June 23, 20232 yr Author I’ve had this on repeat this morning. I really enjoyed listening to it with everyone yesterday… from new takes and thoughts to hearing what colm and bjork said as long time fans
June 23, 20232 yr Author After listening rather a lot today, I actually like this album even more than I thought I did when I chose it... 10 Spark 09 Cruel 07 Black - Dove 09 Raspberry Swirl 10 Jackie's Strength 10 Iieee 08 Liquid Diamonds 05 She's Your Cocaine 10 Northern Lad 10 Hotel 10 Playboy Mommy 06 Pandora's Aquarium (10 Cooling) (09 Purple People) (08 Bachelorette) Ranking wise I'd go for... 10 Spark 10 Hotel (10 Cooling) 10 Playboy Mommy 10 Jackie's Strength 10 Iieee 10 Northern Lad (09 Purple People) 09 Raspberry Swirl 09 Cruel (08 Bachelorette) 08 Liquid Diamonds 07 Black - Dove 06 Pandora's Aquarium 05 She's Your Cocaine
June 23, 20232 yr It's great to see Hotel in second place, Dandy*. I never expect anyone to love it as much as I do. I'll do my ranking later. I agree, that the listen through is always great for re-appraisal. Edited June 23, 20232 yr by Colm
June 23, 20232 yr Author What's mad is that Hotel would have been towards the bottom when I first heard the album. It took quite a lot of plays before I loved it. Contrast that with yesterday's reception where pretty much everyone loved it straight away
June 23, 20232 yr It took ages with me too. I reckon that during the listen-through there was a sense that new listeners should pay attention to it; there was a bit of hype, and that both helped focus attention on it and also create a bit or peer pressure to like it too.
June 23, 20232 yr 09.0 Spark 07.0 Cruel 08.0 Black - Dove 07.5 Raspberry Swirl 10.0 Jackie's Strength 10.0 Iieee 08.0 Liquid Diamonds 03.0 She's Your Cocaine 10.0 Northern Lad 11.0 Hotel 10.0 Playboy Mommy 07.5 Pandora's Aquarium 10.0 Cooling 09.0 Purple People 08.0 Bachelorette Edited June 23, 20232 yr by Colm
June 24, 20231 yr found this about the album: THE INSPIRATION: “I SUFFERED SO MUCH GRIEF” The creation of from the choirgirl hotel arose from a context of raw emotional pain. “I had my first miscarriage in December 1996. I already had a name for the baby – Phoebe,” Tori Amos said, in a frank interview to She magazine, in December 2003. “When I miscarried Phoebe, I went to the outer reaches of anything that I know, I suffered so much grief. I’d dream about searching for her so that I could bring her back.” Following the loss of Phoebe, Amos miscarried again in May 1997 and once again in November 1999. It was with the birth of her daughter, Natashya, in September 2000 that Amos felt able to fully heal. “It’s hard to explain but, as soon as I saw her, I knew her,” she said. “I felt that she pushed away the ghosts of the other three babies I never had. Now, when I look at her, I see the reason for being here.” “There’s a deep love on this record,” Amos has said, reflecting on how from the choirgirl hotel accompanied her journey of grief and recovery. “This is not a victim’s record. It deals with sadness but it’s a passionate record – for life, for the life force. And a respect for the miracle of life.”
July 19, 20231 yr Tori hadn't played Hotel live in ages but she played it this week at Red Rocks Ah22wAnSrUs
July 28, 20231 yr Author Not totally relevant to this thread but Scarlet’s Walk is finally being released on vinyl
July 28, 20231 yr Oooh. Cool. Certainly the second side of the second record will be top quality stuff.
October 29, 20231 yr Author https://magnetmagazine.com/2023/08/28/magne...Xv9kDee2eKHBlcE Magnet mag names this as the best album of the past 30 years *.*
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