Tom Waits is monster on his own, starting from Swordfishtrombones and onward, he beings to taste of other flavors and amasses depth and versatility without losing sight in himself. I got the incentive to buy the album because of the strength of "Goin Out West," only to find out that the album is a mosaic and each song is a different part of the same thing. Bone Machine sounds like a grown man who has experienced real pain and struggle wrote it and sang it, in his classical story-telling style. Compared to the "blues" of today, they pale in comparison (corny I know).