To Venus and Back by Tori Amos

Pros: A lot of music, good voice, Some excellent lyrics
Cons: Overbearing sound, Indecipherable vocals on many tracks, Musically unimpressive

After being suitably impressed by Tori Amos's album "From The Choirgirl Hotel" (reviewed at: h ttp://www.epinions.com/content _337558539908 ), I found myself implicitly recommending her double album "To Venus And Back" ...

Pros: A number of great studio tracks coupled with live performances of some classics.
Cons: The live disc is weak overall; some of the new studio songs are poor too.

Originally conceived of as a B-sides/live songs double disc, Tori Amos ultimately ended up jettisoning the B-sides plan when her muse came calling, resulting in a new set of studio songs coupled with a number of live tracks culled from her Plugged '98 ...

Pros: Great piano work, great phrasing, unique Tori Amos voice, interesting music
Cons: Can be a little long, too much angst

Former child prodigy Tori Amos has put together quite a collection of some of her more well known tracks, such as Cornflake Girl, Little Earthquakes, Datura, and 1000 Oceans. Frankly she sounds best when it's just her voice and the piano. Having ...

Pros: electronic wonderfulness. overall, very pleasing to the ear.
Cons: Some songs are so-so.

The first part of a three part series entitled, "The Perfect Tori Record" What the hell are you doing? I'm playing God. Because let's face it. Tori has some problems with song vomit. (She releases just about every song she writes.) ...

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It's no secret that I'm a Toriphile and I pretty much worship or like all the albums I have of her, but because I started getting into another artist (Bjork), I had to put my Tori collection on hold. Around Christmas, I realized that I haven't bought a ...

Pros: beautiful songs, amazing variety, powerful, strong
Cons: artwork seems to be quickly done, packaging is a little frustrating,

If you're a fan of new, electric sounding music, you want this album. If you're still holding onto the 'girl with a piano' thing, and you think Tori should have resigned her fate to album after album of excellent piano work, you might not like this...

Pros: A new Tori CD
Cons: Needs more 'Tori' and less trendy music.

Since I am a big fan of Tori's music, I hate to write anything negative about her work. However, I was severely disappointed with this newest release. Not only was it a complete turnaround from her previous CDs, it was just a plain not good CD....

Pros: Very melodic songs, nice lyrics, great instrumentation
Cons: Not quite as emotionally involving

To Venus and Back, the most recent release from the underground diva Tori Amos, is a beautiful blend of her early days and the more techno sound of her previous album From The Choirgirl Hotel. Combining her admirable ability to redefine the sound of the...

Pros: New sound, same Tori
Cons: None

This album has been somewhat controversial among the fans that have stuck with Tori Amos through Boys for Pele and Choirgirl Hotel. In To Venus and Back, she has presented us with another new style. Every album of hers has a different, unique feeling...

Pros: The live album
Cons: The new album

Here is all you need to know about this cd:

The live disc is great, really kicks butt, with 3 b-sides, COOLING, SUGAR, and PURPLE PEOPLE. Most of the songs are from UNDER THE PINK, with only 1 song from FROM THE CHOIRGIRL HOTEL, and one from...

Pros: Long overdue live album accompanies a disc containing some sparkling new tracks
Cons: Too much, too soon after a career defining album. Destined to be the album *after* choirgirl

Tori Amos is an acquired taste.

It is only fair to state this before reviewing any of her work. You can easily be mystified for years as your friends spend time and money on their Tori Amos collection without understanding the allure of the...

Pros: "A Thousand Oceans," "Concertina, and "Datura"; most of the live disc.
Cons: some obnoxious lyrics; gimmicky production masks Tori's formidable talent.

Moreso than any other artist of whom I'm aware, Tori Amos is guilty of playing absolutely vicious mind-games with her core audience:

She somehow manages to convince the vast majority of her fans-- and I certainly count myself among them-- that...

Pros: Great Songs & A Live Cd!!!
Cons: Nope.

When I heard that Tori Amos was going to release an album in 1999, I nearly passed out because she had just released one the year before and I wasn't expecting to hear from her for a good two years, thankfully I didn't have to wait long. "To Venus...

Pros: The Astonishing Live CD
Cons: The Innocuous, Ridiculous, Studio One

You cannot convince me that Tori Amos is not a genius (in her own Kooky Way.) I was a fan long before all the brouhaha started, and remain one. However, Tori like most geniuses can make the mistake of getting lost inside the labyrinth in her head.
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Pros: It's Tori, what can I say?
Cons: none

I “shivered with antici………..PATION” for this Tori CD and I did with all the ones before it. It was what I was expecting, but at the same time, NOT what I expected. With her previous release, from the choirgirl hotel, Tori got into electronica and a...