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Bad as Me
Rock · 2011 · 16 tracks · 53m

Bad as Me

A lean, muscular collection of carnival blues and jagged rock. It captures the grit of the city and the ache of the road with surprising, sharp-edged brevity.

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It's like a carnival barker and a bluesman got into a fight in a junk shop and decided to make a record about it.

A sharp, twitchy blend of carnival barker bravado and bruised, late-night vulnerability.

Bad as Me · vs · Tom Waits
Rebellious+2.7σ

Rebellious saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 16 Tracks · 53m
01
Chicago
2:15
02
Raised Right Men
3:24
03
Talking at the Same Time
4:14
04
Get Lost
2:42
05
Face to the Highway
3:43
06
Pay Me
3:14
07
Back in the Crowd
2:49
08
Bad as Me
3:10
09
Kiss Me
3:41
10
Satisfied
4:05
11
Last Leaf
2:56
12
Hell Broke Luce
3:57
13
New Year’s Eve
4:28
14
She Stole the Blush
2:51
15
Tell Me
3:43
16
After You Die
2:47
Moments Worth Waiting For
the jarring, machine-gun vocal delivery and industrial clatter of Hell Broke Luce
the surprising, fragile falsetto floating over the noir jazz of Talking at the Same Time
Keith Richards' unmistakable guitar grit intertwining with Waits' growl on Satisfied
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