American Doll Posse is the ninth studio album by singer-songwriter Tori Amos. It was released in the United States on May 1, 2007.^[1] Despite any negative reviews Tori may have garnered for 2005's The Beekeeper, American Doll Posse entered the charts at US #5, selling 54,000 copies, making it her sixth album to debut in the US Top 10 Albums Chart.^[2] Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... A studio album is a collection of studio-recorded tracks by a recording artist. ... Tori Amos (born Myra Ellen Amos on August 22, 1963) is an American pianist and singer-songwriter. ... is the 116th day of the year (117th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... Cornwall (Cornish: Kernow or occasionally Curnow) is the part of Great Britains south-west peninsula that is west of the River Tamar. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Alternative music redirects here. ... Baroque pop as a style originated in the mid 1960s as the flipside of sunshine pop. ... Piano rock, sometimes referred to as piano pop, is a term for a style of music that is based around the piano, and sometimes around piano-related instruments, such as the Fender Rhodes, the Wurlitzer electric piano, and keyboard-based synthesizers. ... In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. ... Epic Records is an American record label, owned and operated by Sony BMG. // Epic was launched originally as a jazz and classical music label in 1953 by CBS. Its bright-yellow, black and blue logo became a familiar trademark for many jazz and classical releases. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... Tori Amos (born Myra Ellen Amos on August 22, 1963) is an American pianist and singer-songwriter. ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a metadata database about music, owned by All Media Guide. ... Image File history File links 3. ... Look up blender in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Image File history File links 4_stars. ... Entertainment Weekly (sometimes abbreviated EW) is a magazine published by Time Inc. ... The Los Angeles Times (also L.A. Times) is a daily newspaper published in Los Angeles, California and distributed throughout the Western United States. ... Image File history File links Stars435. ... PopMatters is an international magazine of cultural criticism. ... Slant Magazine is a non-commercial film and music review website. ... Image File history File links 3. ... This article is about the online music and film magazine. ... This article is about the magazine. ... Image File history File links 3_stars. ... Spin is a music magazine that reports on all the music that rocks. Founded in 1985 by publisher Bob Guccione, Jr. ... Image File history File links 4. ... For the British publication, see NOW magazine (UK). ... Image File history File links 2_stars. ... Tori Amos (born Myra Ellen Amos on August 22, 1963) is an American pianist and singer-songwriter. ... The Beekeeper is an album by singer-songwriter Tori Amos. ... A collection of various CD singles In music, a single is a short recording of one or more separate tracks. ... A Big Wheel is a type of tricycle, traditionally made of plastic, with an oversized front wheel that rides very low to the ground. ... Bouncing Off Clouds is a song written and recorded by Tori Amos. ... The term singer-songwriter refers to performers who both write and sing their own material. ... Tori Amos (born Myra Ellen Amos on August 22, 1963) is an American pianist and singer-songwriter. ... is the 121st day of the year (122nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... The Beekeeper is an album by singer-songwriter Tori Amos. ...

"Big Wheel" was released as the album's first radio single in the United States. However, multiple radio stations have rejected "Big Wheel" because the acronym MILF is repeated in the bridge of the song.^[3] Despite the acronym, the single has been highly successful on Triple A radio. "Bouncing Off Clouds" was released as the first single in Europe^[4] and the second single in the United States^[5]. Big Wheel is the first forthcoming single off Tori Amoss new album American Doll Posse. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Backronym and Apronym (Discuss) Acronyms and initialisms are abbreviations, such as NATO, laser, and ABC, written as the initial letter or letters of words, and pronounced on the basis of this abbreviated written form. ... Bouncing Off Clouds is a song written and recorded by Tori Amos. ... For other uses, see Europe (disambiguation). ...

