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- Summary: The 15th full-length studio release for the singer-songwriter features themes of nature and its death and re-birth cycles.
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- Record Label: Decca
- Genre(s): Adult Contemporary, Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Contemporary Singer/Songwriter
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Top Track
Reindeer King | |
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Crystal core Your mind has been divided from your soul Now you say you are that stranger on your shore Grief it, brings the need, the naked... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Positive: 13 out of 18
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Mixed: 5 out of 18
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Negative: 0 out of 18
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Sep 7, 2017What makes Native Invader a work of genius--a kind of Great American novel, perhaps--is that it seamlessly blends the personal, political, natural and cosmic into the same story.
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Sep 7, 2017The strength of this album, and the 14 that precede it, is the immense healing and soothing found in the sheer beauty of Amos’ vocal delivery.
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Sep 8, 2017It adds up to one of the most purposeful full-length statements in her quarter-century career.
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Sep 8, 2017Native Invader is not one of Tori’s sexier albums, nor is it as playful as she’s demonstrated herself capable of being. But it’s strong and unwavering in its commitment to being muse-driven and unafraid.
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Sep 7, 2017Yes, Native Invader is an effectual statement by an artist who has built her career on making them, but at times it feels a little restrained in its tone compared to some of her most memorable work.
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Sep 7, 2017Across its 15 tracks, there are moments of greatness: Reindeer King is a swelling piano ballad about grief that boasts an ambient underside, while the aforementioned Up the Creek fuses a countryfied guitar loop with ominous strings, electro beats and backing vocals from Amos’s teenage daughter, Tash, to create a multifaceted soundscape. ... However, much of this album is forgettable.
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Sep 7, 2017Having spent so long exploring the intensely personal, she struggles here to find the right tone for more public matters.
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Mixed: 0 out of 21
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Negative: 0 out of 21
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Aug 15, 2018This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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