Night of Hunters (Finally) On iTunes

At long last, Night of Hunters has been added to iTunes and is available for pre-order.

Both the regular edition and the deluxe edition are on the site and, judging by the track listings at least, it does not appear that there will be a special iTunes edition of either edition of the album — though don’t hold us to that as we all know how things can change.

Neither edition is currently offering previews of any tracks from the album.

Interestingly, the deluxe edition track list is missing both the Night of Hunters documentary that other retailers list as the first of three bonus items included in the deluxe edition and the digital booklet that iTunes includes with the regular edition of the album. We’re guessing that both of these are just accidental omissions and that both will be included once the deluxe edition is for sale, if not before — but, again, don’t hold us to that!

Thanks to Kat S. and @NMichaelBashour for catching this and letting us know!

Je Ne Sais Pop Review of NOH

Je Ne Sais Pop offers a brief review of Night of Hunters for Spanish-language readers. Thanks to Cristina for the tip!

Tori In The Times Of Oman

Hailed as the world’s most original woman singer/songwriter in pop, Tori and her sound engineer husband Mark Hawley have lived in remote north Cornwall since 1998. Now their daughter Natashya goes to the local school. “I take her and pick her up like any other mum,” Tori says. “No one thinks it’s any big deal.”

The Times of Oman ran an article this week on Tori, her family life, and her work. Much of it is pretty remedial for those of us familiar with her story, but folks in Oman might be reading about her for the first time. Thanks to Stoff for pointing us to it!

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NOH Clips Available On Amazon.com

Happy Sunday! Amazon.com has posted 30-second clips of all the tracks on Night of Hunters. Cheers to Mario and Peter for the news.

Decca Releases the EPK For Night of Hunters!

Decca Records has posted the electronic press kit for Night of Hunters in the Media area of their website’s Tori Amos section. In the EPK, which we assume is a stripped-down version of the documentary on the DVD of the album’s deluxe edition, Tori describes and explains the background for the record, as well as touching on some of the inspiration for and production of the record.

Be warned! The clip features snippets of many songs so if you’re holding out for the release before listening to any of the record, you might want to hold off on viewing this!

Thanks to mario for the tip!

Happy Birthday, Tori!

Sending out our best wishes to Tori on the 48th anniversary of her original release.

We hope she does something relaxing!

Watch Carry Video, Listen To Shattering Sea

Head over to Tori’s Facebook page to watch the video for “Carry” from Night of Hunters and click to share the video to unlock a second exclusive track, “Shattering Sea.”

P.S. We assume this is one of the two “music clips” that will be on the DVD of the deluxe edition of Night of Hunters.

Deluxe Details?

EarWithFeet tumbles a tidbit of news about the deluxe edition of Night of Hunters. According to the Norwegian retailer Platekompaniet, the DVD disc of the deluxe edition will include a documentary and “2 music clips.”

One presumes that the documentary is about the making of the album but we are extremely curious about the extra clips. Bonus tracks? Live performances? Studio out-takes? Time will tell!

Update: Universal Music Norway has posted some additional information that states, “The deluxe edition will have a bonus DVD and it will contain a 16 minute documentary, plus 2 music clips (Carry + Nautical Twilight).” Whether those are music videos for those two songs, in-studio performances or something else about them remains to be seen…but at least it’s something! Thanks again to EarWithFeet!

Update: Amazon.co.uk has updated their listing for the delue edition, adding this track listing for the DVD:

1. Documentary – Night of Hunters – Tori Amos
2. Carry – Tori Amos
3. Nautical Twilight – Tori Amos

Listen To Two Tracks From Night Of Hunters

“Nautical Twilight” and “Carry” are now available for streaming on Soundcloud. Beautiful.

Nautical Twilight by ToriAmos

Carry by ToriAmos

Thanks to Maciej for sending this in.

Update: Yep, the tracks have been removed. Seems they weren’t supposed to be there — or, at least, weren’t supposed to be public.

I Heart Berlin Hearts Night Of Hunters

It looks like the music press began receiving their copies of Night of Hunters this week, which means we can expect reviews to begin trickling in soon. The first comes from Frank at iheartherlin.de, who calls it “the most impressive album [Tori] has done in a long time.” He also calls attention to Tash’s performances, saying, “this girl can sing and her voice already has a lot of character.” Click on over to see the full review. Many thanks to the bunch of folks who sent this in, most notably Frank himself.