As with all her releases with Epic Records, American Doll Posse was offered in a limited edition, which included two videos (a behind-the-scenes of her photo shoot and a slideshow-style bonus track titled "My Posse Can Do"), an expanded booklet, and five postcards, one of each "doll". iTunes offered a free bonus track, "Miracle", and a Ticketmaster concert pre-sale code for anyone who pre-ordered either version of the album. Borders offered a bonus track "Drive All Night" to anyone who purchased the standard edition, while Target offered a poster that features the five "dolls". Epic Records is an American record label, owned and operated by Sony BMG. // Epic was launched originally as a jazz and classical music label in 1953 by CBS. Its bright-yellow, black and blue logo became a familiar trademark for many jazz and classical releases. ... This article is about the iTunes application. ... Ticketmaster is based in West Hollywood, California, USA, but has operations in many countries around the world. ... Borders Group (NYSE: BGP) is an international bookseller based in Ann Arbor, Michigan. ... This article is about the United States retail company. ...

Track listing

Included with song titles are the names of the characters from whose perspective the songs are sung, where available.^[6][7]

All songs written by Tori Amos

1. "Yo George"* (Isabel) – 1:25
2. "Big Wheel" (Tori) – 3:15
3. "Bouncing Off Clouds" (Clyde) – 4:06
4. "Teenage Hustling" (Pip) – 4:02
5. "Digital Ghost" (Tori) – 3:50
6. "You Can Bring Your Dog" (Santa) – 4:04
7. "Mr. Bad Man" (Isabel) – 3:18
8. "Fat Slut"* (Pip) – 0:41
9. "Girl Disappearing" (Clyde) – 4:00
10. "Secret Spell" (Santa) – 4:04
11. "Devils and Gods"* (Isabel) – 0:53
12. "Body and Soul" (Pip and Santa) – 3:56
13. "Father's Son" (Tori) – 3:59
14. "Programmable Soda"* (Santa) – 1:25
15. "Code Red" (Tori) – 5:27
16. "Roosterspur Bridge" (Clyde) – 4:01
17. "Beauty of Speed" (Clyde) – 4:06
18. "Almost Rosey" (Isabel) – 5:26
19. "Velvet Revolution"* (Pip) – 1:19
20. "Dark Side of the Sun" (Isabel) – 4:16
21. "Posse Bonus"* (Tori) – 1:45
22. "Smokey Joe" (Pip) – 4:19
23. "Dragon" (Santa) – 5:03

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B-sides

The album, as with most of Amos' albums, is also known for its collection of original B-sides. One can be found on limited edition versions of the album, while the other two are available exclusively through different retailers as digital downloads. The final three tracks on the album, "Posse Bonus", "Smokey Joe", and "Dragon", were originally to be bonus B-side tracks for the limited edition packaging, but were added to the official tracklisting prior to the album's release.

Development

Prior to its release, Amos revealed that the album is political in nature:

Amos had also considered the return of the harpsichord and Wurlitzer on this record. ^[9] Before the albums release, she made several comments about bringing a "warrior woman" out, as well as stating that the record would be a very different chapter from what has come before. ^[10] Harpsichord in the Flemish style A harpsichord is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. ... The Rudolph Wurlitzer Company, usually referred to simply as Wurlitzer, is an American company, formerly a producer of stringed instruments, woodwind, brass instruments, theatre organs, band organs, orchestrions, electric pianos and jukeboxes. ...

Following preliminary writing work during Amos' five-month solo tour in the spring and summer of 2005, and further work after the end of the tour, recording sessions commenced in June 2006 at Amos' home studio in Cornwall, England, with Jon Evans on bass and Matt Chamberlain on drums. After a month of tracking work, Amos continued editing and recording for the remainder of the year, as well as working on the promotion for her career-spanning box set A Piano: The Collection.

Mixing work was completed in January and February 2007, and the album title was announced through a press release on February 20. is the 51st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...

The album, like all Tori Amos albums since 1998's From the Choirgirl Hotel ^[11], has been recorded at Martian Engineering in Cornwall ^[12]. From the Choirgirl Hotel, released in 1998, was the fifth major label album by singer and songwriter Tori Amos. ... For other uses, see Cornwall (disambiguation). ...

