A fantastic choice!

First of all: This album is really worth it, of course, not for people who already have the appropriate Waits albums, which provided the songs. For those who do not yet older works or Tom Waits would like better / get to know at all, this album is highly recommended.
In the music of Tom Waits is a mix of blues, jazz, traditional and sometimes even a little soul. Who has at some point heard the voice of Tom Waits, they will never forget or be confused with another. In order not to take this charismatic smoky voice their effect, can be found in Tom Waits restrained arrangements whose whole genius you often can detect only if you have respected the lyrics. Then leaves a Tom Waits dream, smile, cry, hope ..., whose songs are mostly little stories that come alive through the interaction of music and voice to life.