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| Tori Amos | Primary Artist, Organ, Clavichord, Harmonium, Harpsichord, Keyboards, Vocals |
| Black Dyke Band | Brass |
| Sammy Berfect | Choir, Chorus |
| Steve Caton | Guitar, Mandolin, Electric Guitar, 12-string Guitar |
| Mino Cinelu | Percussion |
| Manu Katché | Drums |
| Craig Klein | Sousaphone |
| George Porter Jr. | Bass |
| Sinfonia of London Orchestra | Strings |
| Mark Mullins | Trombone |
| Scott Smalley | Conductor |
| James Watson | Trumpet, Conductor |
| Darryl Lewis | Choir, Chorus |
| Marcel VanLimbeek | Bells |
| Mark Sterling | Choir, Chorus |
| Gus McField Jr. | Choir, Chorus |
| James Crawford Jr. | Choir, Chorus |
| Jack Trimble | Choir, Chorus |
| Tori Amos | Producer |
| Cindy | Art Direction |
| Alan Friedman | drum programming |
| Bob Ludwig | Mastering |
| John Philip Shenale | Arranger |
| Peter Willison | Director |
| Mark Mullins | Horn Arrangements |
| Mark Hawley | Engineer |
| Scott Smalley | Orchestration |
| Marcel VanLimbeek | Engineer |
This is one of my all-time favorite albums. It is strange, bold, daring, terrifying, confusing, and maddenly satisfying all at once. This is a wild ride. I know people who love Tori and hate this CD. After listening to it for the 10 or so time, i could see why. You can't get inside of her head on most of these. The tracks are so different that sometimes I wonder why they are all on the same CD together. Ultimately, I glimpse the madness inherent in the juxtaposition and stop the dissection, allowing the music to work its voodoo. And believe me, it does.
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Posted October 1, 2010
Not a standard pop confection, but a masterpiece. The depth and spice that each song contributes to "Boys For Pele" is rare for any artist to whip up in one sitting. At first listen some songs may seem harsh, some mundane. Tori Amos herself admits to being "like anchovies...an aquired taste". This CD may take a few listens to grab you, but when it does it leaves quite an impression. For those new to Tori, try "Putting The Damage On", "Hey Jupiter", and "Talula". Other songs may take a more open ear to fully digest. This CD is a piece of art and by far Amos' best. Don't pass it by.
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Posted October 1, 2010
I love this CD, I listen to it most out of all of her albums. To me it has the most emotion out of all of them, They put me in the mood of whatever song is playing. They are also a lot more dark than her previous work, which to me is an improvment. Although i think all of Tori's albums are magnificent pieces of work (except scarlet's walk)
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Posted October 1, 2010
Boys for Pele was, in my opinion, a great evolution in her work. The dark side of these songs (even "Talula", the sunniest song on the album, is about severed queens, i.e. Marie-Antoinette and Anne Boleyn) makes this album her best up to date. In my opinion, however, it lacks the intimacy that made "Little Earthquakes" such a good record, but it's much better than "Under the Pink", maybe just because it's so dark and sad.
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Posted October 1, 2010
When I first bought this album, I honestly had trouble listening to it entirely. It just didn't stick with me. But I gave it a few listens and now it is my favorite album. There is so much emotion and bizarreness that it is just superb. Yes the songs are a little out there and hard to understand, but the songs are also some of the most beautiful I've ever heard. "Marianne" is definitely my favorite. Highly recommended.
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Posted October 1, 2010
The CD, videos, and the Dew Drop Inn Tour relayed the most raw emotion put forth by a musical artist to date. Watch Tori perform Precious Things, from the Live in NY video and I think you will agree nobody has shown so much on stage, no matter if you like the performance or not. Amazing, a must have CD for those who like introspective, intelligent music.
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Posted October 1, 2010
I think Boys for Pele, is such an honest, raw display of human feeling. that she could not possibly go wrong. She is an incredible artist. and that is where I leave it.
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Posted October 1, 2010
This album may not sound like the two released before it, but it is definately a must-have for long time Tori fans and new fans alike. The music on the tracks is excellently written, arranged, and, of course, played. Tori once again wows us with her pen and ability to play with words. Highly recommended for the latest addition to your music library.
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Posted October 1, 2010
Tori Amos' third release, ''Boys For Pele'', is her least accessible, least understandable album. Many of the tracks are under two minutes long and listening to her lyrics is like reading Carroll's ''Jabberwocky''. ''Hey Jupiter'',''In the Springtime of His Voodoo'' and ''The Doughnut Song'' are beautifully done, but the other songs are sub-par Amos.
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Posted October 1, 2010
If Little Earthquakes stripped Tori Amos to the skin ¿ and Under the Pink to the bone ¿ then Boys For Pele slashes straight to the singer¿s psyche. With bells, whistles, and other extraneous effluvia largely eschewed, Pele shines a white-hot, oft-times uncomfortably claustrophobic spotlight on Amos and her beloved Bösendorfer, leaving the listener with the queasy sensation of being attached at the tongue to a Turette¿s Syndrome-suffering Siamese twin. Which is to say: The lyrics have gotten even weirder. While her Earthquakes-era couplets, when not spot-on inspired, were never less than hypnotically provocative, Amos¿ lyrical weavings on Pele lean perilously toward the precious. Suddenly, Fig Newtons and tuna are competing with zebras and weasels for nursery-rhyme remote, non-sequitur supremacy, and Mr. Sulu and Judas are time-sharing with Moses and Muhammad (both the prophet AND the pugilist). Still, there are many gems in this junkshop (¿Father Lucifer,¿ ¿Marianne,¿ ¿Caught a Lite Sneeze,¿ ¿Hey Jupiter,¿ ¿Putting the Damage On¿); one simply has to work a bit to mine them from the muck.
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Posted October 1, 2010
Never has a an album provoked such emotions out of me. Every song, and I mean EVERY song, is a masterpiece. She is a modern day Mozart.
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Editorial Reviews
All Music Guide - Steve Huey
Highly ambitious, challenging, idiosyncratic, and confounding, Boys for Pele expands on the more experimental and progressive tendencies of Under the Pink. Amos frequently discards traditional song structures and employs wide-ranging, eclectic instrumentation in her music, while her lyrics seem to grow even more obscure, giving the album a very impressionistic feel. While there are certainly worthwhile moments, her experiments don't always work; some of the songs fail to stick, and it takes a few plays before many start to sink in. Ultimately, Boys for Pele is polarizing: Some Amos fans will only admire her more for taking the risks she does, while others may find to their ...