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Track Listings
| 1. Horses |
| 2. Blood roses |
| 3. Father Lucifer |
| 4. Professional Widow |
| 5. Mr Zebra |
| 6. Marianne |
| 7. Caught a lite sneeze |
| 8. Muhammad 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 |
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Boys for Pele, the title of Tori Amos's epic third album, is as awkward and confusing as the music inside. Though it sounds like a recruitment slogan for Little League soccer, the name actually refers to the lost temples of feminine divinity. Pele, you see, is the Hawaiian volcano goddess; the boys, well, they're the sacrifices that quell the rumbling lady's rage. Attempting to regain fires stolen long ago, Pele rewrites the crucifixion to star a girl Jesus and in doing so conjures a forgotten matriarchal mythology. While Amos's characters--Jupiter, Muhammad, Lucifer--are male by name, the aural landscape into which they're thrown is as symbolically and expressionistically female as Georgia O'Keeffe's skull-and-roses paintings. Pele is a complex and formless--and often impenetrable--work of gothic-pop chamber music, both beautiful and ghostly in its nearly complete reliance on Amos's rolling Bosendorfer grand piano, chilling harpsichord (which she bangs like a courtly punk rocker), and acrobatic voice (as earthy as Joni Mitchell's and as otherworldly as Bjork's). Unfortunately, she takes us only halfway: her songs engage and challenge us to understand, but the imagery offers few clues to help us crack their frustrating opacity. Pele ends up as much a pretentious and self-indulgent trip as it is a synthesis of talent, imagination, and skewed vision. Still, there's reason to celebrate that an album as formalistically and thematically alien to pop audiences as Pele would win such quick success upon its original release. --Roni Sarig
Product Description
TORI AMOS Boys For Pele (1996 German 18-track CD album includes Armand Star Trunk Funkin Mix of Professional Widow picture sleeve)
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Yes, we can use the "M" word without reservation,
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This review is from: Boys for Pele (Audio CD)
...as "Boys For Pele" IS very possibly Amos's masterpiece . Every song on it is instrumentally brilliant and lyrically ambiguous. The music's directness comes from its raw (though beautifully disciplined) emotions; from exquisite ballads like "Doughnut Song" "Marianne" "Twinkle" and "Putting The Damage On;" from the strange channeled mystery of "Not The Red Baron"...a song which, if one did not know better (and perhaps we don't) could almost be said to have portended 9/11. The truth is that Amos, as a genius, is probably not even aware of the meaning of 80% of her songs herself. They choose her as their spokeswoman; but it is not her job to interpret their message; only to record her own reactions to it whilst telling it. There is funk here, and heartbreak; there is devastating wit and a wonderful gift for satire ("Professional Widow"). The album's Achilles heel is the overrated and fingernails- on- a- chalkboard annoying "Caught A Lite Sneeze"......a blend of cacophony that sounds like Amos punching her muses in the face, and getting punched back. But to laud this record's virtues would be an essay in itself. It is a goergous work; the accomplishment of an unmistakable genius and an irreplaceably unique artist.
5.0 out of 5 stars
A different yet pleasant album,
By Laura (Ontario) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Boys for Pele (Audio CD)
'Boys For Pele' is the perfect album to put on after a break up, it's got a lot of personal lyrics as Tori fortells some of her personal relationship quests in some of the songs such as Professional Widow.Though I don't find this to be Tori's BEST album (I don't know what can beat 'Little Earthquakes') but it's still a definite 5 stars. Some of Tori's best songs are on this album. Such as, Putting The Damage On, Horses, Talula and Doughnut Song. A definite must for any Tori fan and a great addition to anyone's collection. Different musically, as Tori adds in a lot of the organ and other instruments but still lyrically and vocally AMAZING. Brilliant and honest. A great buy.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Pestiferous, infectious, and not for the faint of heart!,
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This review is from: Boys for Pele (Audio CD)
Ah yes. Pele. Where does one begin with such a hodgepodge of pure unadulterated emotion and myth? Yes, I admit that I am a major Toriphile, but this record was the contagion which caused my permanent outbreak of Toriphilia. I agree with some of the other reviewers -if you're new to the Church of Tori, it is recommended to start off with where she, Tori, first began (although my own personal prerequisite was Under The Pink -in the beginning I felt like Little Earthquakes was overrated, but of course I was proven wrong...but that's another review.) Even so, if you have had a more "user-friendly" introduction so to speak, don't expect to like Pele instantly. She demands time and depth. I owned a copy of Pele for about two years before I even had the nerve to listen to anything other than "Mr. Zebra," and "Hey Jupiter," and well...that was about it. I was frightened at first. Then suddenly I stumbled upon "Talula" and discovered the line, "He's my favorite hooker of the whole bunch." And suddenly I couldn't run away from the sensualsexualpowerful experience of Boys For Pele. It's been a staple for me ever since. Pick a couple tracks you feel up to at the moment. Get to know each personally, before you venture to another. "Blood Roses" can be quite shocking at first, and rightly so. If you're still uncertain, just buy Pele, put her on your shelf and wait until a) you've had a nasty, crazycrap ending to an amazing relationship b) you're in that state of mind where you feel like no one in the world could possibly understand you or c) you're about to take on your own sexual revolution. Don't miss out on, "Professional Widow", "Marianne", "Little Amsterdam", "the Doughnut Song", "Putting the Damage On", "Hey Jupiter" and oh my let us not forget "Caught a Lite Sneeze." And don't get down on "Beauty Queen/Horses." I skipped that one for years, but go on. Eat up that delicious line, "Off with Superfly, sniffing our Sharpie pens, honey it's Bill and Ben." Try Pele if you dare. And discover the love you have for her.
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