Boys for Pele by Tori Amos

Pros: Abstraction on a new level
Cons: None

Tori Amos wrote this album about the men in her life, not necessarily all in a sexual sense. The album's title contains the word Pele, which is the name of the Hawaiian volcano god. This is a metaphor for the album, and sets it up nicely. The album is...

Pros: vocals are best in this album; experimental; acoustic; personal
Cons: her least accessible album; her most cryptic album; few people may be offended

Boys For Pele marked a big change in Ms. Amos' career and personal life. She broke up with her producer/boyfriend, Eric Rosse, and this was the first time she was producing an album all by herself. She experimented with different instruments such ...

Pros: Great tracks
Cons: A little outdated?

Tori Amos' third solo album, and by far my favorite, Boys For Pele is a wonderful album that uses many styles and different lyric methods to make the listener fall into a dreamland of excitement and wonder. Many of the album's songs are different from...

Pros: You must find your own "Pros" In TOri's music
Cons: There are no Cons in anything that is Tori

Pele is a trip to the back of a womans head...A place where Childhood happiness is mixed with sexual tention and trama...From the first note of the single noted "Beauty Queen" the listener has a feeling of the powder puff life of a woman which...

Pros: One of a Kind!
Cons: none

Tori Amos is a very distinctive artist. It is very hard to compare her to any other artist. She expresses deep emotional grief and happiness in her albums. Boys For Pele is just one of many wonderful albums by Tori. This one in particular really...

Pros: This is the Abbey Road of Tori's career.
Cons: Tori's so uncool.

Far be it from me to write a review that competes with or strays from an epinions lead author (especially one I really respect and trust), but I have to give this album its props. This is probably the most trashed, misunderstood, and overlooked album in ...

Pros: everything
Cons: nothing

Boys For Pele is my all time favorite album. If some one forced me to go the rest of my life with no more music except for one cd/tape i would have to choose Boys For Pele. It makes you feel and think. She sings everything that i can only start to...

Pros: Gets better every time you listen to it. Rewards the patient listener royally.
Cons: Not as easily accessible as Tori's other albums - not for the impatient.

There are very few albums indeed that posses this level of....durability. I bought it about three years ago, and it turned out to be one of the few cd's that has a permanent position near the top of my cd-stand. Just like good wine, "Boys for Pele" gets...

Pros: Beautifully done
Cons: none ... honestly

Yes, know I have written three pieces on Tori but with a voice like hers its not hard to fall under her spell. Her music in entrancing, and once you think you have figured her out she hits you with another album just as real , just as beautiful....

Pros: A Sorbet for your eardrums
Cons: A really grody picture of Tori breastfeeding a piglet

Now be honest, Tori fans,...have you ever tried to wail and shriek and hit the high note in "Professional Widow" when she says "running in the family"?...Liar.

What a superb album! I bought this album...

Pros: The songs are honest, even if very mystical sometimes
Cons: not for everybody, takes time

I recall Tori saying that after track 2, 'Blood Roses' that this is the descent into madness for this album.

I seemed to relate to this album (and still do) more than any of the other albums, the genuine pain, in all its raw form is a...

Pros: It is incredible music
Cons: It has varying music, some people might not like that.

This was the first CD that I listened to by Tori Amos and I just have two words to say about it Complete Heaven. This CD is a sampling of approximately 18 songs. It is an eclectic mix of Tori's style and talent. The amount of heat that is located in...

Pros: Wonderful songs and meaningful lyrics.
Cons: Nothing.

I became a fan of Tori Amos just a few months ago when I downloaded a few of her songs and liked them a lot. So, I decided to go and buy a Tori Amos album. I was in a hurry, so I just picked an album under the "Tori Amos" section at the music store....

Pros: Moody and beautiful at the same time.
Cons: Can you take it? Some can't.

In the sickening sweet world of today’s pop music, it’s sometimes refreshing to hear someone speak from the other side of the fence, far away from the shiny, happy people and Hootie and those god-forsaken Blowfish. Enter Tori Amos, with her third...

Pros: Different Sounds Make An Excellent Album.
Cons: Difficult To Love...At First.

"Boys For Pele" is the 1996 release by Tori Amos, one of the best female performers in the music industry. After having had "Little Earthquakes" and "Under The Pink" for some time, I was utterly shocked at what this album...