Boys for Pele has been my absolute favorite album from any artist since I first heard it. The production value is phenomenal and I hear something new almost every time I listen to it in headphones. The songwriting and orchestration are so impressive and varied and interesting. (Shoutout to the cow - bull? - in Professional Widow!) The track listing is perfection when considering the arc of the whole album. Thanks for this excellent video! I agreed with so many of the points you made.

@BlueNagoon

Жыл бұрын

It really is one of those albums that keeps on giving isn't it? Thanks for watching.

@eonzenox2315

Жыл бұрын

I know we don't know each other but you are officially my twin :) Couldn't agree more! Pele is the ultimate masterpiece ♥♥♥♥

@MrKarmapolice97

Жыл бұрын

Boyes For Pele is her best album!!! Ahh that album so good you just get lost in her world.

@HmmmYeahRiiiiiight

9 ай бұрын

headphones is the only way to listen to that masterpiece

Night of Hunters is a must. Such an amazing album. I saw her live with the Metropole Orchestra and I still have goosebumps thinking about it. Also I think from the Choir Girl Hotel is really underrated. It's really one of my favourite album of all time.

@janknuckey

Жыл бұрын

Choirgirl is definitely in my Top 3. It's superb!

@Jammer2112

4 ай бұрын

It was nice to read this comment as I've really not seen a lot of love for Night Of Hunters. I think it's absolutely brilliant. Granted my Tori tastes are a bit strange though, because I'm actually not a huge Boys For Pele fan unlike 99% of the fanbase 😂

Scarlet's walk ... I Heard so well .With attention With headphones . Tori brought me in another dimension ... So beautiful songs inside

I absolutely love 'Abnormally Attracted to Sin', i listen to it very often, after all these years. Tori music is very special to me❤

Pele and Choirgirl are my top two! 1. Boys for Pele- Tori first gets really WEIRD here and I love it! 2. From the Choirgirl Hotel- Still weird, but now with electronics! 3. Little Earthquakes- A classic; so emotionally raw and vulnerable and I'm living for it. 4. To Venus and Back- Kind of a spiritual successor to FTCH. Love the live songs as well. 5. Under the Pink- Great songs, but a little too "commerical" sounding for me (did I mention that I love WEIRD Tori?) Great vid!

@carennrodrigues7631

Жыл бұрын

Thats what akes me enjoy Tori amos, the consta t feeling of "Whats that?"

@tidalboxer

Жыл бұрын

I’m pretty much identical. The strange stuff is better.

@eddiehauser6661

Жыл бұрын

I never really looked at it as liking weird tori, but I can see what you're saying although outside of little earthquakes and boys for pele, my number 3 is american doll posse which I would say is kind of "weird"

I saw her in 92 in a small venue in Orlando ,FL. She performed the entire Little Earthquakes album & a couple of cuts from the " Smells Like Teen Spirit " EP, I saw her a couple of more times but nothing compared to this first very intimate performance. She greeted fans afterwards & I was lucky enough to briefly chat with her & give her a hug..so Little Earthquakes will always be #1 for me.

@BlueNagoon

Жыл бұрын

That sounds like an amazing show!

@siep6922

4 ай бұрын

I just missed her on that tour. The guy in front of me at the ticket office place BOUGHT THE LAST TICKETS! Gaah! This was when she was touring England, 1992. Finally saw her live in Perth, WA, twenty years later...

Pity you never saw her in the 90s. She was magic.

@BlueNagoon

Жыл бұрын

😭

My ranking 13 Ocean to Ocean 12 Y Kant Tori Read 11 Abnormally Attracted to Sin 10 Unrepentant Geraldines 9 The Beekeeper 8 Native Invader 7 American Doll Posse 6 Boys for Pele 5 Scarlets Walk 4 From the Choirgirl Hotel 3 Little Earthquakes 2 To Venus and Back 1 Under the Pink glad you mentioned Here in my Head such a great b-side, she also does a lovely version of Etienne and plays it pretty much every time she plays Scotland x

@BlueNagoon

2 жыл бұрын

That's more where I'd expect folks to put YKTR. 😀Etienne in Scotland is a lovely tradition. Thanks for sharing your list!

@modiaz2026

8 ай бұрын

why didn't he mention "Strange Little Girls" ?

This is a great reaction - spot on throughout! In all honesty, the beekeeper gave me the same feeling! It was the album where I questioned whether I had changed or If Tori had changed. I felt like the album veered so closely to adult contemporary pop and lost a lot of the edge I enjoyed in her writing and sound. I have halfheartedly listened since that album. To me, Scarlets Walk was the last great Tori album. And, I agree the top 4 are somewhat interchangeable, BUT I would place Scarlet above Venus and YKant, at number 5; it was a great concept album - love it! I’ve seen Tori a few times, most notably in a theatre venue in ATL, when she was promoting Pele! Great review!

Under the Pink is number one for me, without question. I love it so much. Also, absolutely agree about Ocean to Ocean. It's a great and long awaited return to form for me. That said, I honestly don't think she has a bad album. Finally, agreed on Y Kant Tori Read. i went back and listed to it just last week ( much better record than I think people remember, especially if you look at it as a product of its time).

This is great! I’ve been trying to find where to start with Tori, a lot of people always recommend her! Great to hear your output!

@BlueNagoon

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome, you're in for a treat! I'd start with Little Earthquakes, the debut, and work your way through the first 4-5 albums. If you like those you can start exploring the later period albums and finding the gems on them.

Nice list. I will admit, I have not listened to every single Tori album, but I have more of her albums than any other artist, especially the 90s ones. So, full albums: 1) Little Earthquakes (fav song = Winter, least = China), 2) Boys for Pele (fav = Caught a Light Sneeze, least = Red Baron), 3) From the Choir Girl Hotel (fav song = Rasberry Swirl, least = Northern Lad), 4) Under the Pink (fav = Cornflake Girl, least = Baker, Baker and Waitress). Lots of songs I love, like Mother, Talulah, Spark, etc. These are just favs vs not. After that, you get into select songs from any album, so...A Sorta Fairytale, Carbon, Big Wheel, Bouncing off Clouds, Take to the Sky, Butterfly, Trouble's Lament, Sleeps with Butterflies, Sweet Dreams, Cooling, Putting the Damage On (piano version). But favorite song of all is Winter (love the lyrics, love that it's about her dad, love the melody and emotions). It's so funny, because I HATED Tori's music when my sister "infected" the house with Little Earthquakes when I was 13. Then I started to really listen, and now Tori is my favorite artist. I feel like she has something for every mood, every moment. If I'm going through something and need to vent, there's Precious Things. If I'm bubbly that day, there's songs like Bouncing Off Clouds. I think her consistency in newer albums isn't as strong as it was in the 90s, but each album has at least a few masterpiece songs. Very talented woman.

