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Tori is touring in 2017 to support the release of Native Invader. The European legs runs from early September through early October and the North American leg runs from late October to early December. We do not know if additional dates elsewhere will be added.
Native Invader (album, 2017)
Unrepentant Geraldines (album, 2014)
Gold Dust (album, 2012)
Night of Hunters (album, 2011)
Midwinter Graces (album, 2009)
Abnormally Attracted To Sin (album, 2009)
Live at Montreux 1991/1992 (DVD, 2008)
American Doll Posse (album, 2007)
A Piano (boxed set, 2006)
Pretty Good Years
(bio, 2006)
Fade To Red
(DVD, 2006)
Comic Book Tattoo (book, 2008)News: Undercover.com.au AATS Review
Paul Cashmere’s Abnormally Attracted to Sin review for Australian entertainment website Undercover.com.au also contains the familiar refrain (“too long”) but he otherwise has good things to say about the album, saying that leaving Epic has resulted in a revitalization of her sound. Read on to see what else he has to say…
Thanks to kushyv for the tip!
REVIEW: Tori Amos – Abnormally Attracted To Sin
by Paul Cashmere – May 12 2009
The first reaction I had to playing this album in the office was the comment “who is that? Portishead?”.
No, it was Tori Amos with her 10th studio album ‘Abnormally Attracted To Sin’. This is also Tori’s first album for her new label Universal/Republic.
I don’t know what it is when artists changed labels. Often the new environment is just the thing needed to spark the creativity. That has certainly happened here with Tori.
The last two albums ‘American Doll Posse’ (2007) and ‘The Beekeeper’ seemed to run out of stream. On ‘Abnormally Attracted To Sin’, Tori sounds revitalized.
You immediately know she is experimenting with new directions, hence the Portishead mistake. ‘Welcome To England’, the first single from the album heads in that direction, but Tori has a very distinctive voice.
Lyrically, she is heading towards songs about women, power and sin and discussing religious truth. “There was a gambler and a cleaner and a puppeteer. Only the puppet could explain who he was,” she sings on ‘Not Dying Today’. “Pussy willow calls by the church, don’t go in if you are abnormally attracted to sin,” she sings on the title track.
The styles vary. The opener ‘Give’ is trip-hip, while ‘Maybe California’ takes us to a completely different place with its haunting sounds.
The albums epic is the stunning ‘Lady In Blue’ clocking in at just over 7 minutes and featuring from mesmerizing guitar work from Mac Aladdin.
It doesn’t all work. ‘Police Me’ is rather forgettable and ‘That Guy’ sounds like it should have been a b-side.
If I had to criticize one point, there is a lot to absorb with this album. 18 tracks clocking in at 75 minutes 56 seconds is a lot for a fan to take in. I would prefer two 10 track albums in one year than this mountain of new music. (Well, that’s how it used to be done). However, ‘Abnormally Attracted To Sin’ is Tori sounding toned again.