American Doll Posse - Tori Amos
User Score
8.6 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 109 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 100 out of 109
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 109
  3. Negative: 4 out of 109

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  1. Ck
    Oct 6, 2007
    4
    Big fan, but I just don't get this one. There are a couple of great tracks, but for the most part, ADP falls completely flat for me. While the Beekeeper was also not her best - can someone tell me which songs on ADP are better than Barons of Suburbia, Mother Revolution, or the power of orange knickers? Anyone rating this album above a 5, is seriously kidding themselves.
  2. DAneNo
    Jun 3, 2007
    0
    1 good song - bouncing - the rest is like Boys for Pele outtakes...
  3. johnj
    Jul 30, 2007
    3
    It's overstuffed, bloated and full of mediocre songs. Unfortunately, like The Beekeeper, there is no progression or growth whatsoever. The music sounds dated and stale. Too bad. I'm a big fan of hers.
  4. BobbyS.
    Nov 20, 2007
    0
    i wish this woman could take a step back and realize how ridiculous she looks/sounds. she went off the deep end but wound up with nothing deep.
  5. ArchwayJ
    Apr 30, 2007
    4
    Yet another "kooky" but ultimately directionless concept album. What Tori needs desperately is a producer. Someone who could focus her abundant energy. Maybe then we'll see a true return to form, in stead of just another mess of an album.
  6. SeamK
    May 20, 2007
    2
    I cannot find the words to describe what I think of this disaster area of an album. It is outside language. It does amaze me though, how she can blow me away with songs like Dragon, and then embarrass me with songs like Teenage Hustling and Devils and Gods. Tori has reached a new low on this album. It's Strange Little Girls all over again. American Doll Posse is a display of Trite in rare form. by song 6 I knew it was going downhill. By song 15, I wanted to drive my Z4 into a brick wall and spare us both. By song 20, I had turned it off. By the way, I am a die-hard fan.… Collapse

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Metascore
69 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 19 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 19
  3. Negative: 1 out of 19
  1. Entertainment Weekly
    58
    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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  2. NOW Magazine
    40
    Ambitious, high-concept albums are one thing, but Posse's just a boring mess.
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  3. The Guardian
    80
    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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