he wrecked his voice doing the Cookie Monster vocals and now has a permanent, almost strangled-sounding rasp even in his speaking voice (see: interviews and numerous film roles), though obviously he plays it up in many of his vocal performances
but since even his 'straight' delivery (which he uses more than most people think: "Time" comes to mind immediately, as well as many of the ballads since Mule Variations and almost all of his spoken word tracks) sounds pretty distinct (and distinctly 'broken') as compared to the voice he used on his first two albums and early demos, i think you have to count it
just my opinion!
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