Strange Little Girls: Tori Amos: Amazon.ca: Music

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1. New Age

2. 97' Bonnie & Clyde

3. Strange Little Girl

4. Enjoy The Silence

5. I'm Not In Love

6. Rattlesnakes

7. Time

8. Heart Of Gold

9. I Don't Like Mondays

10. Happiness Is A Warm Gun

11. Happiness Is A Warm Gun

12. Real Men

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Tori Amos's Strange Little Girls is a departure as she takes 12 songs written by men about women and delivers them from the female perspective. "Words are like guns" she says, "a person has to take responsibility for their words." So she turns Eminem's "'97 Bonnie & Clyde" into a song of dark misogyny, and reinterprets the Boomtown Rats' "I Don't Like Mondays" with quiet, melodious keyboards and a reflective voice. Neil Young's "Heart of Gold" has been completely recast as banshee rock, while The Stranglers' "Strange Little Girl" has a new post-punk power. Sometimes Amos's own compositions have a tendency to ramble, but these four-minute nuggets have concentrated her skills wonderfully. It's an ambitious record, but one that works. --Lucy O'Brien

Please note that there are four different covers of this album. You will be sent one at random when you purchase it.

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TORI AMOS Strange Little Girls (2001 UK 12-track CD album featuring cover versions composed by such artists as Neil Young Eminem Boomtown Rats and Depeche Mode)

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4.0 out of 5 stars I wasn't surprised., April 1 2002

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Lauren (Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Strange Little Girls (Audio CD)

Me, being a Tori Amos fan for a little while, I had to buy this CD. Infact, tonight I bought it. I wasn't surprised with how good it was.
New Age: not a bad song, cool beats, but not a very catchy song. not typical Tori Amos..**(out of 5)
'97 Bonnie & Clyde: A great version of Eminem's. It makes you actually listen to the harsh lyrics. Great. ****
Strange Little Girl: Very catchy beginning. Sounds similar to the original version, but a nice change with Tori's soft voice.****
Enjoy the Silence: My third fave. song on the CD. Tori's voice is piercing. It's great. The piano is soft, but keeps your attention. *****
I'm not in Love: A bit hard to get into at the beginning, but once you do, it's good.The intro is slow,but Tori's voice makes up for it. ***
Rattlesnakes: A nice song, I love the lyrics, very catchy and soft. ****
Time:I can never really get into this song, but Tori's voice is nice to listen to.The chorus is beautiful though! ***1/2
Heart of Gold: Cool beats! Hard to get into. Tori's voice is faded. ***
I Don't Like Mondays: Not what I expected to hear, but not bad.***
Happiness is a Warm Gun: Interesting start, not too bad song. ***
Raining Blood: MY FAVORITE SONG ON THE ENTIRE CD! *****lyrics! Tori stings them with feeling. Love it.
Real Men: Another great song. My 2nd fave. Nice piano. *****
All the CD is great, and worth buying!! :D

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4.0 out of 5 stars Still Tori, July 16 2004

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Laura (Ontario) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Strange Little Girls (Audio CD)

After hearing the beautiful cover album 'Girl Versions' by Emm Gryner, a music executive approached Tori with the same idea. I think it was a great decision Tori made by making one. Some of these songs are really excellent like the spell binding 'Enjoy The Silence' and the beautiful 'Time' but I don't see what the hype is about ''97 Bonnie & Clyde' for yes, it is sad and truthful but it's not good. It's the worst song on the album, it's all talking, maybe if Tori sang it, it would be better and maybe even more tragic but I always skip this one for it can get annoying at times.
The title track 'Strange Little Girl' is a great cover, a little different than Tori's main focus (the piano) but it steps it up and shows fans that Tori can have a really great song without having it completely piano driven. And I don't understand why some people dislike 'I'm Not In Love', it's a little different sort of atmosphere but it's hauntingly beautiful. I also really enjoyed 'Raining Blood', 'Rattlesnakes' and 'New Age'. This is definitely a must for any Tori fan, I think that some Tori fans were disappointed because it's not completely original but open your ears and mind with this album and you'll find a lot more than you bargained for.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant & Groundbreaking As Usual., Jun 23 2004

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Anthony - See all my reviews

This review is from: Strange Little Girls (Audio CD)

Okay, let's get one thing straight. Tori Amos is a genius. stated simply. & not only is she a genius, she's insane, & that my friends, is a force to be reckoned with. Strange Little Girls is a coming-of-age barrage of breath-taking covers by an artist that can never fail. I find it odd how some Tori fans were suprised when she decided to do an albam of just covers, when they should actually be suprised that it took her so long to do a cover albam. If you ever go to a Tori concert, a good majority of the songs are going to be covers & b-sides. & this has widely been embraced at her shows. Which is why I'm shocked that fans would be so unappreciative of this masterpiece. In true Tori fashion, she does everything that you would never expect her to do. Such as her unbelievable, & may i add gutsy, covers of slayers "Raining Blood" & eminems "97' Bonnie & Clyde"
Any other artist would have masacured these two songs beyond belief, but Tori, like she always does, makes it work & brings out the beauty in even the most morbid of lyrics.

Other covers such as "New Age", "Stange Little Girl", "Time", "Real Men", "I Don't Like Mondays", & Rattelsnakes" are in the same vein as absoulutly breakingingly amazing.
I found that a lot of fans had a hard time with songs such as her covers of "Happiness is a warm gun", "Heart of Gold", I'm Not in Love", & "Enjoy the Silence"
Personally, I love all of these songs, but I guess I could understand how other people might not appreciate them because they completely morph the orginal song. On "Heart of Gold", (orgianlly written & sung by Neil Young) she even changed some lyrics.

Weather you love or hate this albam, you must respect her. Because you can't say she doesn't take risks, & that is clearly what tori has done her entire career.

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