- Blood Money (Tom Waits album)
Infobox Album | Name = Blood Money
Type =Album
Artist =Tom Waits
Released =May 4 ,2002
Recorded = ???
Genre = Rock
Length = 42:11
Label = Anti
Epitaph
Producer =Kathleen Brennan Tom Waits
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:2kr67ui020jd link]
*"The A.V. Club " (Favourable) [http://avclub.com/content/node/13355 link]
*Music Emissions Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.musicemissions.com/artists/albums/index.php?album_id=784 3/29/03]
*Pitchfork (9.0/10) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/23067/Tom_Waits_Alice_and_Blood_Money 5/14/02]
*Robert Christgau (A-) [http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=Tom+Waits link]
*"Rolling Stone " Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/322301/blood_money 5/23/02]
Last album = "Mule Variations "
(1999)
This album = "Blood Money"
(2002) | Next album = "Alice"
(2002) |"Blood Money" is an album by
Tom Waits , released in 2002 on the Anti sub-label ofEpitaph Records .The album contains songs written for the play "
Woyzeck ", based on the playWoyzeck byGeorg Büchner . The theatrical adaptation was directed by Robert Wilson, with whom Waits had worked on two previous plays: "The Black Rider " and "Alice", both of which resulted in soundtrack albums. The latter was released simultaneously in 2002 with Blood Money.The play premiered at the
Betty Nansen Theatre inCopenhagen , November 2000.This album ranked at #18 in
Metacritic s Top 30 albums of 2002 [http://www.metacritic.com/music/bests/2002.shtml] .Track listing
All tracks written by Tom Waits and
Kathleen Brennan .# "Misery Is the River of the World" – 4:25
#*Tom Waits - Vocal, Piano, Calliope
#*Larry Taylor - Bass
#*Bebe Risenfors - Bass Clarinet
#*Gino Robair - Marimba, Bells, Gongs
#*Mules Patterson - Pod
# "Everything Goes to Hell" – 3:45
#*Tom Waits - Vocal, Acoustic Guitar, Chamberlain
#*Matthew Sperry - Bass
#*Gino Robair - Bongos & Timpani
#*Colin Stetson - Baritone Sax
#*Don Plonsey - Clarinet
#*Bebe Risenfors - Accordion
# "Coney Island Baby" – 4:02
#*Tom Waits - Vocal, Piano, Chamberlain
#*Larry Taylor - Bass
#*Matt Brubeck - Cello
#*Ara Anderson - Trumpet
#*Colin Stetson - Sax
# "All the World Is Green" – 4:36
#*Tom Waits - Vocal, Acoustic Guitar
#*Larry Taylor - Bass
#*Matt Brubeck - Cello
#*Colin Stetson - Clarinet
#*Bent Clausen - Marimba
# "God's Away on Business" – 2:59
#*Tom Waits - Vocal, Electric Guitar
#*Larry Taylor - Bass
#*Stewart Copeland - Drums & Log Drums
#*Joe Gore - Electric Guitar
#*Nik Phelps - Trumpet, Baby Tuba
#*Bent Clausen - Pod
#*Colin Stetson - Bass Clarinet
#*Charlie Musselwhite - Harmonica
# "Another Man's Vine" – 2:28
#*Tom Waits - Vocal, Piano
#*Larry Taylor - Bass
#*Colin Stetson - Baritone Horn, Tenor & Alto Sax
#*Andrew Borger - Marimba
# "Knife Chase" – 2:26 (Instrumental)
#*Tom Waits - Piano
#*Larry Taylor - Bass, Electric Guitar
#*Myles Boisen - Guitar
#*Bebe Risenfors - Sax, Bass Clarinet
#*Casey Waits - Drums
#*Bent Clausen - Bass Drums
#*Ara Anderson - Trumpet
#*Colin Stetson - Sax
# "Lullaby" – 2:09
#*Tom Waits - Vocal, Acoustic Guitar
#*Matt Brubeck - Cello
#*Dawn Harms - Stroh Violin, Violin
# "Starving in the Belly of a Whale" – 3:41
#*Tom Waits - Vocal, Piano, Chamberlain, Electric Guitar
#*Larry Taylor - Bass
#*Charlie Musselwhite - Harmonica
#*Matt Brubeck - Cello
#*Dawn Harms - Violin
#*Colin Stetson - Bass Clarinet
#*Gino Robair - Floor Toms
# "The Part You Throw Away" – 4:22
#*Tom Waits - Vocal, Acoustic Guitar
#*Matt Brubeck - Bass & Cello
#*Dawn Harms - Violin
#*Colin Stetson - Clarinet
# "Woe" – 1:20
#*Tom Waits - Vocal, Piano
#*Dawn Harms - Stroh Violin, Violin
#*Matt Brubeck - Cello
# "Calliope" – 1:59 (Instrumental)
#*Tom Waits - Calliope, Toy Piano
#*Nik Phelps - Trumpet
# "A Good Man Is Hard to Find" – 3:57
#*Tom Waits - Vocal, Pump Organ, Calliope
#*Larry Taylor - Acoustic Guitar
#*Matt Brubeck - Bass
#*Bebe Risenfors - Clarinet
#*Dawn Harms - Stroh Violin
#*Ara Anderson - Trumpet
#*Andrew Borger - MarimbaMusicians
* Ara Anderson -
Trumpet
* Myles Boisen -Guitar
* Andrew Borger -Marimba
* Matt Brubeck -Cello , Bass
* Bent Clausen - Bass Drums, Pod, Marimba
*Stewart Copeland - drums, Log Drums
* Joe Gore -Electric Guitar
* Dawn Harms -Violin , Stroh Violin
*Charlie Musselwhite -Harmonica
* Nik Phelps - Trumpet, Baby Tuba
*Dan Plonsey -Clarinet
* Bebe Risenfors -Bass Clarinet ,Accordion , Sax, Clarinet
* Gino Robair - bongos, Floor Toms,Timpani ,Gong , Bells, Marimba
* Matthew Sperry - Bass
* Colin Stetson - Sax, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet,alto saxophone ,tenor saxophone ,baritone saxophone ,Baritone Horn
*Larry Taylor - Bass, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar
* Casey Waits - Drums
*Tom Waits - vocals,Piano , Acoustic Guitar, Calliope, Chamberlain, Electric Guitar, Toy Piano, Pump Organ, Pod
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.