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| 1. GIVE |
| 2. WELCOME TO ENGLAND |
| 3. STRONG BLACK VINE |
| 4. FLAVOR |
| 5. NOT DYING TODAY |
| 6. MAYBE CALIFORNIA |
| 7. CURTAIN CALL |
| 8. FIRE TO YOUR PLAIN |
| 9. POLICE ME |
| 10. THAT GUY |
| 11. ABNORMALLY ATTRACTED TO SIN |
| 12. 500 MILES |
| 13. MARY JANE |
| 14. STARLING |
| 15. FAST HORSE |
| 16. OPHELIA |
| 17. LADY IN BLUE |
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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My Favourite Tori Albums are Little Earthquakes, Choiregirl Hotel, To Venus and Back & Scarlets Walk and now this is added to them. I never bothered with the Beekeeper, Pele and I found Posse unappealing and hard to get into.
This is probably the best, as it's the most consistent all the way through and the most listenable. The madness/quirkiness is played down a bit which suits me and it allows the album to flow from start to finish.
I loved the DVD I think it works really well as an alternative way to listen to the tracks. Tori doesn't distract from the songs but sort of displays a moving picture to go with the music. Her eccentricity isn't uncomfortable to watch and she gets away with what could be seen as self indulgent nonesense.
If you like more melody and gentle swaying beautiful tracks that you want to play over and over again then buy this.
This is probably the best, as it's the most consistent all the way through and the most listenable. The madness/quirkiness is played down a bit which suits me and it allows the album to flow from start to finish.
I loved the DVD I think it works really well as an alternative way to listen to the tracks. Tori doesn't distract from the songs but sort of displays a moving picture to go with the music. Her eccentricity isn't uncomfortable to watch and she gets away with what could be seen as self indulgent nonesense.
If you like more melody and gentle swaying beautiful tracks that you want to play over and over again then buy this.
14 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I am a massive fan of Tori's and have been for many years, so I am always excited whenever she releases new material. However, upon purchasing 'Abnormally...' my heart sank a little as I realised that, as had been the case with American Doll Posse and The Beekeeper, there were just far too many tracks on this album.
Don't get me wrong, I don't have a ridiculously short attention span, but this album could have done with a bit of brutal editing. Stand-out tracks such as Welcome To England, Strong Black Vine, the extremely catchy Not Dying Today, the poignant Maybe California, Curtain Call (which would make a great single), Police Me, Ophelia and closing track Oscars Theme (bonus track available on the Deluxe edition)are excellent, strong Tori material but other tracks just seem to be (and I HATE using this word) filler. If this album lost about 5 or 6 of it's lesser tracks I would have given it 4 stars.
However, as with a lot of Tori's work, there are some songs that just pass through on first try and then seem to sink in after a couple more listens, so maybe I should give 'Abnormally'... a bit more time and patience. On the whole though, an interesting album with some great lyrics and musical flourishes.
Don't get me wrong, I don't have a ridiculously short attention span, but this album could have done with a bit of brutal editing. Stand-out tracks such as Welcome To England, Strong Black Vine, the extremely catchy Not Dying Today, the poignant Maybe California, Curtain Call (which would make a great single), Police Me, Ophelia and closing track Oscars Theme (bonus track available on the Deluxe edition)are excellent, strong Tori material but other tracks just seem to be (and I HATE using this word) filler. If this album lost about 5 or 6 of it's lesser tracks I would have given it 4 stars.
However, as with a lot of Tori's work, there are some songs that just pass through on first try and then seem to sink in after a couple more listens, so maybe I should give 'Abnormally'... a bit more time and patience. On the whole though, an interesting album with some great lyrics and musical flourishes.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Someone here mentioned that the glossy airbrushed impersonal cover didn't bode well for the content, and in a small way I agree. For those, like myself, who have been faithful Tori-ites since 1992, the simple days of the girl with a piano and fire in her belly, a whole album's worth of spine-tingling emotional angst, achingly personal songs which felt like the feminine psyche encapsulated and laid bare, however raw, however painful and complex....are gone. And naturally, given that she is no longer a struggling artist, pinning everything on success, in the man-bashing throes of failing relationships, or particularly "young" and idealistic, and has eased into the mellowness,maturity and experimentation one's forties bring, her reference points are going to radically change, and her music accordingly. Little Earthquakes or Boys For Pele isn't going to be emulated again - not across a whole album anyway.
