From the Choirgirl Hotel by Tori Amos

Pros: Good songs, ethereal vocals, amazing electronic and acoustic elements...
Cons: A few clunkers...

Tori Amos has in the course of a decade made it known that she’s not a chick to be messed with. Her ...

Pros: Dark, diverse and memorable. Great production and arrangements.
Cons: A couple of tracks are a little weak in comparison to the others.

Arguably the biggest surprise in Tori Amos’ catalogue, “From The Choirgirl Hotel” shows her taking a break from her long-standing ‘girl and a piano’ set-up and re-categorises her as an individual within a band. That’s not to say ...

Pros: Brilliant musicianship, wonderful, sometimes poignant lyrics....what's not to love?
Cons: A couple of "above average" songs interrupt the brilliant ones

In our minds, love and lust are really separated. It's hard to find someone that can be kind and you can trust enough to leave your kids with, and isn't afraid to throw her man up against the wall and lick him from head to toe. --Tori Amos ...

Pros: An Excellent Album from Tori Amos.
Cons: Some might be aliented with her descent into electronic music.

When Tori Amos arrived to the music scene in 1992 with her debut album “Little Earthquakes”, she helped give notice to a new wave of female singer-songwriters that would dominate during that decade. “Little Earthquakes” and her 1994 sophomore...

Pros: Dreamy blend of Tori's voice, poetry, piano, and electronic instruments.
Cons: Some tracks are hard to understand.

It is not easy to classify Tori Amos and just when critics alike were starting to perhaps come to a conclusion – she throws in their face From The Choirgirl Hotel. Like Madonna, Tori has reinvented herself – but she still holds on to various...

Pros: excellent vocals; complex electronics; impressive piano playing; poignant lyrics; intense
Cons: what is you talking about you muthaf*ckin fool?

Some of you know that I was starting to get interested in Myra Ellen Amos (Tori's real name) and that I picked up her latest album (her collection aside), Scarlet's Walk, and I was pretty impressed. So on Monday I asked my parents to take me to ...

Pros: Pretty much everything, really.
Cons: Occasionally silly lyrics; "Liquid Diamonds" is slightly weaker than the rest.

Tori Amos is more than a slight anomaly. The mere mention of her name tends to bring out strong reactions in people. Whenever I've brought up her name in the midst of a discussion, the person I've been talking to has reacted either by positively ...

Pros: Tori Amos burns down the local disco, film at 11:00!
Cons: The CD exists in my collection, but I'll sell it cheap!

Preface-Disclosure: To young adults and teenagers: What you are about to read is the worthless opinion of an old fart who somehow ended up with your music in his possession. The guy is a complete grinch, grumpy, hump-backed, and purely...

Pros: Beautiful music, flowing lyrics, Tori is a genius.
Cons: Hard to understand some lyrics, not all songs are favorites

from the choirgirl hotel is Tori Amos's first album with a full band. In her 3 previous albums, it was mainly just her and a piano. She would occasionally have guitar backup from her guitarist Caton, or a full musical track for some of her...

Pros: Fantastic production, crushing lyrics, emotional vocals
Cons: None, unless you dislike Amos for some reason (freak!)

By the time "From the Choirgirl Hotel" had been released, Tori was in quite a strange place in her life. "Boys For Pele" had initially been met by success, but that was quickly followed by complete confusion as to what the hell she was singing about. She ...

Pros: Some excellent poetics, Great voice, Decent lyrics
Cons: Some difficult-to-understand vocals, Density of lyrics

I have a good friend who is a lot more extroverted than I am, who tells me tidbits about pop culture that she believes I should know in order to get by in the world and with my reviews. She, for example, warned me about the virtual worship that has ...

Pros: A few good tracks, a great live band
Cons: Lyrics too far out (even for Tori); electronica music too trendy

I realize I'm putting my life on the line--setting my big head into the gun sites of millions of would-be poetesses with huge collections of pewter "faerie" statuettes.

But...well, here goes: Songs From the Choirgirl Hotel is...

Pros: good beat, great Tori lyrics, melodious
Cons: not exactly Tori Amos' with all of the added synths and instruments

Yet, another Tori Amos review (anyone sick of seeing these from me, yet?)...and, again, I didn't like this album - in the beginning. I didn't particularly like Spark when it was playing on the radio and once I got this album, the only song I...

Pros: everything.
Cons: tori? never.

This may well be the musical peak of her career. Tori Amos is an incredibly gifted singer/songwriter. She is the Bob Dylan of Baroque. And "From the Choirgirl Hotel" puts her back in front of the music industry.

The album's...

Pros: A new sound at times but still classic Tori
Cons: Sometimes the piano is drowned out

A new sound emanates from Tori Amos’ album "from the choirgirl hotel". The virtuoso’s fourth album and follow-up to 1996’s platinum Boys for Pele, carries a rocky, percussion-heavy quality. Tori decided to give the piano a back seat in the...