Friday, September 24, 2010

Tori Amos: Scarlet's Walk

Room Temperature Edition

Shandree described this album as "homogenized". I can do nothing but agree. This is the last Tori album in the docket, apart from quite a few singles and B-sides, but I'll let you listen to her cover of "Smells Like Teen Spirit" below and decide for yourself if it's a joke or an homage. I've chosen not to cover them for my pleasure and yours.

The reason this is the last Tori album Shandree bought is as stated above: It has no guts. Nothing but mid-tempo 4/4 gravy here. At 18 tracks, with every track after the tenth sounding like it could be the last, this is sleepy-time tea. No bite, nothing to chide or praise. Just lukewarm drivel. There is nothing else to say. Goodnight.

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