Tori Amos - Scarlet's Walk (2002) 192kbps

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Tori Amos - Scarlet's Walk

Year 2002

1. Amber Waves 3:39
2. A Sorta Fairytale 5:28
3. Wednesday 2:29
4. Strange 3:06
5. Carbon 4:33
6. Crazy 4:23
7. Wampum Prayer 0:44
8. Don't Make Me Come To Vegas 4:51
9. Sweet Sangria 4:01
10. Your Cloud 4:30
11. Pancake 3:54
12. I can't See New York 7:14
13. Mrs. Jesus 3:05
14. Taxi Ride 4:00
15. Another Girl's Paradise 3:34
16. Scarlet's Walk 4:16
17. Virginia 3:55
18. Gold Dust 5:56

Scarlet's Walk is perhaps Tori Amos's most intimate album since Little Earthquakes. There are certainly similarities between the two. Thematically, she's still seeking freedom from the brutalising constraints of religion, and deftly mixing biblical and pop culture references. Musically, she's gone back towards basics, minimised the winding, free form verses and indulgent vocal operatics, and maximised the crushingly beautiful choruses and middle eights (hard to tell which is which with Tori) that are her forte. Of course, she's moved on, as well as looked back. Married for some years, she deals with the acceptance of love, and the importance of personal identity within a long term relationship. But these things are almost an aside to the music here  dramatic, constantly evolving and wholly emotive. From the jaunty, Well style "Wednesday", through the rootsy a cappella "Wampum Prayer", to the heart rending orchestral brilliance of the closing "Gold Dust", indeed for 14 of the 18 tracks here, Tori is at her absolute best. And you know how good that is.
Sixth album of original material from provocative singer songwriter, following 2001's cover versions record 'Strange Little Girls'. This ambitious concept album voyage across America as metaphor for a journey through modern womanhood is warm, melodic and full of lush arrangements. Marking a return to the more accessible terrain of her earlier work, it has been hailed as her best album since 1994's 'Under The Pink'.