Must. Fucking. Have.  It’s like I’ve been waiting for this my entire life.  2009 just won’t stop.  The thing that really tops this off is that the second disc consists solely of Tom Waits’ stage banter.  I might never stop listening.

This disc sent directly from God will be available November 24th, and will ensure that Tom Waits is what I’m thankful for this holiday season.  Also, the album contain a couple of songs from the Tulsa show I saw.  How cool is that?

Anyways, I’m excited, but you should really read the details released by Anti- below.

Grab the album’s first 8 tracks for free below!

MP3: Tom Waits – Road to Peace

Album Details

Available November 24th, Glitter and Doom is a 2 disc collection of the best of the best tracks from Tom Waits’ sold out, highly acclaimed Glitter and Doom tour of the US and Europe in the summer of 2008.

Disc One is designed to sound like one evening’s performance, even though the 17 tracks are selected from 10 cities, from Paris to Birmingham; Tulsa to Milan; and Atlanta to Dublin. Sonically the album is superb and has been beautifully recorded and meticulously mastered . Disc Two is a bonus compendium called TOM TALES, which is a selection of the comic bromides, strange musings, and unusual facts that Tom traditionally shares with his audience during the piano set. Waits’ topics range from the ritual of insects to the last dying breath of Henry Ford.

Musically, the live disc features all eras of Waits’ eclectic glory as he shifts seamlessly from an array of characters: carnival barker, preacher, country singer, soul balladeer; cabaret singer and storyteller. Backed by a versatile 5 piece band, Waits departs from the songs’ original incarnations. The songs instrumentation and rhythms are rearranged and re-imagined. Swampy tribal rhythms, ominous hymns, gypsy flavored ballads, searing rhythmic r&b, and blues boogies. angular and surreal rock are all present. The songs, as expected ,are about hanged men, woebegone sailors, sword swallowers, fugitives, shamans, ghosts, dance instructors and prison guards

Catch the Glitter and Doom Live tracklist and city the song was performed after the jump…

Track List:
CD1:

01 Lucinda / Ain’t Goin Down (Birmingham – 07/03/08)
02 Singapore (Edinburgh – 07/28/08)
03 Get Behind the Mule (Tulsa – 06/25/08)
04 Fannin Street (Knoxville – 06/29/08)
05 Dirt in the Ground (Milan – 07/19/08)
06 Such a Scream (Milan – 07/18/08)
07 Live Circus (Jacksonville – 07/01/08)
08 Goin’ Out West (Tulsa – 06/25/08)
09 Falling Down (Paris – 07/25/08)
10 The Part You Throw Away (Edinburgh – 07/28/08)
11 Trampled Rose (Dublin – 08/01/08)
12 Metropolitan Glide (Knoxville – 6/29/08)
12 I’ll Shoot the Moon (Paris – 07/24/08)
13 Green Grass (Edinburgh – 07/27/08)
14 Make It Rain (Atlanta – 07/05/08)
15 Story (Columbus – 06/28/08)
16 Lucky Day (Atlanta – 07/05/08)

CD2:

01 Tom Tales