"The albums are as different as sleepwalking and chronic insomnia," said Jon Pareles of The New York Times upon their release. "'Alice,' which is very loosely inspired by 'Alice in Wonderland,' is full of lyrics about dreaming, and many of the songs proceed in a haze of brushed drums and breathy horns. 'Blood Money' is more hardnosed, veering from warped carnival oompah to ominous lullabies."Initially created for an avant-garde opera directed by Robert Wilson for Hamburg's Thalia Theater in the winter of 1992, 'Alice' was Waits and his wife Kathleen Brennan's second collaboration with Wilson (they had previously worked together on 1989's 'The Black Rider'). 'Alice' was based loosely on Lewis Carroll's obsession with young Alice Liddell, the neighbor girl who was his inspiration for Alice's Adventures In Wonderland. Lyrically and musically, the songs are part of a cycle where each track relates to what comes before and what will follow, a puzzle that reveals itself as it unfurls and marks a compositionally bold step forward for Waits.
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