Boys for Pele

Amos, Tori

Genre: music4me > Alternative > Alternative

Format: CD Album

Released: Mon 29 Jan 1996

Catalogue Number: 7567828622

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Description:
Spirituality is tangled inexorably with power and patriarchy for Tori Amos. On Amos' third solo record, the Hawaiian volcano goddess Pele serves as her alter-ego, presenting a threat to Amos' ever-present, menacing father figures. On "Muhammad My Friend," she warns, "I know you've seen fire/But you've never seen fire/Until you've seen Pele blow." Amos is equally intrigued by other strong, angry females--on "Twinkle," she admires "a girl twice as hard" who reportedly killed a man. In contrast to her words, Amos tends toward restrained, ethereal vocals; they occasionally verge on ferocity but never quite make it all the way. Her piano and harpsichord playing is, by turns, delicate and passionate. Contrasts like those between confessional and enigmatic lyrics, and between an underlying sense of anger and a voice that holds back from truly expressing it, create an electric tension throughout BOYS FOR PELE. PELE is the first record Amos has self-produced, and it branches out from her previous work, exploring more loosely structured songwriting and experimenting with the use of strings, brass and a gospel choir.

Details:

Distributor: Cinram Logistics
Producer: Tori Amos
Sound Engineers: Marcel Van Limbeek, Mark Hawley
Discs: 1
Release Year: 1996
Running Time: 70 minutes
Weight (g): 100

Track Listing:

1.	Horses
2.	Blood Roses
3.	Father Lucifer
4.	Professional Widow
5.	Mr. Zebra
6.	Marianne
7.	Caught a Lite Sneeze
8.	Muhammed My Friend
9.	Hey Jupiter
10.	Way Down
11.	Little Amsterdam
12.	Talula
13.	Not the Red Baron
14.	Agent Orange
15.	Doughnut Song
16.	In the Springtime of His Voodoo
17.	Putting the Damage On
18.	Twinkle