Even Tori admits she is no longer that "angry" woman who, I remember, with clenched fists and an unnerving stare, sang Me & A Gun acappello on stage. Tori's live performances will invariably showcase her immense range, both vocally and as a seasoned and one-of-a-kind unique artist, but her albums ever since The Beekeeper have, in my humble opinion, been too conceptualized, obtuse (lyric-wise) and occasionally just bland (I'm sorry but yes), just storms in teacups, with a few heady flashes of inspiration, rather than a raging storm overhead to shake one up...to really relate to fully as "complete" works.
This album for example, I find more palatable than American Doll Posse: highlights are Flavor (old school Tori...plain good song!), Starling, Curtain Call, Fast Horse, Welcome to England but others (Police Yourself for example) leave me cold. There is no doubt in my mind that Bouncing off Clouds (ADP) is a gem of a song encompassing everything that I love about Tori's songwriting, but, again, this is possibly the only track I ever play from ADP, apart from Big Wheel. So this new album exceeds the last at least in that I could play it (almost) all the way through, and not lose interest. Even a toned down Tori still rocks in my opinion, but having seen her live regularly since her humble beginnings, she doubtless unleashes her old-form ALL when she perfoms "live".
Even Tori admits she is no longer that "angry" woman who, I remember, with clenched fists and an unnerving stare, sang Me & A Gun acappello on stage. Tori's live performances will invariably showcase her immense range, both vocally and as a seasoned and one-of-a-kind unique artist, but her albums ever since The Beekeeper have, in my humble opinion, been too conceptualized, obtuse (lyric-wise) and occasionally just bland (I'm sorry but yes), just storms in teacups, with a few heady flashes of inspiration, rather than a raging storm overhead to shake one up...to really relate to fully as "complete" works.
This album for example, I find more palatable than American Doll Posse: highlights are Flavor (old school Tori...plain good song!), Starling, Curtain Call, Fast Horse, Welcome to England but others (Police Yourself for example) leave me cold. There is no doubt in my mind that Bouncing off Clouds (ADP) is a gem of a song encompassing everything that I love about Tori's songwriting, but, again, this is possibly the only track I ever play from ADP, apart from Big Wheel. So this new album exceeds the last at least in that I could play it (almost) all the way through, and not lose interest. Even a toned down Tori still rocks in my opinion, but having seen her live regularly since her humble beginnings, she doubtless unleashes her old-form ALL when she perfoms "live".
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Published on 2 Nov 2009 by The Bee Charmer
Better with age
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Published on 30 Oct 2009 by Fab Tab
Not a best one of her yet
I think it is just another record. Nothing special. No diamond in her discography. Good, but not astonishing.
Published on 11 Oct 2009 by Pawel Stojewski
would be better with less songs
1. Give 10/10
2. Welcome To England 8.5/10
3. Strong Black Vine 10/10
4. Flavor 9/10
5. Not Dying Today 5/10
6. Maybe California 6/10
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2. Welcome To England 8.5/10
3. Strong Black Vine 10/10
4. Flavor 9/10
5. Not Dying Today 5/10
6. Maybe California 6/10
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Published on 6 Oct 2009 by J.F
Good, not quite great...
I've been a Tori Amos fan since the mid-nineties and have enjoyed mostly all of her albums. She received a lot of unfair reviews for 2005's The Beekeeper, with many fans... Read more
Published on 29 Sep 2009 by Mr. M. T. Dodwell
Nueva, Diferente, Viva
Un disco con nuevas canciones, diferentes en su interpretación y arregladas con cientos de ideas y detalles de calidad. Read more
Published on 5 Sep 2009 by maSinobas
well...
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Published on 26 Jun 2009 by Larewen Evenstar
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