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THE REVIEW
After The Beekeeper from 2005, Tori Amos returns in 2007 with American Doll Posse. Tori decides to add something to this work, thus five female personalities are born: Isabel, Clyde, Pin, Santa, and Tori. These five women have different personalities and looks, but all five want to make their voices heard! So each woman sings a couple of songs to express her mood, and the works of these women add up to become American Doll Posse!
Certainly, the basic idea is excellent, the complication comes with the assembled work, resulting in an album that is decidedly disjointed and long (not so much in terms of time, as it lasts about an hour and twenty minutes, but due to the 23 tracks that seem to never end in their dispersion!).
From the first track Yo George to Dragon, the last, we move, as previously written, through the personalities of these women, who however, seem to be too different to be encapsulated in a single album! The goal was to have a varied album that described American women from various social classes, but instead, it seems like a collection of tracks left out from previous albums.
Here we are, Tori, as her fans will know, has always been guilty of presumption! That is, she puts on disc most of what she produces, and this album is the greatest demonstration of that! Excluding a couple of pieces, the quality of the album is too low for an artist of Amos's caliber!
Reaching a conclusion from this mishmash album, only some tracks are saved while the remaining songs are low-level experiments by Tori Amos, which would have been well received in a collection of demos, but in an album with such high expectations, they are out of place!
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Tori Amos' 2007 album American Doll Posse introduces five distinct female personas representing different moods. While the concept is compelling, the album suffers from length and a disjointed feel due to its 23 tracks. Only a few songs stand out, with many viewed as experimental and unsuitable for a full album release. Fans may find the album ambitious but uneven overall.Tracklist Lyrics Videos
01 Yo George (01:25)
06 You Can Bring Your Dog (04:04)
07 Mr. Bad Man (03:18)
09 Girl Disappearing (04:00)
11 Devils and Gods (00:53)
12 Body and Soul (03:56)
13 Father's Son (03:59)
16 Roosterspur Bridge (03:58)
17 Beauty of Speed (04:08)
19 Velvet Revolution (01:19)
20 Dark Side of the Sun (04:19)
21 Posse Bonus (01:45)
22 Smokey Joe (04:19)
23 Dragon (05:03)
Tori Amos
American singer-songwriter and pianist Myra Ellen 'Tori' Amos (born 1963 in Newton, North Carolina) rose to prominence with piano-driven, confessional albums beginning with Little Earthquakes (1992).37 Reviews
Other reviews
By Cloud
"American Doll Posse is an album with attitude, this time blatantly on display."
"Dragon and Smokey Joe rightfully enter a hypothetical list of the Redhead’s best tracks ever."
By cptgaio
A bold album that can leave one flabbergasted, where the American pianist follows her inspiration in an integralist manner, leaving nothing behind, gambling it all with a fearlessness that’s almost moving.
It was difficult for me to grasp the meaning of yet another concept and, above all, I had serious doubts about whether my beloved could sustain 80 inspired minutes of music at this historical moment.
