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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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"ADP" is often fun but sometimes overwrought, and non-fans may find it too much.
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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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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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A message to lapsed Tori Amos fans: come back. You won’t be bored.
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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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Grand conceit aside, "American Doll Posse" is a great art-pop album.
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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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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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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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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.
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