Real Gone is the sixteenth studio album by Tom Waits, released October 4, 2004 in Europe, and October 5 in United States on the ANTI- label. The album was supported by the Real Gone Tour, playing sold out locations in North America and Europe in October and November 2004.
The album features some of the few political songs Waits has written, the most explicit being "Day After Tomorrow", a song Waits has described as an "elliptical" protest against the Iraq War.
A remixed, remastered version of the album was released by ANTI- on November 22, 2017, with the remastering process personally overseen by Waits and Kathleen Brennan.
Written and produced by Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan, his wife and long-time collaborator, Real Gone features 15 tracks of funk, Jamaican rock-steady, blues both urban and rural, rhythms and melodies both Latin and African and, for the first time, no piano. The crash and collide of rhythms and genres within a song creates a hybrid unlike any music he has and the sonic mayhem and nonsense rhyme ride to "Top of the Hill" are both punctuated by a live band and turntable playing along to Waits' home recorded voice percussion.[12]
The album features Waits beatboxing on tracks like "Top of the Hill" and "Metropolitan Glide". He had picked up the technique from his interest in hip hop. Waits's longtime guitarist Marc Ribot plays in a Cuban style on "Hoist That Rag", as he had on The Prosthetic Cubans.
The album features references to real people and events. "Don't Go Into That Barn" was based on a New York Times story about a slave jail in Kentucky. The article quotes Isaac Lang, Jr.: "Dad told us never to go in there...He said, 'Boys, I'm going to tell you the truth. It's all right to play around that barn, but don't go inside.' He said it just wasn't right. That it was pitiful. He never did tell us why." The article quotes Carl Westmoreland: "It was a slave ship turned upside down," a line echoed by Waits.[13][14]
^Roberts, Randall (October 22, 2011). "Riffing with Tom Waits: Critic's Notebook – Page 2 – Los Angeles Times". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved November 11, 2023.
^"Impala Sales Award Winner June 2005 – January 2008" (PDF). Impala. 3 December 2008. (PDF) from the original on August 6, 2018. Retrieved November 11, 2023.
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Real Gone is the sixteenth studio album by Tom Waits released October 4 2004 in Europe and October 5 in United States on the ANTI label The album was supported by the Real Gone Tour playing sold out locations in North America and Europe in October and November 2004 Real GoneStudio album by Tom WaitsReleasedOctober 4 2004 2004 10 04 GenreExperimental rock Alternative hip hopLength71 52LabelANTI ProducerKathleen Brennan Tom WaitsTom Waits chronologyBlood Money 2002 Real Gone 2004 Orphans Brawlers Bawlers amp Bastards 2006 Professional ratingsAggregate scoresSourceRatingMetacritic78 100 1 Review scoresSourceRatingAllMusic 2 Blender 3 Entertainment WeeklyB 4 The Guardian 5 Mojo 6 NME7 10 7 Pitchfork8 0 10 8 Q 9 Rolling Stone 10 SpinA 11 The album features some of the few political songs Waits has written the most explicit being Day After Tomorrow a song Waits has described as an elliptical protest against the Iraq War It was chosen by the editors of Harp Magazine as the best album of 2004 citation needed A remixed remastered version of the album was released by ANTI on November 22 2017 with the remastering process personally overseen by Waits and Kathleen Brennan Contents 1 Background 2 Track listing 3 Personnel 4 Chart positions 5 Certifications 6 ReferencesBackground editPer ANTI Written and produced by Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan his wife and long time collaborator Real Gone features 15 tracks of funk Jamaican rock steady blues both urban and rural rhythms and melodies both Latin and African and for the first time no piano The crash and collide of rhythms and genres within a song creates a hybrid unlike any music he has and the sonic mayhem and nonsense rhyme ride to Top of the Hill are both punctuated by a live band and turntable playing along to Waits home recorded voice