What a cool find this video was! Our rankings definitely differ (though I'm guessing we're close in age by our Tori journeys and when they began), BUT your favorite songs from each album are pretty much my favorite(s) songs from each album (i.e. the Space Dog bridge, the Father Lucifer bridge, Cooling, Cool On Your Island, Fire On The Side, Reindeer King, Flavor, Icicle, Winter, Bouncing Off Clouds, Oysters, Northern Lad, Swim To New York, the coda of Speaking With Trees, and of course my all time favorite Tori song Taxi Ride - and Carbon is my #2, so I do place Scarlet higher, but I get what you mean about the production. I just think the songwriting is so strong on that album). If we're not ranking holiday albums or symphony albums or Night of Hunters (impressive but not accessible), then I also agree with your last place ranking. I've seen her live 7 times (should be more!) and she always takes us to a transcendent place. I should also add that if I were a music critic, my ranking would be VASTLY different from my personal ranking (Choirgirl and Pele would be 1 and 2). But here we go trying. I do love them all of course. 1. Scarlet's Walk 2. Choirgirl 3. Under The Pink 4. Little Earthquakes 5. American Doll Posse (don't hate me, I LOOOOVE so much of it) 6. To Venus And Back (didn't mention my fave Concertina) 7. The Beekeeper 8. Boys For Pele (my controversial pick, love the first half, skip most of the second half except Damage and Amsterdam) 9. Ocean To Ocean 10. Unrepentant Geraldines 11. Native Invader 12. Y Kant Tori Read 13. Abnormally Attracted I hate the canned drums of Geraldines and Invader, but it works better on Invader from a production point of view, and yet Geraldines has stronger songwriting IMO. So those 2 could flip on a day-to-day basis, as could the first two albums.

@BlueNagoon

2 жыл бұрын

Oh wow thanks for sharing this, I love hearing that some of those moments in her songs hit for others the same as me. And your point about critical vs. personal ranking is so true - YKTR being the obvious example from my list. And critic-wise Scarlet's would probably have to be higher on mine, I totally get the love for that album and what she accomplished, it's just not one I reach for as often personally. Appreciate your thoughts!

Such a great video. I have loved Tori since I heard Silent ALL These Years. I would hesitate putting them in order, but I would mostly agree with your analysis. Thanks for putting this together.

This always changes but based upon my listening habits as I get older 13. Y Kant Tori Read 12. Unrepentant Geraldines 11. The Beekeeper 10. Ocean to Ocean 9. American Doll Posse 8. Abnormally Attracted to Sin 7. Scarlets Walk 6. Native Invader 5. Little Earthquakes 4. Under the Pink 3. To Venus and Back 2. From the Choirgirl Hotel 1. Boys for Pele

@BlueNagoon

2 жыл бұрын

Aww poor YKTR (but I get it). 😂 Cool to see AAtS fairly high, though, it's one that I always feel like I should like more than I do. Thanks for sharing your list!

@KRAZEEIZATION

Жыл бұрын

What about Strange Little Girls?

I think your ranking is pretty fair. Like you, I first heard Tori with Little Earthquakes and I was University at the time. Blew my mind. And then she turned up and played in the city I was studying for the Under The Pink tour (Porstmouth, England). Still one of the absolute greatest gigs I've ever been to (and as a pro musician and film-maker I've been to a lot!). And I agree that Ocean To Ocean is her best album for some time. Anyway - thanks for this. Really interesting. You've got a new subscriber. Really interesting channel. 😃

Wow!! I couldn't believe how close his list is to mine!! I definitely have Scarlet's Walk in my top 4 though!!

American Doll Posse deserves so much more love. It's in my top 3

@vitaminC7657

Жыл бұрын

I agree! I was love it so much! I don’t understand the hate. And the tour from that record was AMAZING!

@maggieo1683

Жыл бұрын

Yes, I can't agree more!

@eddiehauser6661

Жыл бұрын

I'm with you, and I don't understand it either. My top 3 is little earthquakes, boys for pele then american doll posse

@jartober

Жыл бұрын

Terrible album. Only Dragon and GD are the highlights.

@barneybyron8438

Жыл бұрын

@@jartober really? It's great. It sounds like Tori is the singer in a rock band.

Night of Hunters is actually an impressive album. Different but very good

@BlueNagoon

Жыл бұрын

Yeah definitely a blind spot for me (I thought it was a covers album for a long time).

@pauscleanliving839

11 ай бұрын

It is! One of my very favs.

Always boys for pele!!! My first show was in 1998 plugged tour, I was 21. Wish I had seen her play in even some of the earlier years but I’m glad I got to see her in those days. The live shows were magic! And I’ve been going to all her shows since then.

@BlueNagoon

Жыл бұрын

I should have made more of an effort to see her back then, sounds amazing!

Spot on rankings. Interesting insertion of YCTR. Beekeeper bummed me out too when it came out.

love this video!! father lucifer is one of my all time favorite tori songs :)

