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| Released | October 4, 2004 | |||
| Genre | Experimental rock Alternative hip hop | |||
| Length | 71:52 | |||
| Label | ANTI- | |||
| Producer | Kathleen Brennan, Tom Waits | |||
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| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 78/100[1] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [2] |
| Blender | [3] |
| Entertainment Weekly | B+[4] |
| The Guardian | [5] |
| Mojo | [6] |
| NME | 7/10[7] |
| Pitchfork | 8.0/10[8] |
| Q | [9] |
| Rolling Stone | [10] |
| Spin | A−[11] |
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.
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.
- ^ "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.