" | [[ANTI-]]
| rowspan="7"| [[Anti- (record label)|Anti-]]
|-
|-
| Ireland<ref>{{cite web|title=Bad As Me (Deluxe Edition) by Tom Waits - Preorder Bad As Me (Deluxe Edition) on iTunes|url=https://itunes.apple.com/ie/preorder/bad-as-me-deluxe-version/id458386332|work=iTunes Store}}</ref>
! scope="row"| Ireland<ref>{{cite web|title=Bad As Me (Deluxe Edition) by Tom Waits - Preorder Bad As Me (Deluxe Edition) on iTunes|url=https://itunes.apple.com/ie/preorder/bad-as-me-deluxe-version/id458386332|work=iTunes Store}}</ref>
|-
|-
| France<ref>{{cite web|title=Bad As Me (Deluxe Edition) de Tom Waits - Pré-commander Bad As Me (Deluxe Edition) sur iTunes|url=https://itunes.apple.com/fr/preorder/bad-as-me-deluxe-version/id458386332|work=iTunes Store}}</ref>
! scope="row"| France<ref>{{cite web|title=Bad As Me (Deluxe Edition) de Tom Waits - Pré-commander Bad As Me (Deluxe Edition) sur iTunes|url=https://itunes.apple.com/fr/preorder/bad-as-me-deluxe-version/id458386332|work=iTunes Store}}</ref>
| rowspan="3" | October 24, 2011
| rowspan="3"| October 24, 2011
|-
|-
| Spain<ref>{{cite web|title=Bad As Me (Deluxe Edition) de Tom Waits - Pide por anticipido Bad As Me (Deluxe Edition) en iTunes|url=https://itunes.apple.com/es/preorder/bad-as-me-deluxe-version/id458386332|work=iTunes Store}}</ref>
! scope="row"| Spain<ref>{{cite web|title=Bad As Me (Deluxe Edition) de Tom Waits - Pide por anticipido Bad As Me (Deluxe Edition) en iTunes|url=https://itunes.apple.com/es/preorder/bad-as-me-deluxe-version/id458386332|work=iTunes Store}}</ref>
|-
|-
| United Kingdom<ref>{{cite web|title=Bad As Me (Deluxe Edition) by Tom Waits - Preorder Bad As Me (Deluxe Edition) on iTunes|url=https://itunes.apple.com/gb/preorder/bad-as-me-deluxe-version/id458386332|work=iTunes Store}}</ref>
! scope="row"| United Kingdom<ref>{{cite web|title=Bad As Me (Deluxe Edition) by Tom Waits - Preorder Bad As Me (Deluxe Edition) on iTunes|url=https://itunes.apple.com/gb/preorder/bad-as-me-deluxe-version/id458386332|work=iTunes Store}}</ref>
|-
|-
| Canada<ref>{{cite web|title=Bad As Me (Deluxe Edition) by Tom Waits - Preorder Bad As Me (Deluxe Edition) on iTunes|url=https://itunes.apple.com/ca/preorder/bad-as-me-deluxe-version/id458386332|work=iTunes Store}}</ref>
! scope="row"| Canada<ref>{{cite web|title=Bad As Me (Deluxe Edition) by Tom Waits - Preorder Bad As Me (Deluxe Edition) on iTunes|url=https://itunes.apple.com/ca/preorder/bad-as-me-deluxe-version/id458386332|work=iTunes Store}}</ref>
| rowspan="2" | October 25, 2011
| rowspan="2" | October 25, 2011
|-
|-
| United States<ref>{{cite web|title=Bad As Me (Deluxe Edition) by Tom Waits - Preorder Bad As Me (Deluxe Edition) on iTunes|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/preorder/bad-as-me-deluxe-version/id458386332|work=iTunes Store}}</ref>
! scope="row"| United States<ref>{{cite web|title=Bad As Me (Deluxe Edition) by Tom Waits - Preorder Bad As Me (Deluxe Edition) on iTunes|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/preorder/bad-as-me-deluxe-version/id458386332|work=iTunes Store}}</ref>
|}
|}


==References==
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Latest revision as of 14:33, 3 December 2024

This article is about the album. For the title song, see Bad as Me (song).
Bad as Me
Studio album by
Tom Waits
ReleasedOctober 21, 2011
RecordedFebruary–July, 2011
Genre
Length44:44
LabelAnti-
ProducerTom Waits, Kathleen Brennan
Tom Waits chronology
Glitter and Doom Live
(2008) 		Bad as Me
(2011)
Singles from Bad as Me
  1. "Bad as Me"
    Released: August 23, 2011
  2. "Back in the Crowd"
    Released: September 27, 2011

Bad as Me is the seventeenth studio album by American singer-songwriter Tom Waits, released on October 21, 2011, by Anti- Records.[2] The album is known to have been recorded as early as February 2011[3] and was officially announced for release on August 23, 2011, on Waits' official web site[4] and various social media networks. On the same day, the title track, "Bad as Me", was released as the album's first single on iTunes.[5]

