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| 1. Precious Things |
| 2. Angels |
| 3. Silent All These Years |
| 4. Cornflake Girl |
| 5. Mary |
| 6. God |
| 7. Winter |
| 8. Spark |
| 9. Way Down |
| 10. Professional Widow |
| 11. Mr. Zebra |
| 12. Crucify |
| 13. Me and A Gun |
| 14. Bliss |
| 15. Playboy Mommy |
| 16. Baker Baker |
| 17. Tear in Your Hand |
| 18. Sweet Dreams |
| 19. Jackie's Strength |
| 20. Snow Cherries from France |
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Amazon.co.uk Review
After a full decade of unbroken success, the world's premier singer/songwriter marks her departure from east/west with Tales of a Librarian, her first best-of compilation. But where most acts simply slap together a few crowd-pleasers, preferring to concentrate on new material for their new label, Amos brings her usual perfectionism. Taking the very rare opportunity to revisit her songs, she has personally and purposefully remastered 18, while adding two new beauties in "Angels" and "Snow Cherries from France". For the most part this remastering has entailed a rearranging of the backgrounds, particularly the percussion and backing vocals (one of Amos's greatest strengths). The result is that the early tracks now sound more contemporary and sophisticated, making this album an easier entry-point for new listeners. The biggest difference is in the vocals, now even more up close and personal--and the originals were already frighteningly intimate. If anything's lost it's a certain fragility, some moments where Amos seemed about to be buried under the music and perhaps forced to stay silent for yet more years. Drama, that is. Still, it's an interesting exercise and the songs, naturally, are superb. Many of the best are here--"Winter", "Cornflake Girl", "Crucify", "Baker Baker"--more than enough to satisfy even the most rabid fan. --Dominic Wills
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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great collection for the un-initiated,
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This review is from: Tales of a Librarian: A Tori Amos Collection (Audio CD)
Always being compared to Kate Bush is very unfair on Tori. This collection should go a fair way to dispelling that myth. This focuses us on Tori Amos songwriting skills hence there are no tracks included from the 'Strange Little Girls' CD and also none from the recent Scarlet's Walk album. Shame that Pretty Good Year was left off also but the accompanying DVD has a version on. The new recordings are all very good and will no doubt tempt the fans who own the original 1st 5 albums to buy this also. This would make a sensible buy for anyone intrigued by Tori but so far still hesitant about buying any of her back catalogue. My advice is buy this for a good compilation of the early tracks but also to buy Little Earthquakes and Under The Pink aswell as they deserve to be heard in full. 10 years on and we are still awaiting a Kate Bush follow up to the Red Shoes. In this time Tori has released 6 albums and now a compilation. We also had a live album on Venus aswell. You cannot fault her on that at least.
12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Fitting Close to the East West/Atlantic Years,
By Anya Bakjabic (Cornwall, United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Tales of a Librarian: A Tori Amos Collection [CD + DVD] (Audio CD)
With a wealth of material from the period with Atlantic/East West it was always deemed virtually impossible to select tracks for a retrospective that would please Toriphiles.It was Tori's intention to release a compilation after Choirgirl Hotel which would include hard-to-find b-sides along with a smattering of live tracks plus a couple of new songs. That album ended up becoming To Venus And Back, as the new material kept on coming. It is possible that had that original retrospective seen the light of day, that Tales Of a Librarian may not have ended up in the way it has done. I for one am pleased that instead of allowing Atlantic to cobble their own 'best of' which would have undoubtedly revolved around the standards 'Silent', 'Spark', 'Cornflake' and 'Lite Sneeze' we get something that has obviously been deconstructed very carefully and given some considerable thought. Tori Amos obviously cares enough about her 'girls' to ensure that any 'best of' compilation truly bears a collection of songs that sum up her journey, as opposed to a collection of songs that earn their place on the record because of chart positions. I'm pleased that this collection gives us so much more than the singles. Even down to the beautiful artwork and packaging, this is a record that the artist is undoubtedly proud of. As a fan, I am also proud to own it.
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Redhead dancing girl,
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This review is from: Tales of a Librarian: A Tori Amos Collection (Audio CD)
It would be churlish, perhaps, to criticise a woman, who in twelve years has produced at least three of the best albums of that period ('Little Earthquakes', 'Under the Pink', 'Boys for Pele'). True, commercial success is more elusive these days (this album charted at a lowly #74 in the UK), and many fans have jumped ship after three releases that divide opinion ('To Venus and Back', 'Strange Little Girls', 'Scarlet's Walk'). But to her legions of fans, Amos's abstract musings will always be songs of the goddess.
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