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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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...

Pros: A great and diverse collection of music
Cons: One song that I can't appreciate

Tori Amos' fourth album takes the beautiful melodies and pianos that are prevalent on her previous albums, and combines them with lots of layered tracks and rhythms. Choirgirl holds the same contrasting angry and delicate attitudes that were constant in...

Pros: Great lyrics, great music, good variety of sound.
Cons: None that I can think of.

From The Choirgirl Hotel was Tori Amos's first album done with a full backing band, and, like almost everything she does, she managed to get a familiar sound out of a new style. This was the last Tori album I bought (after Venus, Earthquakes, Pink, and...

Pros: Amos' characteristic angelic voice with her rhythmically compliant lyrics mix seamlessly with impressively engineered synthesized music.
Cons: May not cater to the taste of some of her previous fans, but I'm not so sure.

First off, I do not own any other Tori Amos albums. I have heard her songs before and have been, usually, intrigued by her unusual and beautiful voice, and her music. I knew she was very talented, but until this album I had not pictured her music as the...

Pros: Cruel, good music at times.
Cons: Some really bad lyrics and other obnoxious things.

All right, I'll start with this: I'm not really a Tori fan. I have only four of the millions of her albums. But I'd rather be normal than a fan of Mrs Amos. Her crazed fans are almost as weird as she is, and I think this album is the reason. I bought ...

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It's amazing what loss can do. From The Choirgirl Hotel is Tori Amos's fourth album. This, in my opinion, is one of her best works to date. These are my favorite tracks (They change every day):

Spark- "Spark" is about loss, in Tori's case it's...

Pros: Beautiful Songs, Excellent Vocals, Powerful Lyrics.
Cons: Zero.

Tori Amos made a name for herself with the release of three amazing albums, all which are individual masterpieces, came back to release 1998's "From the Choirgirl Hotel". This is one of the few albums I have found that can soothe my nerves...

Pros: refreshingly "full"-sounding after Boys For Pele
Cons: Not quite as rich as some of her others

If Boys For Pele represented yet another effort at cleansing exorcism, then 1998’s comparatively unquirky From The Choirgirl Hotel sees Tori Amos checking back in to the Raisin Girl Zeitgeist by supplementing her siren-song sound with a tight,...

Pros: diverse and challenging
Cons: what cons... you think i need tori-philes on my back?

Americans loathe to admit their creepy facination with alternative , but add a rock n' roll tinge and you've got them sold. That may describe Bjork's appeal but Ms. Amos is another entity unto herself. As Tori fanatics will mostly be reading this...

Pros: lyrics, variety of music styles
Cons: band takes over for most of her solo piano work

If you don't know anything about this woman, this is her 4th major release and every one is different in many ways but always has her blunt, truthful lyrics and her beautiful, haunting voice. Choirgirl is different because she has a band unlike her...

Pros: mellow yet up-beat, a dark treat.
Cons: none

The truth about Tori is that she writes beautifully when something tragic has happened to her. Following her miscarriage, and coupled with her wedding, this album is a combination of somber and hip swinging tunes.

I'm not going to proclaim...

Pros: Most accessible Tori Amos album ... high level of emotion
Cons: None

First of all, I'd like to point out that not every Tori Amos fan is 1) female or 2) younger than 30. I'm in my 40s, male, and Tori is the one artist in world I feel closest to. Something about her music touches me in a deep way -- even when I don't...

Pros: A beautiful album. Good lyrics, poignant music, interesting cover art.
Cons: Instrumentation is not as good as that in Boys for Pele. Rather monochromatic.

I bought this album because I happened to be in the music store and was in the mood to spend money; I already had Boys for Pele and Little Earthquakes. Although I had no particular interest at the time in any of the songs on From the Choirgirl Hotel, I...

Pros: New sound and style, addition of a band
Cons: Very different from previous 3 albums

Being a fan of Tori Amos's for two years, I ran out and bought this album the day it was released. It was very different from her previous three
albums, but did not disappoint me. As with Boys for Pele, I had to listen
to this album a few...