Pretty much the same here, but I rank The Beekeeper and Scarlet's Walk especially a lot higher. The Beekeeper is a mood. It's pretty much all about death and has a very gothic, romantic, almost Victorian feel. The songs individually are all pretty great to classic. The title song is spooky Tori, a rare quantity (Black Dove is perhaps the other best iteration of this) and I love it. Scarlet's Walk is the rare concept album that takes off and flies high. Love the vibe of it. It was also the last time we got to see Tori's original face, which I greatly prefer to the surgical revisions. (Sorry not sorry.) Love Boys for Pele but it does have a downside: it gets pretty shrill at points. Maybe my hearing is too good? It IS unequivocally brilliant though. And the B-sides from this era are her very best and some of my most favorite songs. Sister Janet and Daisy Dead Petals especially! I'm surprised you didn't mention Night Of Hunters or the Christmas album. NOH was a hell of an accomplishment and the songs are fantastic. I even like Tash's contribution--her interpretation of Job's Coffin is very jazzy and altogether cool. I'd put NOH high in the ranking. Midwinter Graces is a bit too melancholy for me--it pairs well with Annie Lennox's Christmas album though, in its rather academic, vintage feel and mopey-but-beautiful energy. Winter's Carol is one of her best songs EVER imo, a magnificently pagan celtic anthem. Her voice is very weak on this album--I think it was recorded during a period where she was having a lot of dire health problems--but she works around it well. Re ADP, I'm surprised you didn't mention Smokey Joe paired with Dragon--they really are a box set and both some of Tori's finest, darkest songs. As a concept album this ends up feeling very labored, and it could've been fascinating from a feminist perspective. I especially hate the fashion direction. All these supposedly very different women dress exactly the same, pretty much--WTF. Tori's designer friend needs to go away. She's been making Tori look awful for years. You should wear your clothes. They should not wear you. AATS is Tori's weirdest album. I actually hate it because there is something so self-indulgent, weak and cringy about it. It's almost whiny, full of weird self-pity, and I feel bad saying that because I suspect Tori actually had a very serious health crisis prior to that album--I mean, I think we almost lost her. But that's no excuse to record crap like "Not Dying Today." That's a B-side if ever there was one. However, that song aside, taken individually I love most of the songs on AATS--especially the ones you mentioned, and also Starling and Curtain Call. Such a strange sensation! Different production would have made a HUGE difference overall. The cover art is a nightmare. In general I like Tori's odd departures in style. They aren't common enough. Sweet The Sting is a great funk/soul style song, wish she'd venture in that direction more. Everyone hates Police Me but it represents a real effort to pull herself out of her box and do something almost punk, genuinely edgy and weird for the first time in a long time. It's bizarre and not good, but I enjoy the effort. I wish she'd leave friggin' Cornwall and stop working with her husband all the time. The evidence is that his musical tastes are extremely pedestrian and just not a good influence at all. Tori needs some fresh air. She is still a legendary artist of epic brilliance and incredibly gifted and creative, she just needs to get out more. I really wanted to like Ocean to Ocean and Native Invader but they both fell so flat for me. It doesn't need to be that way. Lastly I think she is so hugely underrated and under-appreciated these days, and I wish that'd change. She is one of the GOATs in American pop music and should be celebrated as such.

@BlueNagoon

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing your thoughts. I agree she's underrated, maybe she'll get a Kate Bush style resurgence via a Netflix show or something. 😀

@graffitiwomen

Жыл бұрын

Agree with almost everything you wrote. I kinda gave up in the mid 2000's, though my sister didn't, and now that my sister is gone(her name was Liz, 'How the Lizzies' from Father Lucifer hits me way differently now), I've come back to Tori. It's at times painful(my sister's death was sudden, unexpected and tragic), but I believe in working through feelings. Sorry, I'm having a weird time right now, hope you're well!

@Sapfu100

Жыл бұрын

Yeah. Always bums me out that other Toriphiles seem to like Beekeeper less than I do. But then I seem to like Choirgirl less than......well.....everyone else on the planet. So it all evens out 😀

I am always up for “nerding out” when it come to my girl Tori ❤

This was enjoyable to watch, I love it when she goes hard in the production

@BlueNagoon

Жыл бұрын

Most definitely. Choirgirl is peak "Tori goes hard" IMO.

@benjaminlaw1819

Жыл бұрын

@@BlueNagoon OK, definitely will be checking that album out

Scarlet's Walk is a masterpiece.

@BlueNagoon

Жыл бұрын

Not my fav but it's definitely a good one and I know a lot of folks for whom it's huge.

It will always be Scarlet’s Walk for me… I can put it on and listen to it all day long.

My top 4 is exactly the same....you have said so many things in this video I feel the same way about....so good to find a kindred spirit (in Tori Amos fandom). My best wishes to you

1. Boys for Pele 2. Little Earthquakes 3. Under the Pink 4. Native Invader 5. From the Choirgirl Hotel 6. Ocean to Ocean 7. Unrepentant Geraldine 8. From Venus and back 9. Night of Hunters 10. Scarlet's Walk 11. American Doll Posse 12. Strange Little Girls 13. Abnormally Attracted to Sin 14. Midwinter Graces 15. Beekeeper (A Japanese fan since 92)

@BlueNagoon

Жыл бұрын

Wow NI pretty high up there! Not my fav but glad it connects with some folks.

Loved your commentary on Tori's albums... pretty much how I would rank them, though I'd move Scarlet's Walk up in the ranking and probably place it between Choirgirl and Little Earthquakes. Wholeheartedly agree with Boys for Pele! 🙂

I would have to agree with you generally on your picks. Boys for Pele is definitely my favorite of hers also, but Night of Hunters would be in my top 4. That album introduced me to other artists like Satie & gave me an appreciation for classical music that I never had prior.

@BlueNagoon

Жыл бұрын

I definitely had the wrong impression about what NOH was and should not have skipped it!

love this! I too saw her on tour recently for the first time although I fell in love with her music in the 90s... kind of lost touch with her until recently and now I'm going through her back catalogue. I'm addicted! The live versions of the Ocean to Ocean songs were more vivid and raw, loved them if not the album so much. Not sure I have a #1 go-to album; every song on Little Earthquakes is spectacular, Choirgirl Hotel is gorgeous (Liquid Diamonds!?), Pele iconic, Venus has some gems (Lust!? maybe my favorite ever).... thanks for the extra suggestions!

@BlueNagoon

2 жыл бұрын

Right on! She played a bunch from OtO at the show I saw this year and I agree, those songs worked well live!

Boys for Pele and Choirgirl Hotel are my top two. Great video. Thank you for sharing.

@BlueNagoon

7 ай бұрын

Choirgirl is my #2 a lot of the time, great stuff. Thanks for watching!

Scarlet's Walk is my favorite album ever

Boys for Pele is all time number one for me….dark genius. Ocean to Ocean is now number 2 for me, I think it captured the pain of the last two years so well, agree that it’s brevity is a strength after some of the recent albums. Night of Hunters is amazing!

@BlueNagoon

Жыл бұрын

Definitely getting the feeling I should give Night of Hunters a try! Thanks

Me and you both agree boys for Pele is definitely her best you really are a cool dude I definitely enjoyed watching this thank you

Boys for Pele and Joni's Blue wrestle for my number #1 album ever. From first to last track it feels like chapters in a epic story and runs you through the entire emotional spectrum. Over the years I still pick up new things in subsequent listens. The remasters paired with high quality headphones and a few bottles of wine is still a good night made.

