| Product Summary | | Label: Wea/atlantic | | UPC: 00075678323027 | | Release Date: 9/21/1999 | | Buy.com Sku: 60336557 | | Item#: MN3WK4 | Format:  CD |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Bliss ~ Tori Amos |  | | 2. Juarez ~ Tori Amos | | | 3. Concertina ~ Tori Amos | | | 4. Glory of the 80's ~ Tori Amos | | | 5. Lust ~ Tori Amos | | | 6. Suede ~ Tori Amos | | | 7. Josephine ~ Tori Amos | | | 8. Riot poof ~ Tori Amos | | | 9. Datura ~ Tori Amos | | | 10. Spring Haze ~ Tori Amos | | | 11. 1,000 Oceans ~ Tori Amos | |
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(c)1999 Atlantic Record Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States
| | Album Notes and Credits |
Notes & Personnel Info |  | Personnel: Tori Amos (vocals, piano, synthesizer); Steve Caton (guitar); Jon Evans (bass); Matt Chamberlain (drums, percussion); Andy Gray (programming). | | Engineers: Mark Hawkley, Marcel van Limbeek. | | Recorded at Martian Engineering, Cornwall, England. Live tracks recorded in 1998. | | TO VENUS AND BACK was nominated for the 2000 Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Performance. | | Personnel: Tori Amos (vocals, keyboards, synthesizer); Steve Caton (guitar); John Chamberlain (drums, percussion); Matt Chamberlain (drums); Andy Gray (programming). | | Recording information: Martian Engineering, Cornwall E. | | Photographer: Loren Haynes. | | TO VENUS AND BACK pairs a disc of studio tracks with a disc of live concert recordings. The first disc features some of Amos' most electronic-sounding productions to date. Though her acrobatic singing is given its usual full rein, many of the studio songs feature intricate, effects-rich orchestrations. The album-opening "Bliss" begins as a windswept soundscape, only to open up into a hook-laden chorus. "Juarez" is an intoxicating stew of disembodied voices, roiling synthesizers, and propulsive percussion. "Glory of the '80s" visits a night of drug-fueled hedonism during a decade that defined excess. "Josephine" is a standout track that will appeal to fans of Amos' more open, piano-centered work. | | The second disc culls tracks from Amos' 1998 Plugged Tour. The live rendering of "Cornflake Girl" is a particularly stirring affair, noteworthy for Amos' vocal bravura and for the cascading sheets of piano that she adds during the song's climax. Also featured is "Cooling," a track that Amos has never committed to album. No Tori Amos fan will want to be without TO VENUS AND BACK. |
Producer: Tori Amos |
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| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 09/21/1999 | | Original Release Date : 1999 | | Catalog ID : 83230 | | Label : Atlantic (USA) | | Number of Discs : 2 | | Studio/Live : Mixed | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00075678323027 |
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| | Professional Reviews | | Rolling Stone (10/14/99, p.124)
- 4 stars out of 5 - "...testifies to just how wide and deep her river runs....[it] is Amos at her most surreal, dreaming of her past, her pain and her desires in supersaturated musical and lyrical color..."Entertainment Weekly (9/24/99, p.145)
- "...this disc is more 'Tori in an Ambient Mood'....it's the most enjoyable listen she's generated in years..." - Rating: B Q (11/99, p.116)
- 4 stars out of 5 - "...her most involving album to date....she only emerges as even more singular a talent, practically unique....The songs of Tori Amos are nothing if not brave." CMJ (10/18/99, p.32)
- "...The studio album contains some of Amos' most introspective songs to date....The live bonus album showcases her more rocking and raw side with hard-hitting renditions of her hits....VENUS should appease anyone looking to scratch that Amos itch." Mojo (Publisher)
(11/99, p.97)
- "...This fine, complex record finds [Amos] a little calmer, but no less challenging or controversial. She's threaded a few more beads, several of them gems." |
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