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Key Information
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| Artist: |
Tori Amos |
| Record Label: |
Atlantic (USA) |
| Contributing Artist: |
Stewart Boyle |
| Genre: |
Rock and Pop |
| Subgenre: |
Alternative |
| Release Date: |
May 05, 1998 |
| Number of Discs: |
1 |
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Song List: Disc 1
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1. Spark 2. Cruel (remix) 3. Black-Dove (January) 4. Raspberry Swirl (remix) 5. Jackie's Strength 6. Iieee 7. Liquid Diamonds 8. She's Your Cocaine 9. Northern Lad 10. Hotel 11. Playboy Mommy 12. Pandora's Aquarium |
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Personnel: Tori Amos (vocals, piano, Mellotron, synthesizer, sound effects); Steve Caton (acoustic & electric guitars, mandolin); Stewart Boyle, Willy Porter (guitar); Al Perkins (pedal steel guitar); The Sinfonia Of London (strings); Matt Chamberlain (marimba, drums, percussion); George Porter Jr., Justin Meldal-Johnsen (bass); Andy Gray (programming). FROM THE CHOIRGIRL HOTEL was nominated for the 1999 Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Performance. "Raspberry Swirl" was nominated for the 1999 Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance. With her abstract lyrics, idiosyncratic piano playing and quirky arrangements, Amos has rewritten a good deal of the post-Laura Nyro poet-gal-with-a-piano rule book since 1992's LITTLE EARTHQUAKES. As her legions of fans can attest, she's already made it plain that she can do the intellectual artiste thing with aplomb. What she proves on FROM THE CHOIRGIRL HOTEL is that she can also rock out with the best of them. This recording finds her retreating a bit ... |
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