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Boys For Pele

Tori Amos

Atlantic Records, 1996

REVIEW BY: Christopher Thelen

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED: 02/11/1997

Tori Amos is not a happy woman these days.

When she first came onto the music scene (not including hershort stint with Y Kant Tori Read) with Little Earthquakes, her music was powerful but subtle. Songslike "Winter," "Crucify" and her cover of Nirvana's "Smells LikeTeen Spirit" showed how much power one could pump through anacoustic piano.

With her following release, Under The Pink, Amos seemed to throw away any radio-friendlyguise she had while continuing to question the image of God (or, atleast, her image). The record paled in comparison to Earthquakes, and seemed very overblown.

Now, with her third release, Boys For Pele, Amos has turned her subtlety into anger, andhas thrown away yet another guise - melodies.