@maplesyrup76

Жыл бұрын

I love the first 5 albums and a couple songs from Scarlets Walk. Then our paths diverged. Not a lot of artists where I got 5 albums I love from, so I'm happy for that.

@BlueNagoon

Жыл бұрын

@@maplesyrup76 I love this perspective. Those first 5 truly are something special.

Another Y Kant Tori Read lover! Love to see it. This ranking is fairly close to how I would probably rank them, same number 1 as well. I agree with a lot of what you have to say here.

@BlueNagoon

Жыл бұрын

Yay! Go go YKTR. 🥳🎉

Love this! Thank you.

I just happened upon your video. Thank you! You're taking me back and reminding me of great music that I haven't listened to in a while. I also happen to agree with all parts of your critique. Thanks for the walk back in time : )

@BlueNagoon

Жыл бұрын

I'm glad it reminded you of the music, making it did the same for me. 😀

Really liked your “summary” and mostly agree with you, especially on the fav songs of each album (I’d picked Lust from Venus because has a particular meaning for me). Definitely the quality of her efforts has been of a sort of downward path in the last years, but she is still capable to gift us with some absolute killer tracks (like the rightly mentioned Reindeer King). Still have to come to terms with OtO though, where for now I still haven’t found “my” song. Long live Tori! (Just seen her live for the fifth time)

@BlueNagoon

7 ай бұрын

Five times, wow! Thanks for watching. "Lust" is a great track too.

This was an awesome review. Thanks.

thanx, thourough and knowledgable sum up and ranking. Myself, I fell off after American Doll Posse, but I largely agree with your ranking of the rest. I would perhaps switch Scarlet's Walk and To Venus..., and I would definitely place From the Choirgirl on #2.

My humble ranking, as a new Tori Fan (Discovered her march this year) 15 - Night of hunters (I just need to listen to this more carefully) 14 - Unrepentant Geraldines: Just not very memorable to me for now 13 - Boys For Pele: Im aware of how good this album is it just hasn't clicked with me yet 12 - To Venus and Back: from this point onward I love every album she's made 11 - The Beekeeper: Very quirky album, I like the personality it gives off 10 - Abnormally Attracted To Sin: I love rock, but there's an album that pulls it off better 09 - Ocean to Ocean: Pretty great album that makes her feel still rellevant 08 - Y Kant Tori Read: It does sound less creative but for a first album is a banger 07 - Native Invader: I feel this album is pretty emotional and reflective 06 - Scarlet's Walk: At first I didnt get this album but it's very peaceful and cool 05 - Little Earthquakes: Pure art, a few songs i dont like so thats why it's lower 04 - Strange Little Girls I like the concept of the album and I feel connected to it 03 - Under The Pink: Very catchy album. I love the variety. 02 - American Doll Posse: Rock is great. She knocked it out of the park with this one 01 - From The Choirgirl Hotel: Super creative and interesting album with a lot of moods

@NyahsMom26

7 ай бұрын

Keep listening to Boys for Pele until you're addicted. If you like Under the Pink it shouldnt take long.

what you said about the drums in Scarlets Walk is totally true omg. I always hear the last 3 songs in solo piano form from her Paris mini concert (or whatever) here on KZread because they sound totally better that way. I also love the 2014 (or something) version of Your Cloud

@BlueNagoon

Жыл бұрын

I'll check those performances out, thanks!

From The Choirgirl Hotel is a masterpiece.

Pele is brave, boldly honest, taboo, and hauntingly beautiful in a way that is different from her other albums. My personal favorite. I appreciate your take on her discography.

@BlueNagoon

Жыл бұрын

Totally agree! Thanks for checking out the video.

@provisionalhypothesis

10 ай бұрын

I totally agree that it's her most Visionary work and we would never hear the harpsichord like that from her ever again....and it has one of my favorite songs she has ever done which is caught a light sneeze, but it isn't a very accessible album at times and it has a lot of tracks on it that I didn't really appreciate on the back half.

Omg!!! Love this!!! ❤🙌

That was a good ranking. Chiorgirl is my personal favourite, I was going through my first and most horrendous breakup at the time and that album still holds so many memories, even now 24ish years later, I can't really listen to some of the songs because it bring the emotions right back and I cry like a baby, iiiieee is one of those songs funnily enough since you specifically mention that song. I also remember when Scarlets Walk came out I was so excited (bearing in mind I'd pass my pants if Tori even did a 30 second TV appearance at that point) and felt a bit lost when I realised that I only like 3 songs & the horror I felt at our growing apart. Anyway thanks for the great little video 👍

@BlueNagoon

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching! Choirgirl is pretty amazing, and iiiieee is SUCH a vibe. 😭

This is so funny, as a younger fan (I'm 27 atm) AAtS is actually one of my favourite albums ever by any artist! I do very much understand how that's a widely unpopular opinion, though. It has a very peculiar (and very cold) sound, the track order is a bit messy at times, and Tori's voice during that era many would consider screachy. But from my point of view, it's beautifully quirky, atmospheric, nostalgic, unsettling... cinematic, as I understand Tori made it to be. I strongly associate it with the last winter of my life spent in the suburbs before moving from my folk's place to the big city. It's got that "goodbye, I'll miss it here but I need to break loose and defy every single thing you've taught me about life" vibe. I'll forever cherish the memory of walking in some snowy park around Christmas time, headphones on, listening to this album and pondering about life and the future... Anyhow, here is my (very controversial) top 12: 12. Native Invader (the one Tori album I wish she would redo, it had so much potential but the mushy production/mixing just kills it for me) 11. Little Earthquakes 10. Ocean to Ocean 9. Under the Pink 8. Unrepentant Geraldines 7. From the Choirgirl Hotel 6. The Beekeeper (Ireland? don't know her) 5. American Doll Posse 4. Boys for Pele 3. To Venus and Back (in my Tori headcannon, Zero Point is the true final track here, right after 1,000 Oceans) 2. Abnormally Attracted to Sin 1. Scarlet's Walk (probably one of the most cohesive and iconic bodies of work by any artist ever) I'm not including YKTR in there simply because although it's an awesome '80s pop album, it wasn't produced by Tori. I find it hard to compare to her later work where she truly was in control.

