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Universal acclaim- based on 136 Ratings
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Positive: 120 out of 136
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Mixed: 8 out of 136
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KevinS.Jan 13, 2002A lesson for both lovers and haters of this egocentric performer: do not mistaken presence for art.
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KevinB.Dec 7, 2001
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Toriphile25Jan 2, 2004Eekkk... what was she thinking with this album??? The only song I can even stomach is the title track. The rest just don't do it for me... and I'm a huge fan. This was a project and a CD that should've been skipped over completely! Nonetheless... she is still a powerful performer. The songs on this CD were much easier to digest when listened to live.
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MoppithmJan 4, 2004
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izataSep 23, 2006
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AlexisT.Nov 5, 2001Tori Amos looks at clearly cut male songs from another angle. It reveals something. Is it exactly what the original artist intended? Probably not- but music is all about interpretation. And judging from the society we live in, Tori's "second glance" is fresh and I think her album is inspired.
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BenjaminBunnyAug 12, 2003At least she looks pretty on the cover. The music itself? Amos waves her faerie wand and presto! Some really great songs (all by MALE songwriters--get it? kewl!)get inapropriately transformed into yawny girly new-age doodoo.
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ChristianJan 28, 2004Tori's worst album, but better than other cover records. Listen to it a few more times and you will discover depth in a seemingly shallow record. Just listen to what she does to Heart of Gold. Beautiful!
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NisFFeb 22, 2005
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RobbieCApr 10, 2007Obviously not her best record; none of it is truly hers. But she does a damn good job of occupying other territory. Some songs shine, others seem pointless, but over all the album is intelligent and dynamic. "New Age," "Rattlesnakes," and "Raining Blood" in particular intrigue. The latter being a very challenging, but horribly gorgeous song that by all accounts supercedes the original.
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PeteApr 29, 2007
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NickC.Oct 11, 2001Self-righteousness wrapped in poisoned honey. Always misreading rather than understanding, Amos is not even a good misreader; she is illterate to the point that she does not care to change the speaking subject in Eminem's song. A womb with no view.
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OpheliaL.Nov 5, 2001Although, this isn't Tori's best album, it is an incredibly thought provoking, layered, deep, and beautiful album. It is not so much the songs, for they are typical Tori, but the message and meaning behind them. Tori has once again broke away from conventon, and I thank her. This album is a great buy and I highly reccomend it to anyone with an open mind.
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RomannW.Sep 27, 2001This CD is, quite simply, bloody awful. Even when one allows for Ms. Amos's extravagances, one cannot ignore the fact that this album is virtually unlistenable. Only the almost-title track and the song "Time" (which is still overlong) can be salvaged from this mess. The remainder are unrecognizable travesties of music. And, for the record, I am a fan.
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rubSep 29, 2001
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JulesPSep 28, 2002It's a great album, however strange and unusual the idea may be. The only thing I disliked was '97 Bonnie and Clyde, being that Tori stooped to covering an ill-mannered tub-of-guts' music. Other than that, I thought it was fantastic.
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TaylorMay 17, 2006
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GabbyWSep 16, 2006Yikes, this is bad. And I'm a fan. I like Raining Blood and Real Men. A couple of the other songs, such as the title song and Rattlesnakes, are mildly tolerable. The rest stink, in my opinion. Bad bad bad. Tori is known for being an angry rebel; I see her now as rebelling against her fans. "See how bad I can do - and I KNOW you'll buy it anyway!" Ick.
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johnsJan 21, 2007tori's last good album. from hear she went down hill with scarlets walk and the beekeeper. takes time to get into this album but every cover is real cool. the best prob. happiness is a warm gun and the lovely depeche mode's song. give it a try.
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Jun 22, 2016Though not little, it is a strange and experimental effort by Tori Amos that does offer some winning reinventions of classic songs, however strong losers. Download: Rattlesnakes, ’97 Bonne & Clyde
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Dec 7, 2017hinario do caralho........................................................................................................................................
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Dec 7, 2017hinario subestimado, o povo pisa pq é um album de covers mas é um album otimo..........................................................................
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Jul 13, 2018good covers album with a very smart idea of change this songs for a woman's vision
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Aug 15, 2018This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
Awards & Rankings
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How deliciously perverse, and how very, very her.
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MojoThe power and import of the record is undeniable. [Oct 2001, p.112]
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"Strange Little Girls" is not a pretty album, but that's the point: the ugliness of male-female relations, which she exposes bit by bit with each cover, is a fact that is--in both pop music and pop culture--all too often ignored.