Tori Amos

Tori Amos – Unrepentant Geraldines (2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 59:25 minutes | 1,14 GB | Genre: Singer-Songwriter, Ballad, Alternative Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Mercury KX

Unrepentant Geraldines is singer-songwriter, Tori Amos’ 14th studio album. She remarks, “I’ve always been inspired by visual artists of all mediums because, as with Music, Art is not a job you can go to and leave from; but it is something that defines who and what you are.” After exploring the realms of classical music and expanding her creative mindset, Unrepentant Geraldines is Amos’ return to the pop and alternative rock scene.

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Tori Amos – Under The Pink (1994/2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 56:54 minutes | 1,13 GB | Genre: Alternative Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Rhino Atlantic

Released in 1994, Under the Pink is the second solo album by Tori Amos. Upon its release, it peaked at #12 on the US Billboard 200 chart, and #1 in the UK. The album has been certified 2x Platinum in the US, Platinum in the UK, and Gold in Canada.

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Tori Amos – Ocean to Ocean (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 47:35 minutes | 551 MB | Genre: Pop
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Decca (UMO)

Tori Amos has said that her new album—her 16th—is “about your losses, and how you cope with them.” For her, that includes pandemic lockdown and the Capitol riots, as viewed from her remote farm in Cornwall, England. The area inspired her with its ancient mythology, including tales of pixies and giants; the fairytale Jack the Giant Slayer, aka Jack and the Beanstalk, was born of Cornish lore. As always, Amos herself isn’t afraid to take on so-called giants. “Devil’s Bane” warns of men who would try to control women and has a sort of Led Zeppelin feel, with its witchy guitar and big drums, courtesy of Pearl Jam’s Matt Chamberlain (who last worked with Amos on 2009’s Midwinter Graces). “Ocean to Ocean” places blame for political insurrection—”There are those who never give a goddamn for anything that they’re breaking/ There are those that only give a goddamn for the profit that they’re making”—a faint guitar cry like an accusatory echo. Yet there’s hope as she sings, “There is a way out of this” while uplifting strings echo her optimism. Ocean to Ocean contains surprises, too. Over the years, Amos’s theatricality has evolved from Under the Pink’s baroque stylings and Little Earthquakes’ Kate Bush-inspired drama. But there are some nostalgic moments on this record. “Addition of Light Divided” is especially Bush-like, and melancholy ballad “Flowers Burn to Gold,” comfortingly, feels like it could’ve been lifted from one of those old albums—with Amos’ left-hand piano work as heavy as the physical feelings of mourning, while her right hand tries to pull up out of it. “I am fascinated when someone has gone through a tragedy, and how they work through their grief. That is where the gold is …” Amos has said. “I’m going to meet you in the muck.” For “Speaking With Trees,” with its spritely piano and galloping drums, that means turning to nature for comfort. On “Swim to New York State” (a song of loss, driven by moody strings) she’s still in the bargaining stage of grief: “I’d swim to New York State from the Cornish coast of England, for even just a day,” she sings, searching for reconnection. “Birthday Baby” slinks along like a tango, celebrating resilience: “This year, you survived through it all/ A cosmic apocalypse, a stab to the heart.” And “29 Years” is remarkably, powered by a looming undertow of bass and drums, along with a sort of reggae-rock guitar. “Spies,” meanwhile, is as “poppy” a song as Amos has penned in years. Written to quell her daughter’s nightmares and fear of bats, it’s a “lullaby” set to a racing beat and busy, mischievous bass, with absurd imagery about “spies” who chase away night terrors: “Scary men dipped in mustard (English mixed with Dijon)/ Mrs. Crabby Apple/ Won’t get custard/ Won’t get crumble.” It’s playful—ready to be a great TV show theme—and totally suits her. – Shelly Ridenour

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Tori Amos – Night Of Hunters (2011)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 01:11:07 minutes | 1,35 GB | Genre: Pop
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Deutsche Grammophon (DG)

Tori Amos’ 12th studio album “Night of Hunters” has a unique sound different than any of her previous records. Recorded entirely through acoustic means, relying on her vocals and classically trained piano skills, her new album is turning heads with its classical sound. Tori describes “Night of Hunters” as “a 21st century song cycle inspired by classical music themes spanning over 400 years”. Paying tribute to renowned composers like Bach, Chopin and Schubert, Tori tells the story of “a woman who finds herself in the dying embers of a relationship” while still maintaining her signature vocals and lyrical poetry. The success of her first two singles, “Carry” and “Shattering Sea” have built up a great deal of buzz for the long-awaited album out now!

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Tori Amos – Native Invader (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:01:56 minutes | 652 MB | Genre: Acoustic, Alternative Rock, Ballad
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Mercury KX

Celebrated singer-songwriter Tori Amos releases her highly-anticipated new album, Native Invader. Tori’s confessional style of writing sees her continue to push boundaries with messages of empowerment and unforeseen global challenges.

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Tori Amos – Gold Dust (2012)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:01:12 minutes | 1,23 GB | Genre: Pop
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Deutsche Grammophon (DG)

In Tori Amos’ twenty-year career, the artist has won various awards, touched the lives of millions of fans, performed thousands of shows around the world and sold over twelve million records worldwide. To commemorate this milestone, Tori Amos has revisited a collection of hits spanning her entire catalogue. Produced by Amos with arrangements by John Philip Shenale, the album features her classics songs, recorded with the esteemed Metropole Orchestra. Each track, personally selected by Amos, is reworked for an orchestral setting; standouts include “Precious Things,” “Silent All These Years” and “Winter.” The music is timeless and Amos remains one of the strongest female vocalists in music history.

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Tori Amos – Scarlet’s Walk (2023 Remaster) (2001/2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:14:02 minutes | 1,51 GB | Genre: Alternative Rock, Pop Rock, Female Vocal
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Epic

Scarlet’s Walk is the seventh studio album by American singer-songwriter and pianist Tori Amos. It was released on October 28, 2002 in the UK and October 29 in the US on Epic Records, making it her first release on the label after her split with Atlantic Records. Her first studio album of original material since To Venus and Back in 1999, the 18-track concept album (described by Amos as a “sonic novel about a road trip”) details the cross-country travels of Scarlet, a character loosely based on Amos, and was greatly inspired by the changes in American society and politics post-September 11, 2001. Topics explored on the album include nationalism, personal relationships, and the death of a close friend. Amos also took inspiration from the stories of her grandfather, who she claims was Cherokee and told her of the abuses against Native Americans throughout the United States’ history.

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Tori Amos – Scarlet’s Hidden Treasures (2023 Remaster) (2004/2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 40:51 minutes | 827 MB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Epic

Tori Amos (born Myra Ellen Amos; August 22, 1963) is an American singer-songwriter and pianist. She is a classically trained musician with a mezzo-soprano vocal range. Having already begun composing instrumental pieces on piano, Amos won a full scholarship to the Peabody Institute at Johns Hopkins University at the age of five, the youngest person ever to have been admitted. She had to leave at the age of eleven when her scholarship was discontinued for what Rolling Stone described as “musical insubordination”. Amos was the lead singer of the short-lived 1980s pop group Y Kant Tori Read before achieving her breakthrough as a solo artist in the early 1990s. Her songs focus on a broad range of topics, including sexuality, feminism, politics, and religion.

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