@WickedYogaDoll

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this! I'm going through her back catalogue now after rediscovering her recently... Give is one of the most sensual songs I've heard in a long time, love her voice on it. Any other highlights? Look forward to hearing the whole album.

@f4gsforpele

2 жыл бұрын

No way you ranked any post Scarlet albums above LE or UTP 💀 to each their own ig

@wonderror9546

2 жыл бұрын

@@f4gsforpele I did say it's a very controversial top 12 😅 and don't get me wrong, I still totally love LE and UtP-they're classics and with good reason. It's just I don't connect with them all that much at this point in my life. Mind you, some of my favourite Tori songs are from those eras. Sugar in its original form I hold especially dear. 💚

@wonderror9546

2 жыл бұрын

@@WickedYogaDoll You're welcome! Give sure is quite the opener, love the trip-hop Middle Eastern vibe on that one. From AAtS, I definitely have a soft spot for the more atmospheric/textured tracks like Curtain Call, Flavor and Lady in Blue, but there also are straight-up jams aplenty, like Welcome to England and Fast Horse. As for highlights from her discography in general, here are some lesser known standouts from various eras: On the Boundary (from her '80s band days), Mother, Space Dog, Father Lucifer, Hotel, Dātura, Virginia, Marys of the Sea, Smokey Joe, Nautical Twilight (based on Mendelssohn's Venetian Boat Song), Oysters, Speaking with Trees.

@WickedYogaDoll

2 жыл бұрын

@@wonderror9546 thank you so much! She actually sang Space Dog at the concert - first time I'd heard it but I loved it! I'll make sure I hear them all!!!

WHOA, you put Y Kant Tori Read above Scarlet and everything that came after lol

@f4gsforpele

2 жыл бұрын

That shocked me lol

@BlueNagoon

2 жыл бұрын

Hehe those two could be easily flipped depending on the day. I tried to think which of them had songs I'd reach for and want to hear more often and honestly I think YKTR is a little ahead of Scarlet's. But I recognize I have a nostalgia for that sound that many people don't share. 🤣

Giving a like for when you noted the great bridges in UtP. Space Dog especially. "Deck the halls... It's you again, it's you again, somewhere someone must know the ending." I tear up every time and I don't know why.

Impossible task because Tori has so many talents that are reflected differently in each album. The lyrics on Ocean to Ocean and To Venus and Back were exceptional. The piano playing on Under the Pink is simply the best ever. The story telling on Night of Hunters, Scarlett's Walk and American Doll Posse are sublime. I can never choose 1, or even 5. If I had to pick the Tori album I didn't like, it would be Abnormally Attracted to Sin.

Try to give Native Invader another chance. It’s really good, better than American Doll Posse, The Beekeeper, unrepentant Geraldines or a ocean to ocean. I agree 100% with Bous for Pele being the best.

@BlueNagoon

Жыл бұрын

I'm seeing NI high on a few lists, perhaps you're right, I should give it another go!

I only agree with your first and last picks. BOYS FOR PELE is the best! I can't believe you wouldn't include Night of Hunters though and yet you'd include Y Kant.

I love American girl posse and beekeeper! My favorite is boys for pele. Honestly I love them all depending on my moods and what's going on in my life

U did such a good job here😮😊

I love “Bouncing Off Clouds” and “Your Cloud”. Scarlet’s Walk was the album that drew me to Tori Amos

@BlueNagoon

Жыл бұрын

I'd imagine discovering Tori at Scarlet's and then going through her back catalog must've been mind blowing. 🤩

@GuitarType01

Жыл бұрын

@@BlueNagoon discovering her at the time I did was great because she had tons of material out (she even had a book out which I read).

@kcmet79

Жыл бұрын

I also love Carbon & Can’t see New York

@WordUnheard

Жыл бұрын

Tori really likes to write about clouds. There's also Cloud On My Tongue.

@kcmet79

Жыл бұрын

@@WordUnheard Great track from UTP (IIRC she did it live on Greg Kinnear). Then again it's tough to think of a weak track... what an album!

This is very similar to my ranking especially BFP as number one and the LE, UTP and FTCGH being a interchangeable second. My least favorite is ADP but I still have songs I love from each lower ranking album. Also your favorites on most albums are the same as mine. I agree the bridge on Father Lucifer is transcendent.

Yep. My rankings would pretty much be the same. As you said, your top four, same as mine, might change order from day to day, although Choirgirl probably gets the most plays at my house. ✌️

I’d say instead that ADP and earlier is her best work as a whole. I also agree that each subsequent album has its gems. For me, Under the Pink is her best album with BFP as a tie or just millimeters away from UTP. Both are so different that they are hard to compare head to head. I like every song on both of those albums. I love the orchestral arrangements and dynamics of UTP and I love the harpsichord and belting she does throughout BFP. My ranking is: 1. Pink 2. Pele 3. LE 4. TVAB 5. Choirgirl 6. Scarlet 7. ADP 8. Beekeeper 9. Native Invader 10. O2O 11. AATS 12. Geraldines 13. YKTR Some of the songs on the albums I like least are in my list of favorites like Ophelia, Oysters, Lady In Blue, Etienne, Cool on Your Island. And Reindeer King is in my top 10 of all time. She’s amazing and I admire her ability to produce a good variety of songs. Each is unique and no album sounds like the other. Love her. Goddess

Ocean to ocean is an album I come back to from time to time Thank god for that

Really enjoyed your personal assessments, Pele is my #1 too. Been a huge fan from the moment I heard her, for the first time in '94 and it was absolutely magical seeing her 7 concerts on the DDI tour. I'm so curious ...what your favorites are on TVAB?😊

@BlueNagoon

Жыл бұрын

Hmm my top TVAB tracks are probably Spring Haze, Lust, Concertina, and Josephine. Something like that! 😀

I have only been to 1 Tori concert. I saw her live in 2007 in Boston during the American Doll Posse tour. It was an incredible show and I still love that album.