The album is Waits' first album consisting completely of new material in seven years since Real Gone (2004). Waits' label, Anti-, had recently agreed on a distribution deal with Warner Music Group allowing them to release the album internationally. This marks Waits' first release through the Warner organization since Heartattack and Vine (1980). Upon its release, Bad as Me received widespread critical acclaim.[6] The album was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album.[7]

Upon release, Bad as Me became Waits' first top 10 album in the US, peaking at number 6.[8]

Release

[edit]

On August 16, 2011, amid the rise of many rumours concerning Bad as Me, Waits announced on his official web site and through various social media outlets[9][10] that he would "set the rumors straight" on August 23. On this date, the title track was released as a digital single through iTunes,[5] a video with previews of the album was released on YouTube,[11][12] and was followed by a press release on his site and Anti-'s blog, which read:

Bad As Me is Tom Waits' first studio album of all new music in seven years. This pivotal work refines the music that has come before and signals a new direction. Waits, in possibly the finest voice of his career, worked with a veteran team of gifted musicians and longtime co-writer/producer Kathleen Brennan. From the opening horn-fueled chug of "Chicago," to the closing barroom chorale of "New Year's Eve," Bad As Me displays the full career range of Waits' songwriting, from beautiful ballads like "Last Leaf," to the avant cinematic soundscape of "Hell Broke Luce," a battlefront dispatch. On tracks like "Talking at the Same Time," Waits shows off a supple falsetto, while on blues burners like "Raised Right Men" and the gospel tinged "Satisfied" he spits, stutters and howls. Like a good boxer, these songs are lean and mean, with strong hooks and tight running times. A pervasive sense of players delighting in each other's musical company brings a feeling of loose joy even to the album's saddest songs.[4]

The album was made available to stream on October 17, 2011[13] and released digitally on iTunes on October 21,[14] where it was previously available for pre-order. Domestic versions of the album were released worldwide on October 24, 2011[2] in three formats: a digipak CD version with a 32-page booklet and free digital download in FLAC, AAC, or MP3; a deluxe edition two-CD version with 40-page booklet and free digital download; and a 180 gram LP and CD with a lyric sheet and free digital download.[15] In an interview regarding Bad as Me, Waits confirmed the influence of Captain Beefheart, who had died earlier the same year.[16]

Reception

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Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?8.5/10[17]
Metacritic88/100[6]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[18]
The Daily Telegraph[19]
Entertainment WeeklyA−[20]
The Guardian[1]
The Independent[21]
MSN Music (Expert Witness)A−[22]
NME6/10[23]
Pitchfork8.1/10[24]
Rolling Stone[25]
Spin8/10[26]

Bad as Me was released to widespread critical acclaim. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 88, based on 40 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".[6] AllMusic's Thom Jurek said that "Bad as Me is an aural portrait of all the places he's traveled as a recording artist, which is, in and of itself, illuminating and thoroughly enjoyable," awarding the album four out of five stars.[18] Amanda Petrusich of Pitchfork noted that the album's "tracks are concise and expertly edited", adding that "Bad as Me feels as new as it does ancient."[24] In a five-star review, Helen Brown of The Daily Telegraph praised the album's "rattling bawlers", adding that each were "distinctively turbocharged with reckless and richly textured energy," while also mentioning that the "ballads run poignantly on their rims, leaking emotion."[19] Michael Wheeler, in his 9/10 review for Drowned in Sound, praised its "exhilarating, terrifying, heartbreaking, tear jerking, bone-rattling style,"[27] Andy Gill in The Independent praised the album for containing "no filler at all" and gave it top marks,[21] while Noel Murray of The A.V. Club called it "Waits' embrace of a legacy that now includes enshrinement in the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame," concluding that "for longtime fans it's a fun reminder of Waits' ability to be a badass when necessary".[28]

In The Guardian, Dave Simpson called Waits's lyrics "as unpredictable and inspired as ever", while claiming his "songs hurtle past in waves of blistering energy and imagery."[1] Rolling Stone's Will Hermes spoke highly of the album in a four out of five star review, saying that it was Waits's "most sharply focused record since the game-changing tag team Swordfishtrombones and Rain Dogs decades ago."[25] In a review for Slant Magazine, Jesse Cataldo stated that Bad as Me was "a self-affirming collection of the things Waits attempts to represent,"[29] and, in an equally positive appraisal, Dan Weiss of Spin said that the album "burns at fuse speed."[26] Likewise, Andrew Mueller of Uncut concluded a glowing review by calling the album "the sound of a supremely confident artist convening a raucous celebration of his own myth, and is multifariously marvellous."[30]

Mojo placed the album at number 9 on its list of "Top 50 albums of 2011"[31] while Uncut placed the album at number 13.[32]

Track listing

[edit]

All tracks are written by Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan.

