Scarlets Walk: Tori Amos: Amazon.ca: Music

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From the confusion and chaos that marked one of the most harrowing episodes in American history comes Tori Amos's masterwork. Scarlet's Walk, the follow-up to her critically acclaimed covers LP, Strange Little Girls, was written on a cross-country road trip shortly after the terrorist attacks on New York City and Washington, D.C. Over the course of 3,000 miles and 18 tracks, the crimson-haired singer encounters rogue lovers ("A Sorta Fairytale"), reformed porn stars ("Amber Waves"), and an entire cast of characters who embody the spirit of a country suddenly searching for an identity. The album serves as both an ambitious travelogue and as a graceful rejoinder to the bitterness and frustration that inspired it, with Amos wading through swells of sadness ("I Can't See New York"), anger ("Don't Make Me Come to Vegas"), and insecurity ("Your Cloud") with velvety grace. --Aidin Vaziri

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TORI AMOS Scarlets Walk (Extremely rare 2002 Canadian HMV ONLY Exclusive Edition double CD set featuring the full 18-track album plus bonus Scarlet Stories interview disc housed in a 2-CD jewel case - still factory sealed in the original custom stickered shrink! EK86412)

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4.0 out of 5 stars A must listen!, Oct 31 2002

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"agentsculder" (Silver Spring, MD United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Scarlets Walk (Audio CD)

After two somewhat disappointing offerings (Strange Little Girls and To Venus and Back), Tori Amos is back in proper form with a worthy successor to the brilliant From the Choirgirl Hotel. Scarlet's Walk, which details a journey across the United States, is vintage Amos with her uncommonly thought provoking lyrics and gorgeous melodies.

I was getting ready to bail on her, but this record is her redemption. Nearly every track sounds great, and some are among the best she's ever done. "Gold Dust" with it's full orchestration is worth the price of the album alone. "I Can't See New York" has a heartbreaking chorus , and "Carbon" evokes the chilly beauty of the Rocky Mountains. Another not to be missed track is the acapella "Wampum Prayer".

In many ways, Scarlet's Walk is her most accessible album to date. She reportedly was inspired a great deal by 9-11, and
one can really hear the loss and sadness in her voice on several tracks. Although her lyrics tend to be hard to understand, the liner notes include all the words. But I've always felt one of the best things about her music is that even if you don't always 'get' the lyrics you can feel the emotions behind them. This album does that exceptionally well.

If you love Tori, this is a definite buy (but you probably have it already if you are!). If you aren't, consider buying it, despite all the things you may have heard about her. You just might end up becoming a fan.

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4.0 out of 5 stars "A fine and handsome thing", July 16 2004

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Lisa Anne Flowers "LFlowers" (New York, NY, USA) - See all my reviews
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Tori Amos's first "themed" CD.... in a legitimate, not pretentious, way. 97% of Amos's work is extraordinary, and she has practically built her career on the stepping stones of masterpieces...how many artists can say the same? Tori Amos is a genius and, as with genius, her work leaves behind that of most of her peers, many of whom are "merely" talented. "Scarlet's Walk" contains three of her greatest songs ever written.. .."Virginia" "Gold Dust" and the 9/11 ode "I Can't See New York." Not every number on the album has the same destiny. Some tracks, like "Wampum Prayer" "Don't Make Me Come To Vegas" and "Pancake" can be dull and/or droning; but then, Amos is channeling her music, and the entities expressing themselves through her have their own stories to tell. In interviews, in fact, she herself has often thrown up her hands at their quirky ways. In a sense Tori Amos takes no responsibility for her music...a trait indigenous to all true artists. When "it" talks (whatever it is), she listens; and although her muses wander off sometimes,they always bring her back wonderful things. "Scarlet's Walk" is goergous in a "goodbye to all that" context....a great and obscure act of patriotism in its way, a trip down America's memory lane, Amos's roots in the American South (which is evoked in mournful loveliness) and a post 9/11 world.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A Walk to Remember..., Jun 5 2004

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"darkherbal" (Australia) - See all my reviews

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This is probably one of Tori's best CD's out there. It has soul, and her lyrics still puzzle us, but we try and interperate it any way we want. Scarlet's Walk is beautiful and WORTH the buy if you love the most original and precious melodies around. Her voice is wonderful, and is expressed to the fullest. Her woody and magical tones send you down memory lane, and all you want to do is kick back and relax with all the songs on a lazy afternoon, winter or summer.

Songs which I loved:

2. Sorta Fairytale - first Tori Amos song I'd ever heard. Still one of my personal favourites. A good song for the road.

5. Carbon - a delicious song and truly beautiful in every way. I wish she had more songs like this.

9. Sweet Sangria - magical and dark at the same time as being sweet.

10. Your Cloud - Beautiful is all I can say. Very relaxing to listen to.

12. I Can't See New York - A strong song where her voice reigns supreme.

14. Taxi Ride - Brings you down high school again, lets you think back and blush at all the silly things you've done with your friends.

17. Virginia - Lovely dark undertones to this song.

18. Gold Dust - Nostalgia plus.

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