Great video ! 1. Boys For Pele 2. Little Earthquakes 3. Under The Pink 4. From The Choirgirl Hotel 5. Scarlet's Walk 6. The Beekeeper 7. To Venus And Back 8. Night Of Hunters 9. Ocean To Ocean 10. Strange Little Girls 11. Abnormally Attracted To Sin 12. Unrepentant Geraldines 13. Gold Dust 14. American Doll Posse 15. Native Invader 16. Midwinter Graces

@Jim1971a

Жыл бұрын

Interesting 👍 I absolutely love Native invader

@NathanHautain

Жыл бұрын

​@@Jim1971a It is a good album with nice songwriting and piano playing as always, however I feel like the mixing really hurts the tracks here. I do have some faves on it, namely Reindeer King, Breakaway, Bang, Climb and Mary's Eyes

SAME exact feeling when Under the Pink came out! I really miss her surreal layered vocal bridges that took you weeks to completely make out. Space Dog and Father Lucifer especially. Racing turtles, the grapefruit is winning. Girls who eat pizza and never gain weight. I love the violent edge Boys for Pele has. It was somehow the perfect album for the perfect time in my life. I am 43 and figuring we are about the same age. Her first albums showed up at just the right time for me.

Loved this! My ranking is very similar, and number one is of course the same :)

My list: 15: Strange Little Girls 14: Night of Hunters 13: Ocean to Ocean 12: Little Earthquakes 11: Unrepentant Geraldines 10: Under the Pink 09: Midwinter Graces 08: The Beekeeper 07: Native Invader 06: Boys for Pele 05: American Doll Posse 04: Abnormally Attracted to Sin 03: From the Choirgirl Hotel 02: To Venus and Back 01: Scarlet's Walk I can't even contemplate having YKTR in there, I really do not like it. I never got into the glam, big hair, female rock chick stuff at the time, and cannot for the life of me get into it now 🤣🤣

@BlueNagoon

2 жыл бұрын

Hehe it's definitely a love or hate kind of thing. 😀

@seanp7dc

Жыл бұрын

SW #1! Finally someone who loves it as much as I do :)

@sistabliss0609

Жыл бұрын

@@seanp7dc Probably one of my fave albums of all time 😀

From 1996 to 2007 I had the pleasure to see her 5 times in concert. The latter shows and albums for me were mostly a way to hang on to her, more than appreciating her work of those years. From Scarlet's Walk on I slowly began losing interest and was going to shows just because those were still good. The last one I went to was for the American Doll Posse tour, it was a blast but as other albums were published I just wasn't able to grasp her vision enough to keep me following her. But I always love revisiting her past works, I still find her 90's work to be some of the best music around, both lyrically and musically and it's always beautiful going back to watch live shows from that era. I'm seeing a lot of new interest around youtube in the last couple of years and I'm glad that new listeners are able to appreciate her, she deserves it As for my ranking: 1. Under The Pink was my first Tori album and it's always been my favourite. Every single note and word on this album falls perfectly in my cup of tea. I can safely say that it's one of my favorite albums of all time from every modern artist ever 2. Boys For Pele: this one I could switch places with Choirgirl, it depends on mood and days. I find Choirgirl much more cohesive musically - Pele it's such a mess sometimes - but the genius moments in Pele are so big and so many that I have to give it the silver medal 3. From The Choirgirl Hotel: it was the perfect album for that time, when it came out. It was just like if the Tori music landscape had prepared for it. It was so deeply Tori-esque and so deeply different at the same time. It was a shock but in a good way. It's so good at conveying every feeling, and so powerful 4. Little Earthquakes: I love it deeply but I feel that it really shines more in the live experiences, both solo and with the band. If I had to rank it based on those, then it would probably have to take the 2nd place, but just taking the studio work into consideration I feel that it's a masterful debut album but could be better, not in the sense of music and lyrics but production. And I can't stand "China", I'm sorry. 5. To Venus And Back: it's some sort of Choirgirl part 2, more like a collection of b-sides of the Choirgirl era. It's really good but sometimes I feel like it's been put together just because, at that time, releasing singles with b-sides wasn't that good of a business choice anymore. There are serious beautiful bangers here but it's not consistent throughout. 6. Scarlet's Walk: I place it here just because it's a good album and deserves to be mentioned in the discography but it's not anything I couldn't live without Every other album after Scarlet to Midwinter Graces for me it just can be lost with no consequence. Albums that came out after Midwinter Graces I never checked out in full, just some songs here and there, and not one raised my interest. I lost touch with Tori's artistic vision and until today I didn't find anything that could pull me back in. I go back to her first works with the same delight I felt when those albums were fresh, to me they are timeless works of art, but the recent ones I left behind. It's partly sad, it's partly as life goes

@BlueNagoon

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing your thoughts. I agree with so much of what you wrote! Those 90s albums really are timeless.

@WhitneySeven

Жыл бұрын

But Reindeer King though…it’s fire. There are definitely one or two quintessential Tori songs on each of her later albums. And when she performs live those songs come to life in a different way.

@justmissjamey

Жыл бұрын

Same. I couldn't grasp her vision from Scarlets walk and beyond as well. And today it seems like a lot she is just "phoning it in" without the feelings (which i am sure she has grown and changed, but still) I also feel like her enunciation had changed, but if she did a tour from before Scarlet walk and back, I would totally go see it, and would love if she would play the obscure songs she used to do as well. I have seen her 6 or 7 times live and come on...its Tori...

@nicolenovi4619

Жыл бұрын

I feel that Tori lost her consistency after the "Beekeeper". Im sorry but i love the Beekeeper and its whole concept and a lot of the songs are beautiful, i actually like it better than Scarlet's Walk. I never really connected too deeply w Scarlets Walk, i guess bc of the political content and the subjects about the land and America i dont find as appealing as subjects that are more personal and deal with personal suffering or love, which is why "Boys for Pele" will always be my #1 and top favorite album of Tori's. But i do agree that her early works were her better ones, and i never connected with "American Doll Posse," and i liked "Abnormally Attracted to Sin " but felt it was a new side of Tori that took me a while to connect with. She won my heart again, however, with the deep spirituality of "Night of Hunters", and i loved "Unrepentant Geraldines," i think its just that Tori, like all of us, changed and became a Mom but its sad to hear that u lost your connection with her as the years went on. I always found things i loved about a Tori album, even if it took me several listens or i only liked a few songs- in the end i always ended up relating to something or finding those" flashes of brilliance" on an album. Maybe someday u might find something u like in her later works, but i respect your opinion and understand what you mean.

@nicolenovi4619

Жыл бұрын

I could never say or feel like Tori Amos, one of the most talented and spiritual songwriters of my generation, is ever "phoning it in"....i think ppl just change and grow and that she's older now, and of course cant b expected to sound the same as she did 20 or 30 years ago. Thats all.

