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Reviewed in the United States on August 29, 2013
Tom Waits is monster on his own, starting from Swordfishtrombones and onward, he beings to taste of other flavors and amasses depth and versatility without losing sight in himself. I got the incentive to buy the album because of the strength of "Goin Out West," only to find out that the album is a mosaic and each song is a different part of the same thing. Bone Machine sounds like a grown man who has experienced real pain and struggle wrote it and sang it, in his classical story-telling style. Compared to the "blues" of today, they pale in comparison (corny I know).
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Reviewed in the United States on May 27, 2022
He is out there. You can't find an Equal to Tom Waits Genius.
Reviewed in the United States on February 24, 2018
This is a good Tom Waits album. It isn't his best, but that is a tall order.
This is a very percussive affair and unlike most of his later catalog, doesn't really reference any of his earlier stylings.
There are some great songs on here and those of you that like his post swordfishtrombones albums will probably enjoy this album.
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Reviewed in the United States on July 4, 2016
If you like hearing sounds you've never heard (even from Tom) and thoughts you've never thought, then you'll love this offering. How do I thank Mr. Waits for WHO ARE YOU....and is it time to thank his lady, Kathleen, too?
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Reviewed in the United States on August 20, 2021
Reviewed in the United States on June 7, 2019
Took a little while to get here but it's one of my favorites.
Reviewed in the United States on April 7, 2015
Classic. I forgot how good this was. I am by no means a hardcore Tom Waited fan. But how can you not love tracks like The Colusium and Going west...
Reviewed in the United States on May 22, 2015
This is my favorite album title of all-time, and the album is in my top 3 Tom Waits albums, along with Mule Variations & Swordfishtrombones. It's classic, experimental and rough Tom Waits.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Tom Waits una garanzia!
Reviewed in Italy on November 11, 2020
Se siete degli amanti di Mr. Waits non potete non avere questo album. A mio avviso uno dei migliori sfornati dall'eclettico artista statunitense! 5 STELLE COME SEMPRE AD AMAZON PER LA SPEDIZIONE.
5.0 out of 5 stars DISCAZO
Reviewed in Spain on February 23, 2020
Discazo! Para mí uno de los mejores trabajos de Waits, quizá sea el más oscuro de sus discos, lo recomiendo.
5.0 out of 5 stars I'm a fan
Reviewed in Canada on June 5, 2013
I'm no expert on Tom Waits but I have three favorite albums: Swordfishtrombones, Mule Variations and yes, Bone Machine. I won't say we should all own these albums but if you like his voice, his presence, his music and the spoken word bits then you already know you'll find something you love in any of his other albums. Like I said, I'm no expert but I am truely a fan.
5.0 out of 5 stars Que d'os, que d'os ou le cauchemar de Mr. Waits
Reviewed in France on January 16, 2014
5 ans ! Il aura fallu attendre 5 ans pour découvrir le tant attendu successeur du déjà très réussi Frank's Wild Years... Une éternité, mais le jeu en valait la chandelle. Pour patienter, il y aura bien eu le live Big Time, la bande-son du Night on Earth de Jim Jarmush mais dieu que cette dixième oeuvre de l'improbable californien aura été attendue !
Pour le coup, c'est un Tom Waits bien noir, lugubre même, qui nous revient. Parce que dès sa pochette (signée Jesse Dylan, fils de Bob), pochette qui ne ment pas, Bone Machine s'affiche comme un étrange animal, une exploration quasi-gothique du versant waitsien de la musique américaine où, c'est heureux, les belles ballades tristes, qui sont devenues la trademark du possédé, ne sont pas totalement absentes et servent idéalement de respiration dans un ensemble plutôt beaucoup plus étrange et claustrophobe que ce que Tom avait eu l'habitude de livrer jusqu'alors. Et c'est en grande partie à cette intense bizarrerie assumée, à cette absolue noirceur que reviennent l'exceptionnelle réussite artistique de l'album.
Parce que si état de grâce compositionnelle et sonore il y a indéniablement, pour la rigolade, vous repasserez ! Obsédé par la mort textuellement, Bone Machine s'affiche en blues cassé et percussif orné des croassements si immédiatement du Maître de Cérémonie. De fait, pour parvenir à ses noirs desseins, Waits remanie en partie ses accompagnateurs, trouvant d'idéals nouveaux partenaires de jeu dans la (alors) jeune génération en la personne de Les Claypool et Brain des agités du bocal de Primus. Le résultat, outres les belles ballades tristes précitées, est souvent glaçant avec Tom en grand ordonnateur vaudou, en touche-à-tout instrumental aussi.
Les meilleurs moments ? Tous ! Même quand l'invité de luxe Keith Richards y va de sa guitare et de sa gorge (That Feel, qui clôt l'album), même quand un chicano rocker de Los Lobos, David Hidalgo sur Whistle Down the Wind, vient poser son habituellement clicheteux violon et accordéon (pas ici !), c'est dire !
Sur la lancée de cette épatante réussite, Tom Waits sortira son petit frère bâtard trop ambitieux, The Black Rider qui, s'il comporte quelques très beaux moments, n'a ni la classe ni l'esprit ni l'ambiance de son glorieux devancier. Un de chute pour Tom qui se remettra bien vite, mais ça vous le savez déjà. Reste donc Bone Machine, beau de toute sa laideur, laid de toute sa beauté, un opus noir toujours aussi indispensable. Le meilleur de Tom ? Peut-être même bien !
Tom Waits - Vocals (all songs), Chamberlin (1,6,9), Percussion (1,3,4,5,6,15), Guitar (1,3,5,12,14,16), Sticks (1), Piano (2,13), Upright Bass (7), Conundrum (9), Drums (10,11,12,16), Acoustic Guitar (14)
Brain - Drums (3,9)
Kathleen Brennan - Sticks (1)
Ralph Carney - Alto Sax (2,3), Tenor Sax (2,3), Bass Clarinet (2)
Les Claypool - Electric Bass (1)
Joe Gore - Guitar (4,10,12)
David Hidalgo - Violin (13), Accordion (13)
Joe Marquez - Sticks (1), Banjo (11)
David Phillips - Pedal Steel Guitar (8,13), Steel Guitar (16)
Keith Richards - Guitar (16), Vocal (16)
Larry Taylor - Upright Bass (1,2,4,5,8,9,10,11,12,14,16), Guitar (7)
Waddy Wachtel - Guitar (16)
5.0 out of 5 stars One of his best
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 10, 2011
Next to Mule Variations and Rain Dogs, this is my favourite Waits album. It seems almost cheerful in its delivery of dark and disturbing lyrics. Its distorted vocals accentuate rather than harm Waits' vocal talent (sort of like an anti-autotuning).
It starts with the eerie "Earth Died Screaming", with its unorthodox tempo and mix of gothic rock and country, delivered with a voice reminiscent of Captain Beefheart with a violent cold.
The deliciously deranged and sour "I Don't Wanna Grow Up" is one of the original songs that made me fall in love with him.
Also notable is the bluesy "Jesus Gonna Be Here", a beautiful representation of Waits' roots in the classic blues stylings of Howlin' Wolf and going back to Blind Willie Johnson, as well as the haunting tunes "That Feel" and "Dirt In the Ground".
The crowning song is surely the industrial-folk-punk "Going Out West". Any attempt to describe this song would destroy its dark magic; it has to be experienced to be known.
If you are already a Waits fan and still don't have this, what the hell is wrong with you?! If you're not a fan, but you want to give Waits a try, I'd say first listen to Rain Dogs; if you like that, I'm sure you'll love this.