The Doll Posse

The "American Doll Posse" of the title consists of five different female characters that Amos "developed around the album's 20 tracks," according to US Weekly ^[13]. The characters represent different aspects of Tori's own personality: Us Weekly (a. ...

Each show begins with a short set from Clyde, Santa, Pip or Isabel, then continues with Tori for the rest of the night. ^[14]

Isabel

Isabel (HisTORIcal) is based upon the Greek goddess Artemis and is the voice of the tracks "Yo George", "Mr. Bad Man", "Devils & Gods", "Almost Rosey" and "Dark Side Of The Sun".^[6] She is a photographer and is the most outwardly political. On tour, she "covered" the Tori songs "Sweet Dreams", "In The Springtime Of His Voodoo", "Tombigbee", "Virginia", "Scarlet's Walk" and "Sweet Sangria", as well as performing a cover of The Exorcist theme, "Tubular Bells". For other uses, see Artemis (disambiguation). ... The Exorcist is a horror novel written by William Peter Blatty first published in 1971. ...

Clyde

Clyde (CliTORIdes) is based upon the Greek goddess of the underworld Persephone and is the voice of the tracks "Bouncing Off Clouds", "Girl Disappearing", "Roosterspur Bridge" and "Beauty Of Speed".^[6] Clyde "wears her emotional wounds on her sleeve, but remains idealistic. She is looking at the effects of not being a whole person. She is trying to figure out what she believes in and she is dealing with having been disappointed in her life" ^[15].On tour, she "covered" the Tori songs "Little Amsterdam", "Black-Dove (January)", "Juarez", "Little Earthquakes", "Upside Down," and the Lloyd Cole track "Rattlesnakes," which Amos had previously covered under her own name in 2001. Proserpine by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1874) (Tate Gallery, London In Greek mythology, Persephone (Greek Περσεφόνη, Persephónē) was the Queen of the Underworld of epic literature. ... Lloyd Cole with his old band during a reunion concert in London, October 2004 Lloyd Cole (born January 31, 1961) is an English singer and songwriter, known for his role as lead singer of Lloyd Cole and the Commotions from 1984 to 1989 and for his subsequent solo work. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ...

Pip

Pip (ExpiraTORIal) is based upon the Greek goddess of war, wisdom and strategy Athena and is the voice of the tracks "Teenage Hustling", "Fat Slut", "Body & Soul" (with Santa), "Velvet Revolution" and "Smokey Joe".^[6] She is a "warrior woman" and is confrontational. On tour, she "covered" the Tori songs "Bliss", "Cruel", "The Waitress", "Blood Roses", "Me And A Gun," and the Neil Young song "Heart Of Gold," which Tori had previously covered in 2001. For other uses, see Athena (disambiguation). ... This article is about the musician. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ...

Santa

Santa (SanaTORIum) is based upon the Greek goddess Aphrodite and is the voice of the tracks "You Can Bring Your Dog", "Secret Spell", "Body & Soul" (with Pip), "Programmable Soda", "Dragon" and "My Posse Can Do".^[6] She is sensual and passionate. On tour, she "covered" the Tori songs "Cruel", "God", "Sugar", "She's Your Cocaine", "Hoochie Woman", "Raspberry Swirl", "Bug A Martini" and "Carnival". The Birth of Venus, (detail) by Sandro Botticelli, 1485 For other uses, see Aphrodite (disambiguation). ...

Tori

Tori (TerraTORIes) is based upon the Greek gods Demeter and Dionysus and is the voice of the tracks "Big Wheel", "Digital Ghost", "Father's Son", "Code Red" and "Posse Bonus".^[6] She appears to be a caricature of the artist herself, with promotional images released depicting the character holding sage and with a Bible in one hand and the word 'shame' scrawled across the other. This article is about the grain goddess Demeter. ... This article is about the ancient deity. ... This Gutenberg Bible is displayed by the United States Library. ...