Pros: It's Tori Amos, great lyrics, great songs
Cons: Not as much piano as before

I just became a Tori listener this year, and FTCGH was the first album I bought. Maybe it's just because it was the first showing of excellence, but it haunts me in an unexplainable way. The album has more experimentation with drum loops and...

Pros: Different Tori sound, but GOOD different.
Cons: A few tracks you can yawn at

Although I am a devoted Toriphile, I am unbiased, as well. I realize that Tori has lots of fantastic music, as well as her share of cheesy music.
The album starts out with "Spark," probably the most popular single from the album. It's one of my...

Pros: Exceptional sample of Tori's Talent
Cons: There aren't any

Being a big fan of female musicians, and the feminist approach that quite a few of them take, it wasn't long before Tori Amos topped my list of favorites. This particular cd is consistently energetic while at the same time adding a touch of melancholy in...

Pros: It has Tori's powerful, yet sweet voice
Cons: She concentrated more on electronic sound than piano

I bought From the Choirgirl Hotel about 2 months ago and I found it very catchy. I was used to the "sit-down piano" music and raw vocals that Tori always delivered, but I got something different, but almost as good, I think. You still hear that...

Pros: Yeah right.
Cons: It hurts.

Oh please stop this wretched noise that's pounding in my ears. What is that, a piano? What's that whimpering that's sloppily tripping along with it? That's actually a human voice? Dear god, something has to be done about this racket. :::melodic...

Pros: Great songs! Great lyrics! Best ever
Cons: It costs money. It should be distributed free so everyone could have it.

I bow down and Tori's feet and pray every day for another CD to be released from this goddess! I would have her children! Wait, I'm getting carried away. But you'd understand if you went out right now and bought this CD and popped it in the CD player...

Pros: Great new sounds
Cons: a little short, maybe?

Tori Amos' From the Choirgirl Hotel is certainly a wonderful album. With a slightly different style form Boys for Pele, Tori goes with a more Guitar sound than her previous harpischord and piano sound. Songs like Spark and Raspberry Swirl have a...

Pros: Excellent lyrics and musicals
Cons: The songs are musicaly not very diverse, though the lyrics make up

This album really got my angst ridden juices flowing. I love emotional music, and this album is absolutely filled with emotion. The songs have a truly haunting element to them, and they are all completely entrancing. Her lyrics are engrossing and...

Pros: Cohesive, unique style of songs
Cons: What cons? Tori is a demi-Goddess!

What starts with a Spark ends in New York somewhere, album is an understatement when from the Choirgirl Hotel truly is a journey through sound. The album is dark, strong, and powerful. Spark is the first song, it's lyrics have a positive messages... you...

Pros: Keeps interests, Broad music styles, Kick butt songs.
Cons: maybe too evolved for some listeners.

Tori Amos is one of the most moving and musical artists of our time, and the album "From the Chiorgirl Hotel" is in my opinion, her best cd. From the first notes, to the last it is a rollercoaster of emotion and spiritual energy flowing...

Pros: lyrics, dynamic production, consistency
Cons: lyrics, occasional lack of melody

Ditching the overindulgences of 1996's "Boys for Pele," platinum-selling cult figure Tori Amos immerses her piano-pop in a mostly tasty mix of studio effects and live-band dynamics this time around. The result is her most consistent album...

Pros: Emotionally open and beautiful music
Cons: Lyrics a bit explicit

Extraordinary solo artist and piano soloist, Tori Amos, has yet made another immense impact on society. After buying "From the Choir Girl Hotel," I had to go back to the music store, even with my low budget, and get "Little...

Pros: Polyrhythm City
Cons: Depressing

Have I got issues with this album. Ok lets look at the facts. Tori Amos is a very short person. My 11 year old sister would have to look down to say hi. And unlike my coleauge critic Kiljoi and contrary to most Toriphile belieifs, I am tired of hearing...