Tori Amos - The Beekeeper
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Free Music Notes for The Beekeeper
Free Music Review: Worth the wait.....
Hit: 5 Stars
To be honest, I have been waiting for a great Tori album since From the Choirgirl Hotel. TVAB and SLG were good, but really lacked inventiveness. Scarlet's Walk was an improvement, but less musically interesting than Boys For Pele or Under The Pink.
The Beekeeper reminds me that Tori is a virtuoso musician, songwriter, and performer. She is unique and deserves more credit for inspiring the younger generation of female songwriters. The ease with which she drifts from musical genres, rock, funk, ballads is more impressive than ever.
Marys of the Sea and Barons of Suburbia, Witness are all classic Tori
Even at 80 minutes, this CD doesn't lag or bore. Among the pretty melodies of Power of Orange Knickers and Sleeps WIth BUtterflies, there are the harder driving, funkier tracks like Witness, Hoochie Woman, and Cars and Guitars. It's great to see that even a blissful existence hasn't blunted her deft social commentary. You'll never a strict top 40 hit from her, but if you want music that makes you think and feel, Tori is for you.
One minor complaint with the lyric sheet. On the regular edition, the songs are arranged by the "gardens" they belong to. IT makes reading the lyrics in order a real pain...as you have to search all over the page for the song
Free Music Review: The Return of Tori
Hit: 5 Stars
Tori's work has always been provocative. From her auto-biographical smash-hit debut Little Earthquakes to 2003's stylised and altogether unique compilation Tales of a Librarian each album has provided a new slant on her particular brand of passionate piano driven alt-rock.
Tori's latest offering The Beekeeper is another of her high concept emotion inspired albums. The songs on this collection are grouped, rather enigmatically, into their own gardens with each garden having it's own sound and message.
This album also incorporates the use of B3 Hammond organ.The main concept of this album comes from the fact that the character within is on a journey to discover the point of view of the Creative Mother, as opposed to the Creative Fathers point of view. On the journey the character passes through the Garden of Original Sinsuality and even follows in the footsteps of Mary Magdalene.
In this album we see Amos taking on the familiar topics of male/female relations and the old favorite religion. Despite many peoples opinion that Tori's music is only for women I feel that her music has a message that all genders can relate to.
I think this album marks a welcome return by Tori who well deserves a five out of five rating!
Free Music Review: This Album is a keeper!
Hit: 5 Stars
When I first heard the CD I was, at first, turned off because some of the tracks were more mainstream pop music than I am used to with Tori's work. After a few more listens I found that this album really is classic Tori.
The first track, Parasol is very melodic and the lyrics are very interesting. In this track, Tori is referring to a woman in a famous painting who is seated with a Parasol. She mentions coming to terms with life, yet if she was the woman, she would be within the frame of the painting. This is one of my favorite tracks. It was well written.
Ribbons Undone has probably one of the most obvious themes (Tori's daughter...)that Tori has ever displayed. Usually Tori's music is very abstract and listeners have to search for the meaning or just allow the song to apply to whatever is going on in their own lives, but this track is specifically worded and easy to follow.
The Beekeeper is very dark. This is a classic Tori song. I love the imagery she uses and love the music that is behind the beautiful vocals.
I highly recommend this album for true Tori fans, and also to anyone who may be interested in getting to know the art of a true musician with true talent.
Free Music Review: Tori Amos Magic
Hit: 5 Stars
I have the unique experience of buying this cd without any expectations. In fact, I had never heard her before. I buy many cds on impulse, and I was bored with my cds. I walked up to the rack, Saw Tori Amos (that sounds familiar??, bought it, and WHOOSH! I was gone! Tori music bliss! :) The unique clarity and vocal experimentation blew me off my feet! Beautiful melodies and cryptic lyrics kept me entertained, and I was in love! I have since become a huge tori fan, and every new cd makes me fall more in love with her music, from crazy Cornflake Girl to beautiful Winter. But I always come back to this cd, because there is something organic and satisfying about it, I love to hear it, and to me it seems so much like Tori, like a diary entry...Unless you are living in Tori's past, (and she has every right to reinvent, though I think she sounds matured even more, not different) you will love this album!! It is one of my favorites, along with Tales of Librarian, and I always make sure I have it with me! :) In my opinion as a musician, music enthusiast, and Toriphile, The Beekeeper is Tori Amos Gold. Get it, esp. if you like sweeping melodies and musical fusion diversity in songs, you will not be dissappointed! :)Free Music Review: A different style to previous records, but very successful
Hit: 5 Stars
Some of the finest songs Tori Amos has ever written are on this record. Title track 'The Beekeeper' is an eerie but beautiful piece of soft electronica, akin in sounds to the more meditative tracks on The Postal Service's excellent 'Give Up', and it's lyrics are truly affecting: the track is about the desperation one feels when a loved one is desperately ill, and attempts to negotiate with the figure of Death for their safe recovery. It was written after Amos' mother suffered the effects of a serious heart condition. Another standout track is 'The Power of Orange Knickers', a duet with Damien Rice, where the voices of the two artists complement each other perfectly, and 'Original Sinsuality'. Here Amos presents an alternative reading of the Fall of mankind in the Garden of Eden, depicting a creator far different from the Biblical Jehovah who encourages mankind to eat of the Tree of Knowledge. These themes are potentially difficult to digest, but Amos wraps them in such beautiful melodies that they are anything but. At 19 tracks there are inevitably fluctuations in quality -'Ireland' is rather average in comparison to the rest of the record - but there is not a bad track here. All in all, a triumph.