Album · Tom Waits
Bad as Me by Tom Waits
Bad as Me is an album by Tom Waits, released in 2011. 2 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 6 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Back In the Crowd”, on 3 lists with a best position of #21.
Bad as Me, Tom Waits' 17th studio album, came out on Anti- on October 21, 2011, and it ended a seven-year wait for a full record of new songs, the last one being Real Gone in 2004. Waits produced it with Kathleen Brennan, his wife and longtime creative partner, and the title track went out as the first single on the day the album was announced.
The voice is still that gravel pit, and the music still lurches between barroom stomp, junkyard blues and experimental rattle, the eclectic clatter he has been chasing since the '80s. Critics lined up behind it, it picked up a Grammy nomination for Best Alternative Music Album, and it handed Waits something his decades of cult devotion never had: a top 10 album in America, peaking at number 6. The same year, he went into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. It remains his last studio album.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Bad as Me on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Back In the Crowd | 3 | #21 | – | 2011 | |
| 2 | Bad As Me | 3 | #33 | – | 2011–2025 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.