Record Review part I: Blood Money- Tom Waits

This is the first in a series of album reviews that I will be doing whenever I get a new album. The first in this series will be Blood Money by Tom Waits. It was released in 2002 by Anti records.

This album is definitely not comparable Rain Dogs; it lacks what I expect from a Tom Waits album. I expect it to paint pictures of Gothic Americana using music, lyrics, and poetry inspired by Beat Poets (i.e. Allen Ginsberg, William S. Burroughs, Charles Bukowski, &c.) and maybe the occasional love song. But if you measure this album against that template, it doesn't fit very well. It's mostly songs showing a generally grim outlook on the world, and a few love songs. But if you consider the album by itself and don't compare it to his others, it's pretty decent, it's still got the classic Tom Waits sound.

Overall Rating: 3\5