Posse blogs

As part of the marketing campaign, a series of blogs written by each character are circulating on the Internet on various websites, with fans invited to "hunt" the blogs down ^[16].

She has mentioned in an interview that she would be updating the blogs and that the blogs will be available until the end of December 2007.

Personnel

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• Isabel – vocals on tracks 1, 7, 11, 18, 20
• Clyde – vocals on tracks 3, 9, 16, 17, background vocals on track 5
• Pip – vocals on tracks 4, 8, 12, 19, 22, background vocals on track 15
• Santa – vocals on tracks 6, 10, 12, 14, 23, background vocals on track 3
• Tori Amos – vocals on tracks 2, 5, 13, 15, 21, background vocals on track 20, Bösendorfer piano on tracks 1-7, 9-10, 12-23, electric piano on track 3, Fender-Rhodes on tracks 7, 13, 23, upright piano on track 17, Wurlitzer on track 20, clavichord on track 22, Mellotron on track 23
• Matt Chamberlain – drums & percussion on tracks 2-7, 9-10, 12-13, 15-18, 20-23
• Jon Evans – bass on tracks 2-7, 9-10, 12-13, 15-18, 20-23
• Mac Aladdin – electric guitar on tracks 2-8, 10, 12-13, 15-18, 20, 22-23, ukulele on tracks 7, 11, electric 6 and 12 string guitars on tracks 10, 13, 18, 20, mandolin on tracks 11, 19, acoustic guitar on tracks 11-12, 15-16, 20, ebow guitar on 22
• Edward Bale, Matthew Elston, Holly Butler, Rosmary Bank – string quartet on tracks 9, 14
• John Philip Shenale – string arrangement on tracks 9, 14, brass arrangement on track 14
• Nick Hitchens – tuba, euphonium on track 14

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Chart performance

^ Copies of the CD+DVD special edition of "American Doll Posse" were ruled to be ineligible for the UK sales chart due to the inclusion of free art cards depicting each of the Posse characters. According to an article on Amos's site everythingtori.com, Amos chose not to issue a reduced packaging version of the special edition (as had been done with Scarlet's Walk). So the UK chart position is based only upon sales of the single disc standard CD packaging version of the album. The Irish Albums Chart is the Irish music industry standard albums popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on behalf of the IRMA by Chart-Track. ...

Tour

The first live performance of the new material took place on April 10, 2007 for Radio Eins in Berlin, Germany, where Amos performed six songs solo on piano - "Silent All These Years" and "Leather" from 1992's Little Earthquakes as well as four songs from the new album - "Velvet Revolution," "Father's Son," "Beauty of Speed," and "Almost Rosey." is the 100th day of the year (101st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... This article is about the capital of Germany. ... Little Earthquakes (1992) was the solo debut album of singer Tori Amos, featuring the singles Winter, China, Silent All These Years and Crucify. It helped usher in the success of other female singer/songwriters in the 1990s. ...

The full band tour for American Doll Posse commenced on May 28, 2007 in Rome, Italy. The European leg of the tour ended with a show in Ra'anana, Israel on July 21, 2007. The Australian leg of the tour, which commenced on September 10 and lasted the rest of the month, was followed by the North American leg which began October 9. is the 148th day of the year (149th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... For other uses, see Rome (disambiguation). ... Raanana (Hebrew רַעֲנָנָה; Standard Hebrew ) is a city in the southern Sharon Plain in the Center District of Israel, Israel, 19 km north of Tel Aviv. ... is the 202nd day of the year (203rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... is the 253rd day of the year (254th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 282nd day of the year (283rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

Amos began each concert as one of the four alter-egos from the album, before taking over as herself for the remaining two-thirds of the show. The tour began with the Santa character. Amos played piano, Yamaha keyboard, and Hammond organ and was joined by Jon Evans (bass), Matt Chamberlain (drums), and Dan Phelps (guitar).

Release history

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