No.TitleLength
1."Chicago"2:15
2."Raised Right Men"3:24
3."Talking at the Same Time"4:14
4."Get Lost"2:42
5."Face to the Highway"3:43
6."Pay Me"3:14
7."Back in the Crowd"2:49
8."Bad as Me"3:10
9."Kiss Me"3:41
10."Satisfied"4:05
11."Last Leaf"2:56
12."Hell Broke Luce"3:57
13."New Year's Eve"4:32
Total length:44:44
Deluxe edition[15] and pre-order[14] bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
14."She Stole the Blush"2:50
15."Tell Me"3:43
16."After You Die"2:47

Personnel

[edit]

Musicians

  • Tom Waits – vocals (tracks 1–13), guitar (1–4, 6, 7, 9–11, 13) piano (1, 6, 8, 9), percussion (1, 4, 5, 12), banjo (1), tablas (2), pump organ (11)
  • Marc Ribot – guitar (1–8, 10–12)
  • Clint Maedgen – saxophone (1, 3, 4, 8, 10, 12, 13)
  • Casey Waits – drums (1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 12)
  • David Hidalgo – guitar (3, 4, 6, 7, 12), violin (6), percussion (7), accordion, bass guitar, background vocals (13)
  • Ben Jaffe – trombone (1, 3, 4), bass clarinet (1), tuba (12, 13)
  • Charlie Musselwhite – harmonica (1, 2, 8, 10, 12)
  • Patrick Warren – keyboards (3–5, 10, 13)
  • James Whiton – bass (3, 5–7, 11)
  • Keith Richards – guitar (1, 10–12), vocals (11)
  • Augie Meyers – vox organ (2), piano (3), accordion (6)
  • Gino Robair – percussion (3, 5, 10), vibraphone (6)
  • Larry Taylor – guitar (1, 2), bass (1, 4)
  • Chris Grady – trumpet (3, 12, 13)
  • Flea – bass (2, 12)
  • Will Bernard – guitar (6, 12)
  • Dawn Harms – violin (5)
  • Marcus Shelby – bass (9)
  • Les Claypool – bass (10)
  • Zack Sumner – bass (13)

Technical personnel

Charts

[edit]

Bad as Me earned Waits his best sales week since Nielsen SoundScan launched in 1991, entering at number six on the Billboard 200 and number two on the Top Rock Albums chart; by 2013 it had sold 190,000 copies.[68] As of January 2012, UK sales stand at 40,305 copies according to The Guardian.[69] In 2012, it was awarded a diamond certification from the Independent Music Companies Association,[70] this indicated sales of at least 200,000 copies throughout Europe.

Release history

[edit]
Region Date Format Label
Germany[71] October 21, 2011 Digital download Anti-
Ireland[72]
France[73] October 24, 2011
Spain[74]
United Kingdom[75]
Canada[76] October 25, 2011
United States[77]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Simpson, Dave (October 20, 2011). "Tom Waits: Bad As Me – review". The Guardian. Retrieved October 26, 2011.
  2. ^ a b "Tom Waits Private Listening Party!". Anti-. August 23, 2011. Archived from the original on October 4, 2011. Retrieved August 23, 2011.
  3. ^ "Tom Waits | News | Tom Waits". TomWaits.com. February 24, 2011. Archived from the original on July 17, 2011. Retrieved August 23, 2011.
  4. ^ a b "Tom Waits | News | Tom Waits' Private Listening Party". TomWaits.com. August 23, 2011. Retrieved August 23, 2011.
  5. ^ a b "Bad As Me - Single by Tom Waits - Download Bad As Me - Single on iTunes". iTunes Store. August 23, 2011. Retrieved August 23, 2011.
  6. ^ a b c "Reviews for Bad as Me by Tom Waits". Metacritic. Retrieved October 26, 2011.
  7. ^ Eggertsen, Chris; Ellwood, Gregory; Hasty, Katie (February 10, 2013). "55th Grammy Awards – winners and nominees". HitFix. Retrieved February 21, 2017.
  8. ^ "Tom Waits". Billboard Database. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
  9. ^ "There have been..." Facebook. August 16, 2011. Retrieved August 23, 2011.
  10. ^ "Twitter / @tomwaits: There have been rumblings..." August 16, 2011. Retrieved August 23, 2011 – via Twitter.
  11. ^ "Tom Waits' Private Listening Party". YouTube. August 22, 2011. Retrieved August 23, 2011.
  12. ^ Spielberg, Theo (August 23, 2011). "Tom Waits Announces 'Bad as Me' Album, Releases Title Track as Single - Spinner". Spinner. Retrieved August 23, 2011.
  13. ^ Pelly, Jenn (October 17, 2011). "Stream the New Tom Waits Album - Pitchfork". Pitchfork. Retrieved October 24, 2011.
  14. ^ a b "Bad as Me (Deluxe Edition) by Tom Waits - Preorder Bad as Me (Deluxe Edition) on iTunes". iTunes Store. August 23, 2011. Retrieved August 24, 2011.
  15. ^ a b "Featured Items - The Official Tom Waits Online Store :: powered by Kings Road Merch". Kings Road Merch. 2011. Retrieved August 23, 2011.
  16. ^ Randall Roberts Personal playlist: Tom Waits recalls Captain Beefheart, the late Don Van Vliet Pop & Hiss The L.A. Times Musical Blog, October 17, 2011
  17. ^ "Bad As Me by Tom Waits reviews". AnyDecentMusic?. Retrieved December 25, 2019.
  18. ^ a b Jurek, Thom. "Bad as Me – Tom Waits". AllMusic. Retrieved October 26, 2011.
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