Just getting back into Tori may last album was Scarlet Walk so thanks for showing me some of what i missed, I didnt even know about "Y Kant Tori Read" and I want to get that but its so expensive and hard to find, very sad :(

@BlueNagoon

Жыл бұрын

YKTR is freely available in digital formats and streaming since it was re-released in 2017 if that helps. Not sure about physical formats. But definitely worth checking out IMO, it's SUPER 80s sounding but I love a lot of it.

I remember discovering Tori when searching for artists similar to Liz Phair (who has a few songs, e.g. Animal Girl and Canary that are very 90's-Tori-Amos style). Agree Pele is the best by far and listen to it often. Venus is also excellent. The rest of the first five were hit and miss for me, and never got into the rest, unfortunately.

@BlueNagoon

2 жыл бұрын

Yay another Pele fan. 😀 I remember really liking Phair's first couple albums, definitely some style crossover there.

I find Boys for Pele to be her most memorable of her old work, so I agree on this. My list is something close to this: 15- American Doll Posse 14- The Beekeeper 13- Strange Little Girls 12- Under the Pink 11- Unrepentant Geraldines 10- Abnormally Attracted to Sin 9- Little Earthquakes 8- From the Choirgirl Hotel 7- To Venus and Back 6- Midwinter Graces 5- Boys for Pele 4- Night of Hunters 3- Ocean to Ocean 2- Native Invader 1- Scarlet's Walk

We come back to her 90´s albums because those were her best. I can´t stand ocean to ocean. Her voice there is almost non existent. Just a whisper.

Some of the mid 2000s albums I haven't listened to in full in quite a while so their ranking could go one way or another upon closer analysis but I basically agree with your overall views. The 90s albums are all great to me. After that it's more about specific individual songs.

This is my ranking of the alums I've listened to so far: 8. The Beekeeper 7. Scarlett's Walk 6. Ocean to Ocean 5. Under The Pink 4. To Venus And Back 3. Little Earthquakes 2. Choirgirl 1. Boys for Pele

Good list! I have been a fan since 92 and have seen her dozens of times starting in Feb 94 (tickets for 23 on sale tomorrow!) I agree with your top pick. Pele is my favourite album by anyone and the accompanying Dew Drop Inn tour shows are also unbeaten. And the singles. I like to make a 5th side, opening with Graveyard, Sister Named Desire, and ending with my two favourite tracks - Alamo and Cooling, a song guaranteed to bring me to tears. I'd put Choirgirl in 2nd, Pink 3rd, Earthquakes 4th (though only because I'm including the B sides in my thinking!) and Venus 5th Beekeeper is my least favourite of those 21st Century releases, while I would rate American Doll Posse as the best - possibly over Scarlets Walk, whose middle of the road production really was a disappointment when I first heard it. Beekeeper being the follow up was a further blow and as you said, gave a strong feeling that Tori and I were moving in very different circles. ADP had more bite, a partial return to that earlier fire. Way too long, but you could make a decent length single album from it, which I can't say about any of the others I'd also rate Geraldine's a little higher. Weatherman and Trouble's Lament are really good. Giant's Rolling Pin may be letting the side down admittedly! I'd also give Native Invader slightly more credit. It doesn't have enough strong songs to fill even half an album, but Breakaway and Climb, along with Reindeer King are songs that keep the faith that Tori can still deliver.

If anything, Cool on Your Island is absolutely a masterfully written, arranged and performed song. Not only are that bridge and all verses phenomenal, Tori's vocal performance is one of a kind but skilful and emotional at the same time. To me that was a diva without any archytypal diva cliche. Btw, I really like your ranking and Little Earthquakes was a groundbreaking moment of discovery in music, as well as in personal mentality for me too. Oh boy and when talking about Under the Pink, don't I love Past the Mission, Pretty Good Years and Space Dog, the last of which is one of my all-time favourites. I have a soft spot in my heart reserved for The Beekeeper and Scarlet's Walk though. I am particularly fond of Witness and Martha's Foolish Ginger when it comes to The Beekeeper.

@BlueNagoon

7 ай бұрын

Totally agree about "Cool," fantastic song no matter how it's arranged.

fantastic review. One note - Cooling is from the Choirgirl era, I believe? I could be wrong but it was the B side on Spark

@BlueNagoon

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! That's what's crazy, Cooling, Never Seen Blue, Beulah Land, Snow Cherries, and a bunch more are all from the Pele sessions and released with later albums. An incredibly prolific era!

@profplum5

2 жыл бұрын

@@BlueNagoon wow. I never knew that! Thanks for enlightening me

@prbsnoop1974

Жыл бұрын

@@BlueNagoon They were indeed - but for me sonically/emotionally they're pure Choirgirl and live there rent free

The only ranking I agree with you on is number 1! This is the first album of her’s I heard so Idk if that’s why it’s my trusty favorite or it’s because it’s the best? Marianne’s my all time favorite( I cry just thinking about it!) since you didn’t mention it and Not the Red Baron, Hey Jupiter, Twinkle, Putting the Damage on, Doughnut Hole, Horses all tie for 2nd! Lol I also appreciate the bootlegs especially from the Beekeeper her live version is worlds better than the actual album! I would’ve also added Welcome to Sunny Fl and I Love the Drama of Night of the Hunters and the multiple songs with Tash! But really I love everything some take time to grow on me but I love them all!

@BlueNagoon

Жыл бұрын

Marianne is wonderful!

@PrincesasTres

Жыл бұрын

Aw, thank you and I agree!☺️

You had me at the space dog bridge

@BlueNagoon

7 ай бұрын

A the kids say, "I know right?!" 😍

I gasped when I saw Scarlet at #7! That's my number 1. But otherwise these pretty much track for me.

@BlueNagoon

Жыл бұрын

Scarlet's is great, just goes to show how strong her catalog is! 😀

I think the reason I love little earthquakes so much is because I love it when there are full band type songs and that album seemed to have more of it than the last couple of albums that followed. Do you know if she has any other full band type albums like Little Earthquakes? I haven't heard many of her CDs....

@BlueNagoon

Жыл бұрын

You might try From the Choirgirl Hotel, it's one of her "bigger" albums in terms of arrangements.

Pele and Under the Pink are so, so good. I was at the show in Dayton where Tori recorded the live versions of Mr. Zebra and Cloud on my Tongue that appear on TVAB. Also loved her joint concert tour with Ben Folds. I don't love her newer work as much, but there are usually one or two tracks on each album that are still amazing.

