Tom Waits - Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers and Bastards

One disc of Tom Waits is usually enough to have me raving with superlatives so a 3 disc effort is nothing short of phenomenal. Each disc on Orphans has it’s own theme. Brawlers is the rowdy more aggressive side, Bawlers is the ballads and slower songs while Bastards is a mix of everything. All three sides are excellent listening and I would personally rate it as one his best efforts ever. That’s saying something considering his back catalogue.