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Her musical vision and production skills are almost astonishing in places. [But] American Doll Posse is a work that has its problems due to its sprawling nature.
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The touches of old Tori ("Girl Disappearing," "Body and Soul") are fairly solid, but most often she gets lost in her mental "posse."
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BillboardDespite it being more rock-oriented than 2005's "The Beekeeper," this album isn't much of a sonic progression, and it takes a while for "Posse" to find its voice. [5 May 2007]
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BlenderTexturally, it's a middle ground between her searing early album Under the Pink and the sun-dappled 2005 The Beekeeper. [Jun 2007, p.105]
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Grand conceit aside, "American Doll Posse" is a great art-pop album.
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Too bad Posse is a conceptual wreck, because it benefits from some of the beefiest, most borderline-glam-rock moments Amos has put on record.
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Imagine an amalgam of The White Album, The Kick Inside and Professor Longhair, all conceived as an off-Broadway extravaganza directed by Julie Taymor.
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"ADP" is often fun but sometimes overwrought, and non-fans may find it too much.
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MojoHere's a concept Tori: less is more. [Jun 2007, p.108]
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If American Doll Posse sees her remain an acquired taste, those who have already been converted are in for a treat.
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Ambitious, high-concept albums are one thing, but Posse's just a boring mess.
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If American Doll Posse would have been edited into a shorter, more concise record, it could have been Amos’s best. Instead, it fits nicely alongside her best work, but is a little bit too bogged down with its sometimes preachy, non-descript politics and too many of the usual suspects in the mix.
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In typical Tori fashion, there's way too much conceptual malarkey surrounding the songs, but if you can ignore her fake posse, you'll find this is Amos' best album in many years.
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If still too uneven and entirely too overstuffed to rank among her most essential albums, American Doll Posse is certainly Amos's most ambitious record, both for the breadth of its sound and for the scope of its driving concept.
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SpinTrading obscure metaphors for assertive personae, Amos sings with a remarkably forceful focus. [Jun 2007, p.92]
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Adding a set of young female characters to this drab mix only accentuates that a concept is needed to bolster the actual music.
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Some of her best work in years is here... There's far too much, though; cut to 10 tracks it would have been her one of her most significant records.
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A message to lapsed Tori Amos fans: come back. You won’t be bored.
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UncutAmerican Doll Posse sounds like a return to more conventional songwriting form. [Jun 2007, p.87]
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 178 out of 197
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Mixed: 12 out of 197
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Negative: 7 out of 197
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Dec 11, 2017
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CkOct 6, 2007
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ShaneequaJApr 30, 2007