Comments | thirdreel: Abnormally Attracted to Sin

thirdreel

Abnormally Attracted to Sin

Jun 08, 2009 15:49

So what do we all think about the new Tori Amos album?

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jbbridge June 8 2009, 20:39:18 UTC

I had recently posted my thoughts about it here . It's grown on me a bit, but I still think at least 1/3 of the album is filler. A good effort, but nothing that really moves me.

thirdreel June 8 2009, 21:55:22 UTC

Yeah, yours is the only in-depth LJ review I'd read. I wonder, though, when people complain that her albums are full of filler, how much various listeners agree which tracks are filler. Maybe there are people who dismiss from her last three albums "General Joy," "Secret Spell" and "Fire to Your Plain," while I find all those among my favorites. In fact, I'd totally be into her concerts again if I thought I had a strong shot at hearing two of those three.

jbbridge June 8 2009, 22:02:27 UTC

I have a feeling they'll push Fire to Your Plain (though I swear she's really singing "Fire to your PAIN") as the next single, so it's a good chance you'll hear that one live. D and I are skipping this tour. I had not missed a tour of hers since "Under the Pink", however, we can no longer justify getting ass-mastered by ticketbastard for an artist we've both seen 20+ times and are not as into as we used to be.

thirdreel June 8 2009, 22:11:25 UTC

Yeah, it's tough when you compare that price to the $15 or less that I often pay for bands I love. I suppose I could start watching the tour-report websites to see if she's playing "Secret Spell" or "General Joy" at all... but then that's kind of the thing, there's this whole weird industry around micropicking apart everything she does, and following the symbolism of her wigs and maps and gardens she includes, and I kind of consciously ditched that.

And besides, when she's in Detroit, I'll be in Rishikesh.

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Re: First impressions thirdreel June 8 2009, 22:01:32 UTC

Funny, I kind of like "Curtain Call," though it is a little standard. I haven't been getting into "Ophelia," but maybe that's because I was intensely annoyed by a Mary Pipher book earlier this year, and the whole 'Ophelia" thing seems like... one of Tori's not-so-cryptic "message songs."

rougeforever June 8 2009, 20:47:15 UTC

I've not listened to it a lot - there are a couple of songs I like, some I don't.

I liked American Doll Posse, but disliked The Beekeeper - I think this is somewhere between the two.

thirdreel June 8 2009, 22:14:04 UTC

Funny, I think this is the best of the three, and ADP is the worst. Though they're all of a piece that seems pretty far removed from Scarlet's Walk and before.

roekbarnet June 8 2009, 21:37:47 UTC

I haven't even bought it yet, or downloaded it.

thirdreel June 8 2009, 22:04:02 UTC

It's actually much better than I'd thought it would be. I kind of did a "Tori cleanse" a few months ago when I refrained from listening to any of her music for two months. I kind of needed that, cause I needed to forget how much I actually do like her music.

twilightboy June 8 2009, 21:47:01 UTC

I myself like the first two tracks (Give and Welcome to England). A bonus track called Oscar's Theme is a relaxing ballad as well.

In partially-related news, I just found out a little bit ago that act Tegan & Sara have some remixes of a hit of theirs, In Your Head (via iTunes and others). They are somewhat older mixes, however I had no idea! ~

thirdreel June 8 2009, 22:04:44 UTC

I like "Oscar's Theme" too.