percussion 12 The album features Waits beatboxing on tracks like Top of the Hill and Metropolitan Glide He had picked up the technique from his interest in hip hop Waits s longtime guitarist Marc Ribot plays in a Cuban style on Hoist That Rag as he had on The Prosthetic Cubans The album features references to real people and events Don t Go Into That Barn was based on a New York Times story about a slave jail in Kentucky The article quotes Isaac Lang Jr Dad told us never to go in there He said Boys I m going to tell you the truth It s all right to play around that barn but don t go inside He said it just wasn t right That it was pitiful He never did tell us why The article quotes Carl Westmoreland It was a slave ship turned upside down a line echoed by Waits 13 14 Track listing edit Top of the Hill 4 55 Hoist That Rag 4 20 Sins of My Father 10 36 Shake It 3 52 Don t Go into That Barn 5 22 How s It Gonna End 4 51 Metropolitan Glide 4 13 Dead and Lovely 5 40 Circus 3 56 Trampled Rose 3 58 Green Grass 3 13 Baby Gonna Leave Me 4 29 Clang Boom Steam 0 46 Make It Rain 3 39 Day After Tomorrow 6 56 Chick a Boom 1 17 hidden track Personnel editBrain percussion tracks 1 5 7 10 and 12 claps track 4 Les Claypool bass tracks 2 4 and 12 Harry K Cody guitar tracks 5 and 7 banjo track 6 Mark Howard bells track 9 claps track 4 Marc Ribot guitar tracks 1 4 8 11 12 14 and 15 banjo track 3 cigar box banjo track 10 Larry Taylor bass tracks 1 3 5 8 10 12 14 and 15 guitar tracks 4 and 5 Casey Waits drums tracks 8 9 and 14 turntables tracks 1 and 7 percussion tracks 2 and 5 claps track 4 Tom Waits vocals guitar tracks 3 6 7 11 and 15 chamberlin track 9 percussion track 5 shakers track 12 beatboxing tracks 1 7 12 13 and 16 Trisha Wilson claps track 4 Chart positions editChart 2004 Peakposition Australian ARIA Albums Chart 15 27 Austrian Top 40 16 11 Belgian Albums Chart Vl 17 7 Belgian Albums Chart Wa 18 40 Canadian Albums Chart 19 11 Danish Albums Chart 20 5 Dutch Top 100 21 10 Finnish Albums Chart 22 23 French SNEP Albums Chart 23 39 German Albums Chart 24 19 Irish Albums Chart 25 9 Italian FIMI Albums Chart 26 8 Portuguese AFP Albums Chart 27 8 Swedish Albums Chart 28 9 Swiss Hitparade Albums Chart 29 16 UK Albums Chart 30 16 US Billboard 200 31 28 US Billboard Independent Albums 31 1 US Billboard Internet Albums 31 28Certifications edit See Tfd See Tfd Region Certification Certified units sales United Kingdom BPI 32 Silver 60 000 United States 202 000 33 Summaries Europe 250 000 34 Sales streaming figures based on certification alone References edit Reviews for Real Gone by Tom Waits Metacritic Retrieved September 22 2014 Jurek Thom Real Gone Tom Waits AllMusic Retrieved December 18 2015 Sinagra Laura October 2004 Tom Waits Real Gone Blender 30 130 Archived from the original on October 19 2004 Retrieved April 29 2016 Seymour Craig October 8 2004 Real Gone Entertainment Weekly Archived from the original on June 28 2017 Retrieved December 18 2015 Petridis Alexis October 1 2004 Tom Waits Real Gone The Guardian Retrieved December 18 2015 Tom Waits Real Gone Mojo 131 110 October 2004 Tom Waits Real Gone NME 64 October 2 2004 Petrusich Amanda October 3 2004 Tom Waits Real Gone Pitchfork Retrieved December 18 2015 Tom Waits Real Gone Q 220 128 November 2004 Wolk Douglas October 28 2004 Real Gone Rolling Stone Retrieved December 18 2015 Breakdown Spin 20 11 118 November 2004 Retrieved December 18 2015 Tom Waits Real Gone Remastered Kemp Sam January 19 2003 The dark story behind Don t Go Into That Barn by Tom Waits Farout Brown Patricia Lee May 6 2003 In a Barn a Piece of Slavery s Hidden Past The New York Times Tom Waits Real Gone australian charts com Hung Medien Retrieved July 31 2012 Tom Waits Real Gone austriancharts at Hung Medien Retrieved July 31 2012 Tom Waits Real Gone Ultratop Hung Medien Retrieved July 31 2012 Tom Waits Real Gone Ultratop Hung Medien Retrieved July 31 2012 Top Of The Charts Hilary Duff Fends Off Punks To Stay At The Top Chart Attack Archived from the original on December 4 2005 Retrieved February 8 2019 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint unfit URL link Tom Waits Real 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