bit late but the new Tori album, deserves its own thread!!!

 

Ocean to Ocean is the upcoming sixteenth studio album by American singer-songwriter Tori Amos, scheduled to be released on October 29, 2021. A vinyl release will follow on January 28, 2022. Amos will support the album with a UK and Europe tour in February and March 2022.

 

Too bad she is not synchronising the vinyls, the album is gonna do bad in the charts without them. There is a very pretty colour variant in blue on her website,

 

Tracklist:

Ocean to Ocean track listing[6]

No. Title Length

1. "Addition of Light Divided"

2. "Speaking with Trees"

3. "Devil's Bane"

4. "Swim to New York State"

5. "Spies"

6. "Ocean to Ocean"

7. "Flowers Burn to Gold"

8. "Metal Water Wood"

9. "29 Years"

10. "How Glass Is Made"

11. "Birthday Baby"

lead single is Speaking with Trees:

is this because i responded in the tori amos thread

 

i feel responsible

 

oh well

^in a good way!! ;)

'Speaking with Trees' is really good actually. Far better than that 'Cloud Riders' which was the lead from her last album (which was better than the single suggested).

Lyrically I’m not totally sold but overall it’s a big shift in the right direction again for me. I’m cautiously optimistic for the album

Thats another song out there called Spies, which I think its the US single and its super catchy and upbeat

the album version is longer, this is the US radio edit:

 

Speaking with trees

I'm almost sure - they're all reigniting memories for me

 

Really beautiful. It sort of reminds me of Under the Ivy by Kate, but in a don't-start-a-catfight-in-the-indie-forum way.

Listening to it now - loving the opener “Addition of Light Divided”. Sound and atmosphere better than I expected. Reminds me of “Siren” in parts.

Can't wait to listen to this later today

Only wish the vinyl was out today too

Was shattered when I had first listen last night so couldn't take all of the songs in properly but do remember that 'How Glass is Made' and 'Birthday Baby' which despite their kind of naff titles were the ones that stood out the most.

 

And shocked that a Tori Album is only 47 minutes- so used to it being about 104 minutes with 28 tracks that it felt kind of short! :D

 

I am so delighted that it's only 11 tracks long. It's so much easier to digest.

Agree hehe all her mid-2000s albums (TBK, AATS, ADP) would have been much better as 10-track albums

Flowers Burn to Gold is gorgeous. I am listening to the album right now and loving everything.

Agree hehe all her mid-2000s albums (TBK, AATS, ADP) would have been much better as 10-track albums

 

 

I've started to realise that I really underrated The Beekeeper. Orange Knickers and Ireland are awful and I think I let them put me off the whole thing. I'm sure there's a beautiful 10 track album in there somewhere.

Edited November 3, 20213 yr by Colm

'Sleeps with Butterflies' and 'Ribbons Undone' were my horrors from 'Beekeper'. Schmaltzy and saccharine with her cooing voice.

 

Loved 'Martha's Foolish Ginger', ' Parasol', 'Mary's of the Sea' and 'Toast' mind.

'Sleeps with Butterflies' and 'Ribbons Undone' were my horrors from 'Beekeper'. Schmaltzy and saccharine with her cooing voice.

 

Loved 'Martha's Foolish Ginger', ' Parasol', 'Mary's of the Sea' and 'Toast' mind.

 

 

Sleeps has a very hackneyed chorus but I like the verse.

Ribbons is probably my favourite.

 

I think I've accepted that it's a very schmaltzy and saccharine album.

Edited November 3, 20213 yr by Colm

problem was that the best track of the era was this very long song called Garlands...and ended up excluded from the album proper cos of its length

the album already had a very long song (the title track) but I don't mind a long song song or 2 if they're great

 

Parasol and Toast were my favourites from Beekeeper

Tori sold 3,118 copies in the copies in the UK at #25, too bad about the vinyls. 1,000 sales more and she would have been top 15, Joe Bonamassa at #13 did 4,200 sales