The title track is probably one of her finest moments to date.

A true gothic masterpiece.

Martha's Foolish Ginger, Mary's Of The Sea, Parasol and Orange Knickers are all brilliant too.

The only tracks I'm not feeling are Witness and Ribbons Undone. Choirgirl Tori would've bitch-slapped the woman singing Ribbons Undone.

I wish she'd sing straight. Her vocals are starting to become as mannered as Bjork's are. The way she contorts her vowels is starting to get quite irritating. There's a few decent tracks on The Beekeeper but it's mostly quite tame and lifeless. I appreciate the argument that she's in a different head space these days but that shouldn't mean that the passion has to die. A shame, I was really looking forward to this album. It's not a bad record but the spark has definately gone.

Cloudbuster said:

6:58 are you sure where my spark is
here
here
here

VoicesCarry said:

She's Icelandic. How is she supposed to sing?

heartbeatocean said:

Really?

EvilWhiteMale said:

I'm like listening to it all day at work and then I come home and the songs go through my head and day after day like this and then my heart yawns opening and I feel like I'm falling in love. It's the music doing to me, the feeling inside it.

But I'm not a music critic. I just go with the flow.

Cloudbuster said:

That's pretty much how I feel.

SassyBritches said:

I do like the album more than I dislike it. I just wish it had a few more kicks.

My order of her albums goes as follows:

From The Choirgirl Hotel
Under The Pink
To Venus and Back
Little Earthquakes
Scarlets Walk
The Beekeeper
Boys For Pele
Strange Little Girls

I consider The Sensual World to be a great album.

Like she's human.

No!! You're both wrong!!!! It's a brilliant album!!!!

Seriously. I know these things



Ah well. At least you don't hate it, that's a good thing. Maybe it will grow on you some. For some reason, it really connects with me in a way that Scarlet's Walk didn't (although I like it).

you like The Beekeeper better than Boys for Pele?

HamsterHuey said:

In my opinion, her best song ever.

you like The Beekeeper better than Boys for Pele?

My order of her albums goes as follows:

From The Choirgirl Hotel
Under The Pink
To Venus and Back
Little Earthquakes
Scarlets Walk
The Beekeeper
Boys For Pele
Strange Little Girls

EvilWhiteMale said:

I hope that album grows on you with age. It took me about seven years to "get", but I consider it her masterpiece. I doubt she'll ever top it.

Pele tame?

I can't think of a word that less describes tracks like Blood Roses, Professional Widow, Muhammad My Friend and Horses.

One thing I will say about The Beekeeper is that her label will be fools not to take advantage of some of her most commercial work in years. Sweet The Sting is probably the most commercially viable track she's ever made. Cars & Guitars and Orange Knickers also have chart potential.

It'd be wonderful to see Tori have a hit. Not because I care about charts or anything, but it'd be nice not to have to explain who Tori Amos is to most people who ask me what music I like.

EvilWhiteMale said:

I hope that album grows on you with age. It took me about seven years to "get", but I consider it her masterpiece. I doubt she'll ever top it.

having said that, I still prefer "Choirgirl", but not because it is the
better album (Pele is probably slightly better) but simply because it's
been a great solace to me back when it was released.

Cloudbuster said:

i think you really need to have your heart trampled on to truly appreciate it.

CrystalTits said:

Yeah, I think Choirgirl is a great album, too. And that one also took me a long while to fully appreciate.

Cloudbuster said:

believe it or not i only recently started to fully appreciate that record. choirgirl has always been my least favorite tori record (and a huuge disappoint for me when it came out) but within the last year it has begun to sink in.

SassyBritches said:

I hated it for years. There's still a couple of tracks I don't much care for but it's the last album of hers I really like. I hope the releases that followed it will grow on me in time, too.

Pele tame?

As much as I appreciate the moodiness of the album, it puts me to sleep.

I can't think of a word that less describes tracks like Blood Roses, Professional Widow, Muhammad My Friend and Horses.

They're not bad tracks, and I love Blood Roses, but still.

One thing I will say about The Beekeeper is that her label will be fools not to take advantage of some of her most commercial work in years. Sweet The Sting is probably the most commercially viable track she's ever made. Cars & Guitars and Orange Knickers also have chart potential.

Ugh! Orange Knickers gets the skip button right away. That's a very annoying track.

It'd be wonderful to see Tori have a hit. Not because I care about charts or anything, but it'd be nice not to have to explain who Tori Amos is to most people who ask me what music I like.

I don't see a commercial hit on this album at all, especially not Sleeps With Butterflies.

EvilWhiteMale said:

I hope that album grows on you with age. It took me about seven years to "get", but I consider it her masterpiece. I doubt she'll ever top it.

Cloudbuster said:

i think you really need to have your heart trampled on to truly appreciate it.

quite a few possible chart climbers

Cloudbuster said:

you know, i think the beekeeper definitely has that potential. when i bought it on tuesday i only liked about 12 or 14 of the 19 tracks, some of which i was only so so about. now i'm loving the entire cd and i'm noticing little quirks in many of the songs that have been missing from her more recent work.

SassyBritches said:

Tori really isn't a big commercial artist. And I don't see any big hits coming from this album at all. I think the album will sell about as much as Scarlets Walk. Maybe a bit less.