iTunes' "21 Musical Moms" List

iTunes has a compiled a collection of songs by 21 musical moms in honor of Mother’s Day. Tori’s “A Sorta Fairytale” made the list.

Musical Moms

We love our mothers. We really do. There are not that many sure things in life, but loving your mother — that’s pretty hight up there on the list. That said, there’s no assuring that your mom is cool. Sweatshirts with cats embroidered on them, “Country Kitchen”-themed kitchens, power blazers — any of these things are possible with mothers. This list pays tribute to musical moms — high-profile mothers who probably don’t own even one pair of high-waisted elastic jeans.

Access the “album” from the iTunes Jukebox page or open iTunes and go to the iTunes Store. Thanks, Eric!

Tori Interview at Spinner.com

“I see women on the beach with children, and they might not get noticed by everybody, but there’s something in their eyes,” she says. “There’s an understanding, an experience of life, the way they sashay down the beach … I don’t know how a woman tastes, but I know how a woman thinks, and, quite frankly, there’s so many women that I would love to turn out.”

In honor of Mother’s Day, Spinner.com chatted with Tori about the notorious MILF lyric, moms and sexuality. Check it out:

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Zoom In Online ADP Review

Zoom In Online has a long review of American Doll Posse up. Thanks, Amanda!

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Tori Interview For Newsweek Entertainment (May 11, 2007)

I go into the steam and sauna and lock the door and I put on music and I dance my ass off! But I’m a terrible dancer! Terrible. — Tori Amos

In a web exclusive interview for Newsweek Entertainment, Jac Chebatoris gets Tori to talk about dancing, wine, Tash, and coping with promotion. Cheers to Toni for the heads-up!

Tori Amos is a Goddess
On her new album, the unconventional singer creates a world of heavenly women. And they have their own blogs.

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Stylus Magazine ADP Review

Pat informed us of Stylus Magazine’s review of American Doll Posse. Grade: D+

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City Life Magazine ADP Review

Mark Licea told us about this American Doll Posse review from Las Vegas’s City Life Magazine.

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Tori Question On "Ask Billboard"

The following question from a Toriphile was in Ask Billboard (May 4th, 2007):

Hi Keith,

Being something of an obsessive fan of Tori Amos, I’ve always wondered why I keep hearing vague mutterings that her 1996 “Boys for Pele” album (my personal favorite) is her highest seller in the U.S. I find this surprising, considering the anecdotal evidence I keep hearing of people preferring her somewhat less obscure earlier albums (“Little Earthquakes” and “Under the Pink”).

Since she’ll presumably be back in the upper reaches of the Billboard 200 next week with “American Doll Posse,” I was wondering if you could let me know sales figures for her albums to date.

Thanks,
Roozi Araghi
Canberra, ACT, Australia

Hello Roozi,

Those mutterings you’re hearing are all wrong. “Boys for Pele” is Amos’ third-best seller in the U.S., according to Nielsen SoundScan. It has sold 1 million units in America, while “Little Earthquakes” (1.9 million) and “Under the Pink” (1.4 million) are tops.

Amos’ new album, “American Doll Posse,” is on track to become her sixth top 10 album on The Billboard 200 when it debuts next week. (Note: This column was written on May 4.)

Thanks, Ivan!

Mini Video Interview On EuroNews

Philippe M told us that EuroNews.net has a short video interview with Tori up on their website. The sound is a bit garbled, but Tori is far more relaxed than she is in most interviews. But … are they really interviewing her in a … is that a … parking lot?

Tori Featured In "Borders Monthly" For May

Jessika noticed the following in the May edition of Borders Monthly:

A Notorius Doll

Go ahead: Call Tori Amos a “Cornflake Girl.” Say she’s lost her edge and that 15 years have softened her and made her more willing to play by the rules. She dares you. Her newest offering, American Doll Posse, proves that instead of diminishing her, 15 years have only fed Amos’s fire. Now, instead of one, there are five — five personae, that is, all fragments of Amos’s feminine whole — each character embodying an archetypal quality that is so completely developed that she has her own voice, her own songs, and even her own blog. Amos has never been short on ambition, and this conceptual art-pop masterpiece show she’s not slowing down. The Borders-exclusive edition of this CD comes with instructions for downloading an additional track.

(Un)hilarity Ensues (RS Photos: The Week In Rock)

Or perhaps c) unwitting victim of Rollingstone.com’s Unfunniest Caption Contest.

Thanks to Brian the Truck Driver and roel.