Orphans

I've always enjoyed Tom Waits' challenging style. And I'm loving the variety in his latest offering - Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards. I had no idea he had released this album until I heard a beatnik cabbie playing it on a drive home late one night (Can you believe that? He was in similar disbelief when I recognised it as Waits!)



His bonus "Missing My Son" joke on Bastards is hilarious - the content is nothing special, but I can't help myself laughing out loud with the brilliant delivery :)

A great collection of influences across those discs!