@BlueNagoon

Жыл бұрын

That's so cool, it's like you have an ultra-official bootleg of that show. 😀

Nice one, KZread algorithm! A recommendation for a small channel that deserves a lot more subscribers. Wonders will never cease 🎉

I completely agree with you! My favorites are almost all B-sides.

The only time I have seen Tori live was at the 1998 Glastonbury festival, along with Nick Cave it was the highlight of the whole event for me. The festival itself was a mud bath, it just did not stop raining but to see Tori perform made up for the destroyed tent, ruined clothes and hundreds of pounds essentially wasted. As an interesting aside along with my friends we ended up watching Tori with a random stranger whose actual name was Merlin. For me, Little Earthquakes will always be number one with From the Choirgirl Hotel snapping at its heels.

@BlueNagoon

Жыл бұрын

That's a great memory, thanks for sharing! I wish I'd had a chance to catch her live in the 90s, I always hear amazing things.

Absolutely agree. Boys For Pele is in a class by itself.

Spot on, but maybe have to listen to Y kantTori Read again, to be sure. It's been a while. Also there exists an incredible acoustic session of hers that is very hard to find, but well worth.

@thumperkreck

Жыл бұрын

Sorry it was an acoustic version.of "silent all these years", likely b.ootleg.🙂

Ahh I'm a fan and also a middle aged white guy...dont tell anyone... I think you’ve pretty much nailed this one...the comment on the drums on Scarlets Walk...yep drives me nuts... I'm not sure later album's songs are weaker or if its the lack of innovation in arrangement and sound...no hate for Tori ..just an uneducated opinion from a critical friend.

@BlueNagoon

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! *sigh* those Scarlet drums... 😅 I think you're right that the arrangement and production on the later albums are an albatross. The songs I tend to like the most on them are the stripped down ones, I think because at least that production isn't in the way.

Broadly agree with the top 4 except favourite would be Under the Pink and as someone else commented here Night of Hunters is fantastic, different enough from their source that they sound almost like original pieces. However I don't think the other albums are so far behind, the later stuff is just different in tone and colour. Scarlets Walk and Abnormally Attracted.... are both like journeys with lots of diversions hence their length which are worth exploring and make for me the closest in quality to the 90s output. Overall don't think Tori Amos gets the credit she deserves. Really she should be up there with the Beatles, Dylan, Radiohead and others. Thanks for the review anyway.

I also like YKTR, it's totally a guilty pleasure, it's catchy and fun, she makes a song about being taken away by aliens in "Floating City" an actual heartfelt exercise, she's very convincing in these songs.

@BlueNagoon

Жыл бұрын

YES totally 😆

Under The Pink is my #1, but we have the same Top 4 :) Also you and I have the same favorite songs of her later years - Reindeer King is beautiful

@BlueNagoon

Жыл бұрын

YES such a gorgeous song. 🥰

My interest in Tori totally flat lined after Scarlets Walk and I felt guilty, like I was missing something, so I was so pleased to hear someone else with similar opinions.

Honestly I think o2o is almost in pair with her 90s work, i think it's ageing pretty well so far

Hey, cool video, thanks. I think you're off base on Native Invader, though. There are many good songs, especially Reindeer King, an instant modern Tori classic.

@BlueNagoon

Жыл бұрын

I think I pointed out Reindeer King in the video, I agree it's up there with the classic Tori songs. I bounced off most of the rest of the album, though, hence my ranking. Thanks for watching!

Wow never heard a good word said about Y Kant Tori read before - first half was pretty meh but then the instrumentation opened up and familiar classic Tori broke through side 2 (of the 10 track versiom anyway are new go and remind me of 80's upbeat Kate Bush numbers - to's something I struggle to find in the later period where I'm glad we all agree from Scarlets Walk till at least the latest Ocean. Enjoyed your video and am jealous of your t-shirt!!

Like you, when I first heard Tori on the radio, it was phenomenal. Same went for Fiona Apple. Both these artists’ first albums and the fact that they actually got airplay on the radio gave me faith in where music was, where it was possibly going, and also restored faith in the music taste of the general top 40 listening public for putting it on the radio. However, my opinion on both Tori and Fiona’s output is same. The first albums where utterly groundbreaking, daring and seemed out of place on “popular” radio play. But because they were so strong, they couldn’t be easily matched again. I found each artist’s first albums to be brilliant, their second offering extremely good but not as good as their firsts, and their third albums only had a couple of really great tracks each, and for both artists ended up being their last albums I really enjoyed.

Tori Amos is incredible. I've been a fan since Little Earthquakes and saw her live before the release of Under The Pink in the Roxy in Amsterdam. It was just her and a piano. There were not a lot of people strangely enough. I was sitting in one of the first rows and I could swear she looked at me during the whole gig. It felt like a private concert. My favorites are still the first four albums she made under the name Tori Amos. Amazing music that sounds as fresh today as when it came out. You owe it to yourself to check out The Dreaming by Kate Bush. I believe Tori Amos was very much inspired by Kate Bush or at least there is a musical kinship between them. Take care

You’re brave. I’ll say that. About 50/50 agreement. I’d move up Scarlet and Beekeeper. Maybe it’s an age thing. I’m just a couple years older than her and they both fit my life at that time. Sorry but I have to move Boys to near the back of the bus. Choirgirl grew on me over the years and I would now put that on top. Not sure what’s happening with her voice on the newest stuff. Thanks! Great to hear another perspective and I’m heading back into some of these.

@arise2945

Жыл бұрын

I find Boys to be pretty tough sledding with few exceptions. Completely agree about the age factor. Choirgirl probably is my #1 also. Really, Tori has so many tracks that it demands a personal playlist for every fan. Great lyrics.

@AbbeyRoadDuluth

Жыл бұрын

Scarlet’s Walk is in my Top 3!

I have to say the orchestral reworks of Gold Dust and the covers project Strange Little Girls rank high. Putting the Damage On and Cool On Your Island are amazing. And China. Favorite album... Little Earthquakes. Followed by Venus, Ocean to Ocean. I'd have to think from there. Live At Montreux 91/92 would also make my list solely cause of the covers, rough demos, and complex simplicity. I saw her for the first time in April. She is phenomenal. I got Silent All These Years so I was stoked. Tbh the ballads hit How Glass is Made, Northern Lad, I Don't Like Mondays, Famous Blue Raincoat , etc. Interesting perspective Toriphille to Toriphille.