I always especially liked his paranoid spoken-word "What's He Building in There?" Tom Waits has found his voice, and if his entire repertoire, his entire history were to disappear from the Earth tomorrow, Mule Variations by itself would be enough to justify his place in music history. "flex";b.style["justify-content"]="center";b.style["font-family"]="Roboto, Arial";c=H(a);c.style.width=G(80,85).toString()+"%";c.style.maxWidth=G(750,775).toString()+"px";c.style.margin="24px";c.style.display="flex";c.style["align-items"]="flex-start";c.style["justify-content"]="center";d=A(a.f.a,"IMG");d.className=z();d.src=ba;d.style.height="24px";d.style.width="24px";d.style["padding-right"]="16px";var e=H(a),f=H(a);f.style["font-weight"]="bold";f.textContent=ca;var k=H(a);k.textContent=da;J(a, $('#hidebox').hide(); Released 27 April 1999 on Anti- (catalog no. $('#leftColumn').height($('#rightColumn').height()-250); How does Amazon calculate star ratings? window.location = "https://sputnikmusic.com"; Reviewed in the United States on November 5, 1999. waits' finally does it on this recording! Great review, you've really convinced me this is worth it. Disappointed. Moscow Mule Recipes 1. text-align: right; { 4-5 oz. They were nick-named the Mule Variations, and the name stuck. Recent Fan of Tom...I Listen To This One the MOST! $(document).ready(function() { $('#slidebox').hide(); 86547-2; CD). response( data ); node.parentNode.insertBefore(gads, node); { }); ");};var X=function(a){O(this,a)};u(X,M);var Y=function(a){this.h=window;this.a=a;this.b=Q(this.a,1);this.f=R(this.a,T,2);this.g=R(this.a,U,3);this.c=!1};Y.prototype.start=function(){ma();var a=new ja(this.h.document,this.g);la(this.b,a);na(this)}; googletag.cmd = googletag.cmd || []; pubID: 'd4f82215-a9c4-4e2b-a09d-1713dd02f7a4', //enter your pub ID here as shown above, it must within quotes this album represents some of Tom Waits' most adventurous music (and that's saying something) and my favorite album. apstag.fetchBids({ :active { Text-Decoration : None; color: #333; } ","-_"],e=0;5>e;e++){var f=c.concat(d[e].split(""));K[e]=f;for(var k=0;k>2;n=(n& Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. } $(document).ready(function(){ window.__d3lUW8vwsKlB__("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"); The coffee guy was belting out "Cold Water" from behind the counter. For the story on Mule Variations , just don't do anything crazy like minimizing the window or suddenly going blind. }, function(bids) { padding:20px; Mule Variations, in contrast, is a collection of moments, and while each of those moments is very good (some even bordering on excellent), ultimately the whole doesn't equal the sum of its parts. }); source: function( request, response ) { return; googletag.enableServices(); Genres: Singer/Songwriter, Blues Rock. So that's what I'm doing. #slideshow #controls { I'm totally loving Tom's skills in writing the most interesting material I've heard in a long time. height: 220px; I first considered buying this album after hearing Beth perform Hold On in an episode of The Walking Dead this season. var googletag = googletag || {}; Then we veer into the experimental - still hints of his old self - but here he shows genuine musical genius but maybe a bit less heart, but still more than enough to get by. gads.type = 'text/javascript'; response( cache[ term ] );