Waits described the album as "adult songs for children, or children's songs for adults".
: Before the official release, the songs were famous in the trading community as "The Alice Demos," sourced from a cassette stolen from Waits’ car in late 1992. Musical Style and Atmosphere 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 . Waits described the album as "adult songs for
: The sound is a blend of Brechtian cabaret , Dixieland jazz , and parlour ballads . and parlour ballads .