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The only fully authorized story of the girl and her piano, containing over 150 never-before-seen photographs.

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4.0 out of 5 stars From A Tori Fan, July 20 2003

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Geraldine Burrow "Gbug" (San Diego, Ca United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tori Amos: All These Years: The Authorized Biography (Paperback)

A nicely written, brief review of Tori Amos' musical history up until the BFP album. While the biography includes only some Tori quotes and intropective info, it mainly focuses on her life as a mucisian. There are great tid-bits that breifly discribe her brilliance as an amazing human/mucisian, and great pics of her recording for each album. I would reccomend adding this biography to any book collection.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Great pictures but little information on Tori, the person., Dec 29 2002

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Liz "pomowomyn" (Austin, TX USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tori Amos: All These Years: The Authorized Biography (Paperback)

I gave this book four stars though I was thoroughly disappointed. It had great color pictures, a tour itinerary, a discography (Up to _Boys for Pele_, the book was published right after that album), and, of course, wonderful "Tori-isms." However, it was painfully obvious that this was an authorized biography. Not that I want 500 pages of pure dirt on Tori, but this was more sanitized than most of her interviews. The hyperbole that Rogers (the author) sprinkles throughout makes you feel she is more a fan than an author. Not that is a bad thing in itself, but it makes you doubt the validity of many recounted episodes (was the show breath-taking or was Rogers' breath taken away?) Also, many facts that Tori fans know off-hand are glossed over. Eric Rosse is referred to as her producer throughout and only once, when Rogers briefly covered the development of _Pele_, did she mention that they "separated." If you aren't a Tori fan, you might think Rogers meant professionally, not personally. This sort of omission made me wonder what else was left out.

So: If you want good pictures and and overview of the nuts and bolts of Tori's rise, then this is great book. But if you want to know more about Tori as a person and her life, then this book doesn't contain anything you don't already know. A must for fans, a good start for new fans, but pass if you want something comprehensive.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Well-written, informative, and a Tori photo treasure-trove, Aug 11 2002

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I didn't have very high expectations when I bought this book. Tori Amos is notoriously coy, cryptic, and evasive with interviewers, so I expected a pretty but unenlightening volume riddled with errors (in the tradition of the Tori Amos interview CDs). I was pleasantly surprised. The biography is well-balanced and gives Tori's formative childhood years as much weight as each era of her career. To my surprise, I learned a couple of things I didn't know about Tori. The photographs are beautiful, and what a treat it was to see so many showing young "Myra Ellen" and her family!

The one drawback I can see is that this book was published in 1996, and thus is missing Tori's three most recent albums, as well as her marriage and the birth of her daughter. Perhaps we can hope for an updated edition in the future.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A Must-Have for Tori Fans
A well written and in-depth look at Tori Amos. The pictures are wonderful and quite beautiful, and it's nice to see so many of her earlier days. Read more

Published on Oct 12 2000 by Jennifer Hall

4.0 out of 5 stars this is a great book for a tori fan
I very much enjoyed this book. Besides all the information, which is thorough and extends from her childhood through Boys For Pele,there are the many pictures, which are beautiful... Read more

Published on Oct 11 2000