: Critics describe it as a "fever dream" or "tone poem" characterized by a "lyrical melancholia". Key Tracks and Themes
: The sound is a blend of Brechtian cabaret , Dixieland jazz , and parlour ballads . Download File Tom Waits - Alice (Anniversary Ed...
: Moving away from the "carnival clank" of earlier works like Swordfishtrombones , Alice utilizes a "skeleton chamber orchestra" featuring pump organ , Stroh violins , cello , and vibraphone . : Critics describe it as a "fever dream"
Waits described the album as "adult songs for children, or children's songs for adults". or children's songs for adults".