The Beekeeper [Digipak] [Limited] by Tori Amos

The Beekeeper [Digipak] [Limited] by Tori Amos

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This Limited Edition includes an extended 24-page booklet, a bonus DVD disc which contains the bonus tracks "Garlands" and a Beekeeper seed packet. Personnel: Tori Amos (vocals, Hammond b-3 organ, keyboards); Damien Rice (vocals); Mac Aladdin (guitar); Jon Evans (bass instrument); Matt Chamberlain (drums); London Community Gospel Choir, Kelsey Dobyns (background vocals). Like Tori Amos's previous studio album, SCARLET'S WALK, THE BEEKEEPER is a largely stripped-down affair that places emphasis on the singer's heavily conceptual lyrics and supple voice. The basic backing band from the former disc returns, and the musicians' ease with Amos's music gives the record a relaxed, natural feel. Throughout, the music is melodic, inviting, and sometimes even danceable. "Sweet the Sting" mixes church organ with an old-school soul beat and Latin percussion, resulting in a track that has less in common with Amos's usual overt sexuality and more with Barry White-style make-out music. "Sleeps with Butterflies" is a gen...
Key Information
Artist: Tori Amos
Record Label: Epic (USA)
Contributing Artist: Damien Rice
Genre: Rock and Pop
Release Date: February 22, 2005
Number of Discs: 1
Song List: Disc 1
: 1. Parasol
2. Sweet the Sting
3. Power of Orange Knickers
4. Jamaica Inn
5. Barons of Suburbia
6. Sleeps With Butterflies
7. General Joy
8. Mother Revolution
9. Ribbons Undone
10. Cars and Guitars
11. Witness
12. Original Sinsuality
13. Ireland
14. Beekeeper
15. Martha's Foolish Ginger
16. Hoochie Woman
17. Goodbye Pisces
18. Marys of the Sea
19. Toast