Tori Amos - Midwinter Graces Preview

A preview of the upcoming Tori Amos album Midwinter Graces.

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• tori
• amos
• midwinter
• graces
• christmas
• album
• holiday
• cd
• solstice

[jtcarc]

this is a HOLIDAY album. tori said in her interview, that she is not promoting christianity or traditional songs in the way that we are "used" to hearing them. the album is absolutely fabulous. "a silent night with you" is genius. those of you stuck in the little earthquakes era need to give it up. she is not that artist anymore. she's grown and continues to grow. she does what she wants not for pop culture, but for pure artistry. if you appreciate that, then you'll see the beauty of this.

[styx3956]

The album is GREAT. The production and length is tight...finally! The orchestral arrangements by John P. Shenale are AMAZING. Listen to "Winter's Carol" and you'll completely change your mind about this piece of work. It's not even a "holiday" album. It's more encompassing than tat. Beautiful work. At first I was horrified at the idea of Tori and a seasonal album, but I was pleasantly surprised.

[TallPoe]

Makes me make another wish for possession of an album, but with sod all money I just stick to YouTube posts as then I'm not breaking the law.

[janknuckey]

@thegoochieguy ...I agree! Loreena and Tori have both produced seasonal albums of great beauty. But please also check out Snow Angels by Over The Rhine...utterly enchanting and of a similar vein as Tori

[breedak]

@janknuckey Absolutely. Tori is autonomous art.

[OLDGOLD1100]

This album is a masterpiece!!!.

[CarylCake]

@cdroessler Yeah, it confuses me a little that she'd put so much feeling and sensitivity into music that represents negative things for her. Perhaps she's had a change of heart? Or at least, doesn't care about it any more? It makes a refreshing change from one of those cheesy Christmas Hits type albums though, eh?

[thegoochieguy]

the album sounds so much like her earlier work.

i absolutely love it.

like loreena and enya, she brings her own gifts to the seasonal music, and it is much needed

[pinkeyfairylady]

Well, I couldn't resist slipping "Have yourself a merry little Christmas" from the Spark single CD into the mix on my iPod (it sits really well after Our New Year.

Just have to decide where to insert "the Little Drummer Boy"

Ha ha! I just read that back to myself...oo er Missus!

[rhythmoriented]

Between the soaring chorus vocals on Star of Wonder and Winter's Carol, her tightest arrangements in memory and a remarkably cohesive work, I am inspired by the quality of this recording.

While her classical bona fides are on display to a greater extent than in a long time (take a listen to the entire Holly, Ivy and Rose), the breaks (eg., the jazzy Pink and Glitter), make for some surprise elements.

Absolutely outstanding.

[Megera85]

Actually, I think a lot of this sounds like old Tori with the exception of Harps of Gold, which makes me very excited (I was afraid it would be a whole bunch of generic sounding synth like some of her recent stuff).

I love hearing just her and her piano and I love to hear her use the harpsichord again!

I can't wait to own this. :D

[janknuckey]

36 hours and 7 listens later and yes! This album is a classic...it's official.

Though it helped that I knew all the original source material, even some quite obscure Christmas music.

I guess anyone hoping for "Frosty the Snowman" or "Fairytale of New York :The Baltimore Remix" is going to be disappointed.