Under the Pink Tori Amos

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  • Release Date: 02/01/1994
  • Sales Rank: 13,126
  • Label: ATLANTIC / WEA
  • UPC: 075678256721

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Under the Pink

1LISTENPretty Good Year 3:25
2LISTENGod 3:58
3LISTENBells for Her 5:20
4LISTENPast the Mission 4:05
5LISTENBaker Baker 3:20
6LISTENThe Wrong Band 3:03
7LISTENThe Waitress 3:09
8LISTENCornflake Girl 5:06
9LISTENIcicle 5:47
10LISTENCloud on My Tongue 4:44
11LISTENSpace Dog 5:10
12LISTENYes, Anastasia 9:33

About this Artist

Editorial Reviews

After sharing personal and emotional accounts on her stunning debut, Little Earthquakes, Tori Amos stirs those sensations up for an eclectic yet beautiful account of female security on Under the Pink. Being a woman, she's always in question of her actions, calling out and interrogating the opposite sex for her own pleasure. But it's not necessarily with a scolding tone. She's playful with her signature piano accompaniment, but allows for a twisted mess of guitars, violins, and bass loops, which are quite enigmatic like Kate Bush as well. "Baker Baker" and "Bells for Her" are aching with ballad-esque beauty, but the seething "The Waitress" sparks Amos' inner devil. She's quaint at first, but rages into a scalding vocal queen. It makes her even more a pioneer for female originality and independence. Singles such as "God" and "Cornflake Girl" are sultry and provocative, depicting that she's everything but shy. Under the Pink is typically melodic, but it contains a heavy desire. Amos is still breaking into something more definitive as both a woman and a singer/songwriter. The lyrical imagery is much more wide open, something that will become Amos' ever-changing swan song. MacKenzie Wilson, All Music Guide

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One of the best and most emotional albums of 1994by Anonymous

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December 25, 2000: Certainly, Tori Amos is compared with Kate Bush and Joni Mitchel. However, in my own opinion, she is also a sort of ''Female Morrissey with a Piano''. Like Morrissey, Tori combines poetic lyrics that move between the intimate/mope, the evocative and the incomformistic (and sometimes even agressive and provocative), combining those lyrics with sweet, accessible melodies. Unlike him, Tori changes the Mozzer's occasional sexual ambiguity for her ocassional proud feminism. ''Under the Pink'' confirmed the promise made by ''Little Earthquakes'', of having between us one of the most unique talents of the musical spectrum of our time. The themes here gained more complexity than in ''Little Earthquakes'', and the lyrics, if still intimate, were as based in Tori's observation as it was in her own experiences. This is one of the most intimate albums of 1994, along with Morrissey's ''Vauxhall and I'' and Portishead's ''Dummy''. The former is definitely ''Under The Pink'''s closest sibling (basing on the dates of release of both albums, sometimes I wonder if ''Vauxhall'' is Moz's answer to ''Pink''). Both albums combine an exquisite, witty lyricism full of an imagery that is evocative as much as disturbing, with very sweet and delicate, yet complex melodies. But let's concentrate now in ''Under The Pink''. Among its highlights, we can count here, the nostalgic ''Pretty Good Year'', the darkly moving ''Bells For Her'', the sweetly violent ''Past the Mission'' in which NIN's Trent Reznor's whispering voice sounds witty while joining Tori's; the emotional ''Baker Baker'' and (the Winter-like) ''Cloud on My Tongue'', both causing a melancholic effect with a cleverly managed piano and string section; the violent ''The Waitress'', a very rocker song, the daring ''Space Dog'' and the irreverent ''God'' and ''Icicle''. In short, ''Under The Pink'' is a unique album, full of emotion, clever lyricism and witty romanticism, highly recommended for those who look for music with depth and beauty.

Feminine Soul Captured ''Under the Pink''by Anonymous

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August 01, 2000: Tori Amos' second release ''Under the Pink'' is also coincidentally her second best album, behind her debut, the classic ''Little Earthquakes''. ''Pink'' isn't as stark and topically it's all over the map (femininity, religion, sexuality), but there are a number of beautifully rendered songs, including the best she's ever written, ''Pretty Good Year''.


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