Marking his first full studio work since 2004’s challenging ‘Real Gone’ (from which, this site took its name), Tom Waits returns at the end of October with ‘Bad As Me’, a collection of thirteen brand new songs.

The track listing is as follows:

1 Chicago
2 Raised Right Men
3 Talking At the Same Time
4 Get Lost
5 Face to the Highway
6 Pay Me
7 Back In the Crowd
8 Bad As Me
9 Kiss Me
10 Satisfied
11 Last Leaf
12 Hell Broke Loose
13 New Year’s Eve

A double CD version adds three bonus cuts: ‘She Stole The Blush’, ‘Tell Me’ and ‘After You Die’.

Waits has also issued a video statement via his official website which celebrates the enjoyment of new music while rallying against internet piracy. It’s not as funny as his story about a horse and a stable door, but it’s still very much in his humorous style: