She is admired and reviled. But one thing is for sure: Tori Amos is such a rare artist who cannot be compared with anyone. Since her breakthrough with the album Little Earthquakes (1992), Amos has been working on an impressive oeuvre. And she always gives her fans more than enough food for thought in her cryptic lyrics full of metaphors and imagery. As with any Tori Amos album, American Doll Posse
… immediately overwhelms the listener by the deluge of ideas. In the vinyl era it would have become unmistakably a double album, now the 23 piano songs, sometimes rocking hard but always melodic, just fit on one CD. After the unmistakable sneer to the American president (Yo George), the familiar themes (feminism, religion, sex) pass by. Tori Amos continues to intrigue. (MS)more
