Alice (album)

Infobox Album | Name = Alice
Type = Album
Artist = Tom Waits


Released = May 4, 2002
Recorded = ???
Genre = Rock
Length = 48:23
Label = ANTI-
Epitaph
Producer = Kathleen Brennan
Tom Waits
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=A2hq2g4fptv3z link]
*"The A.V. Club" (Favourable) [http://avclub.com/content/node/13355 link]
*Pitchfork Media (9.0/10) [http://pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/23067/Tom_Waits_Alice_and_Blood_Money 5/14/2002]
*Robert Christgau (*) [http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=Tom+Waits link]
*Music Emissions Rating|4|5 [http://www.musicemissions.com/artists/albums/index.php?album_id=782 link]
* Rolling Stone Rating|4|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/tomwaits/albums/album/114401/review/5943251/alice link] | Last album = "Blood Money"
(2002)
This album = "Alice"
(2002) | Next album = "Real Gone"
(2004) |

"Alice" is an album by Tom Waits, released in 2002 on Epitaph Records (under the "Anti" sub-label). The album contains the majority of songs written for the play "Alice", based on the story "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll. The adaptation was directed by Robert Wilson, whom Waits had previously worked with on the play "The Black Rider", and originally set up at the Thalia Theatre in Hamburg in 1992. The play has since been done on various theatres around the world.

The songs had been unofficially released on a bootleg called The Alice Demos many years before this official release. The source of the bootleg release is supposed to be from studio recordings made for the cast of the play, and was taken when Waits' car was broken into in late 1992 (as confirmed by Waits in interviews [http://www.avclub.com/content/node/22649] ). Several different versions of the bootleg album were in circulation before the release of the official version.

This album was co-released with another Waits album, "Blood Money", containing songs from a play adapted by Robert Wilson from Georg Büchner's "Woyzeck".

In 2002 this album was ranked #1 in Metacritic's Top 30 albums of the year [http://www.metacritic.com/music/bests/2002.shtml] .

The Edward of "Poor Edward" is Edward Mordrake.

Track listing

All tracks written by Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan.
# "Alice" – 4:28
#*Tom Waits - Vocal, Piano
#*Eric Perney - Bass
#*Colin Stetson - Sax
#*Gino Robair - Drums
#*Ara Anderson - Muted Trumpet
# "Everything You Can Think" – 3:10
#*Tom Waits - Vocal, Mellotron, Chamberlain Vibes, Pod
#*Larry Taylor - Bass, Electric Guitar
#*Matt Brubeck - Cello
#*Bent Clausen - Swiss Hand Bells
#*Bebe Risenfors - Stroh Violin
#*Nik Phelps - French Horn, Trumpet
# "Flower's Grave" – 3:28
#*Tom Waits - Vocal, Piano, Pump Organ
#*Larry Taylor - Bass
#*Matt Brubeck - Cello
#*Dawn Harms - Violin
#*Bebe Risenfors - Alto Viola, Clarinet
# "No One Knows I'm Gone" – 1:42
#*Tom Waits - Vocal, Pump Organ
#*Larry Taylor - Bass
#*Matt Brubeck - Cello
#*Dawn Harms - Stroh Violin, Violin
#*Bebe Risenfors - Alto Viola
# "Kommienezuspadt" – 3:10
#*Tom Waits - Vocals, Pod, Stomp
#*Larry Taylor - Bass, Acoustic Guitar, Percussion
#*Andrew Borger - Oil Drums, Frame Drum, Percussion
#*Matt Brubeck - Cello
#*Bebe Risenfors - Baby Bass, Marimba, Bass Clarinet, Percussion
#*Colin Stetson - Baritone Sax
#*Tim Allen - Scraper
# "Poor Edward" – 3:42
#*Tom Waits - Vocal, Piano
#*Larry Taylor - Bass
#*Matt Brubeck - Cello
#*Dawn Harms - Stroh Violin
#*Bebe Risenfors - Viola
# "Table Top Joe" – 4:14
#*Tom Waits - Vocal, Pump Organ
#*Larry Taylor - Bass, Acoustic Guitar
#*Stewart Copeland - Trap Kit
#*Bent Clausen - Piano
#*Joe Gore - Electric Guitar
#*Bebe Risenfors - Baby Bass
# "Lost in the Harbour" – 3:45
#*Tom Waits - Vocal, Pump Organ
#*Larry Taylor - Bass
#*Matt Brubeck - Cello
#*Dawn Harms - Stroh Violin
#*Bebe Risenfors - Fiddle
#*Carla Kihlstedt - Violin
# "We're All Mad Here" – 2:31
#*Tom Waits - Vocal, Piano, Circular Violin
#*Matthew Sperry - Bass
#*Gino Robair - Percussion
#*Colin Stetson - Bass Clarinet
#*Carla Kihlstedt - Violin
# "Watch Her Disappear" – 2:33
#*Tom Waits - Vocal, Pump Organ
#*Dawn Harms - Violin
#*Matt Brubeck - Cello
# "Reeperbahn" – 4:02
#*Tom Waits - Vocal, Piano, Chamberlain
#*Matthew Sperry - Bass
#*Gino Robair - Percussion
#*Carla Kihlstedt - Violin
#*Colin Stetson - Bass Clarinet
#*Ara Anderson - Baritone Horn
#*Myles Boisen - Banjo
# "I'm Still Here" – 1:49
#*Tom Waits - Vocal, Piano
#*Dawn Harms - Violin
#*Matt Brubeck - Cello
#*Colin Stetson - Clarinet
# "Fish & Bird" – 3:59
#*Tom Waits - Vocal, Piano, Toy Glockenspiel, Pump Organ
#*Larry Taylor - Bass
#*Matt Brubeck - Cello
#*Bebe Risenfors - Clarinet
#*Ara Anderson - Trumpet, Baritone Horn
#*Dawn Harms - Stroh Violin, Violin
# "Barcarolle" – 3:59
#*Tom Waits - Vocal, Piano, Chamberlain Vibes, Cymbals
#*Matthew Sperry - Bass
#*Matt Brubeck - Bass
#*Colin Stetson - Sax
#*Bent Clausen - Piano Solo
#*Dawn Harms - Violin
# "Fawn" – 1:43 (Instrumental)
#*Tom Waits - Piano
#*Matthew Sperry - Bass
#*Gino Robair - Marimba
#*Colin Stetson - Bass Clarinet
#*Carla Kihlstedt - Violin

Musicians

* Tim Allen - Scraper
* Ara Anderson - Baritone Horn, Trumpet, Muted Trumpet
* Myles Boisen - Banjo
* Andrew Borger - Oil Drums, Frame Drum, percussion
* Matt Brubeck - Cello, Bass
* Bent Clausen - Piano, Piano Solo, Swiss Hand Bells
* Stewart Copeland - Trap Kit
* Joe Gore - Electric Guitar
* Dawn Harms - Violin, Stroh Violin
* Carla Kihlstedt - Violin
* Eric Perney - Bass
* Nik Phelps - Trumpet, French Horn
* Bebe Risenfors - Alto Viola, Baby Bass, Clarinet, Percussion, Marimba, Fiddle, Stroh Violin, Viola, Bass Clarinet
* Gino Robair - Percussion, Drums, Marimba
* Matthew Sperry - Bass
* Colin Stetson - Bass Clarinet, saxophone, baritone saxophone, Clarinet
* Larry Taylor - Bass, acoustic guitar, Electric Guitar, Percussion
* Tom Waits - Vocals, Piano, Pump Organ, Chamberlain Vibes, Pod, Mellotron, Chamberlain, Toy Glockenspiel, cymbals, Circular Violin, Stomp