TORI AMOS "Boys For Pele" Sealed 1996 US Rock LP Mint

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Tori Amos / Boys For Pele - Atlantic Records 82862 (Stereo)(US)(1996) ...This auction is for an original issue, factory Sealed Double Record on U.S. vinyl. This original vinyl edition of Tori Amos' third album "Boys For Pele" is a hard record to find now.

Track listings and reviews below...

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Track listing
(Record One)
(Side A)
1. Horses
2. Blood Roses
3. Father Lucifer
4. Professional Widow

(Side B)
1. Mr. Zebra
2. Marianne
3. Caught a Lite Sneeze
4. Muhammad My Friend
5. Hey Jupiter

(Record Two)
(Side C)
1. Way Down
2. Little Amsterdam
3. Talula - (The Tornado mix)
4. Not the Red Baron

(Side D)
1. Agent Orange
2. Doughnut Song
3. In the Springtime of His Voodoo
4. Putting the Damage On
5. Twinkle

Details Contributing artists: George Porter, Jr., Manu Katche, Sinfonia Of London, Sinfonia of London Producer: Tori Amos Distributor: WEA (Distributor) Recording type: Studio Recording mode: Stereo
Album notes Personnel: Tori Amos (vocals, harpsichord, piano, harmonium, clavichord); Nancy Shanks (vocals); Steve Caton (acoustic 12-string guitar, electric guitar, guitar, mandolin); The Sinfonia Of London (strings); Michael Deegan, Bernard Quinn (bagpipes); Clarence J. Johnson III (soprano & tenor saxophones); James Watson (trumpet); Tracy Griffin, Brian Graber (flugelhorn); Mark Mullins (trombone); Craig Klein (sousaphone); The Black Dyke Mills Band (brass); Alan Friedman (organ, programming, sound effects); George Porter, Jr. (bass); Marcel Van Limbeek (church bells); Manu Katche (drums); Mino Cinelu (percussion); Darryl Lewis, Mark Sterling, Marvin Sterling, Sam Berfect, Jack Trimble, James Crawford, Jr., Gus McField, Jr. (background vocals); R.O.B., Marcel.
Principally recorded in Counties Wicklow and Cork, Republic Of Ireland.

BOYS FOR PELE was nominated for a 1997 Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Performance.

Personnel: Tori Amos (vocals, harpsichord, harmonium, clavichord, organ, keyboards); Steve Caton (guitar, electric guitar, 12-string guitar, mandolin); Sinfonia of London Orchestra (strings); James Watson (trumpet); Mark Mullins (trombone); Black Dyke Band (brass); Craig Klein (sousaphone); Manu Katché (drums); Mino Cinelu (percussion); Marcel VanLimbeek (bells); Alan Friedman (drum programming).
Audio Mixers: Marcel VanLimbeek; Mark Hawley; Bob Clearmountain.
Recording information: Air Studios, London, England; Co. Cork, Ireland; Delgany, Co. Wicklow, Ireland; Dinosaur Studios, New Orleans, LA; Egyptian Room, New Orleans, LA.
Director: Peter Willison.
Photographer: Cindy Palmano.
Arranger: John Philip Shenale.

Spirituality is tangled inexorably with power and patriarchy for Tori Amos. On Amos' third solo record, the Hawaiian volcano goddess Pele serves as her alter-ego, presenting a threat to Amos' ever-present, menacing father figures. On "Muhammad My Friend," she warns, "I know you've seen fire/But you've never seen fire/Until you've seen Pele blow." Amos is equally intrigued by other strong, angry females--on "Twinkle," she admires "a girl twice as hard" who reportedly killed a man.
In contrast to her words, Amos tends toward restrained, ethereal vocals; they occasionally verge on ferocity but never quite make it all the way. Her piano and harpsichord playing is, by turns, delicate and passionate. Contrasts like those between confessional and enigmatic lyrics, and between an underlying sense of anger and a voice that holds back from truly expressing it, create an electric tension throughout BOYS FOR PELE.
PELE is the first record Amos has self-produced, and it branches out from her previous work, exploring more loosely structured songwriting and experimenting with the use of strings, brass and a gospel choir.

Editorial reviews 4 Stars (out of 5) - ...it utilises the strangest brew of instruments to create its effect, with harpsichord, mandolin, harmonium, organ, bagpipes, gospel choir and even the Delgany church bells passing through....it is surely the sound of Tori Amos they way she wants to sound...
Q  (02/01/1996)

...Everything on BOYS challenges the listener to accept the artist on her terms as she speaks in her own poetic language and follows her muse through territory both familiar and vaguely forbidding...
Musician  (03/01/1996)

9 (out of 10) - ...Part clasp-key dream diary, part coded message, part erotic Rorshach test, Amos' lyrics are so hermetic they'll set you tripping....her music [is]...full of breath but refusing climax, laced with brass filigrees and melodic tendrills, cut with shadows and grit...
Spin  (03/01/1996)

Ranked #13 on Spin's list of the '20 Best Albums of '96.'
Spin  (01/01/1997)