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EmoSheeran
Relistening to this album in its entirety again, and all I am is even more baffled that people actually think this is her best and last good album before her later ones...
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EmoSheeran
The more I listen to this album the more of a dud it is for me. Can't See New York, Gold Dust and Carbon really carry this album. Wish I could love it as much as everyone else </3 I think the drums are what break it for me
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yinxianghecheng
I used to not like it that much, I think because it was so different from Choirgirl and Venus, it's much quieter and not as 'explosive'. I appreciate it more now though, I like how dreamy it is.
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EmoSheeran
I weirdly enough liked it more at first but now not so much. I definitely appreciate some of the songs more on their own. Your Cloud for example feels dreamy and like an actual cloud, but if I try listening to the full album I pretty much always have the urge to skip majority of them. I really struggle to understand what people are talking about when they say it's her magnum opus; it's just way too monotone for me, even for a quieter atmosphere. I often think I would prefer if the album was just solo piano as I really enjoy some of the Scarlet's Hidden Treasures tracks.
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St8of_Emergency
Nobody remembers this album and yet its all jewels. The production can be a bit of a distraction at times, but the lyrics and musicality stand the test of time. My religious beliefs completely line up with Tori's, but... thank God for Tori Amos.
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SpicyRuddyDrops
Tori's definitive Magnum Opus. From time to time production seems thin, but all that fades away when songwriting gets under your skin. Her and piano together are untouchable, this record is passionate, soulful, storytelling is mesmerising, artwork is so dreamy, let me repeat that so dreamy!... All in all, among others, the greatest record of the new millennium. Concept of the following 'The Beekeeper' is even more close to my spirit, but i would keep that as my hidden treasure album.
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SpicyRuddyDrops
.mythical, gentle, storytelling. this is masterpiece kids. listen to Tori...she talks with fairies.
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strangelove88
now and forever my favorite Tori album, it got me through some rough times back in the day.
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Abomination317
while certainly lush and with many great songs, it does feel overly polished and distant, which isn't great for Tori. I much prefer the slightly more raw Beekeeper over this.
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deadgrandma
Last album that didnt contain abysmal eye rollers such as Ireland or the entirety of NoH
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PartySanCTG
It's better than I remembered, but I'm still ambivalent about this album, and can't help but see it as kind of a step down from FtCH and TV&B. Okay, it's got some amazing songs like I Can't See New York, Gold Dust and others, but there's not as much variety in songwriting compared to the electronicky alt-rock tendencies of FtCH/TV&B, the production goes for this ultra-mellow, samey sound that reminds me of Fleetwood Mac for some reason, and the album is so long the songs start to blend together into a kind of puddle of mid-tempo AOR-ish... thing (the stretch between New York and Gold Dust is particularly flat), something the great playing can't really manage to compensate for. I feel kind of bad about the fact that this album is more exhausting for me to listen to and saying tha it's more "boring" than TV&B, but... my opinion hasn't really shifted from repeated listening, so I doubt I'll ever come around to liking this as unabashedly as previous albums.
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Doll_Posse
Wow, great observation punasivellin...I've never realized that. These long held notes are like a transition from one part of Scarlet's journey to the next one...
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sunheadbowed
Wow there are seriously people who believe this is better than her first three records?
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