Boys for Pele
Album by Tori Amos
Released	January 22, 1996
Recorded	Ireland, 1995
Genre	Alternative
Length	70:09
Label	Epic Records
Producer(s)	Tori Amos
Professional reviews
All Music Guide (3/5) link Q (4/5) 2/1996 (p.93) Robert Christgau (Other) link Rolling Stone (2/5) link Salon (Negative) link Spin (9/10) 3/1996 (p.109)
Tori Amos chronology
Under the Pink (1994]) Boys for Pele (1996) From the Choirgirl Hotel (1998)

Boys For Pele, the Grammy-nominated third album by singer and songwriter Tori Amos, is perhaps her least well-known and yet best-selling album to date. Featuring 19 songs that incorporate harpsichord, clavichord, harmonium, gospel choirs, brass bands and full orchestras, the album addresses the concept of the different types of men that enter and affect a woman's life. All the tracks were written by Amos, and it was the first album she produced herself. Most of it was recorded in a church in Ireland. The album's first single, Caught a Lite Sneeze, was groundbreaking because it was the first ever song to be made available as a free Internet download. Tori Amos Boys for Pele album cover. ... An album is a collection of related audio tracks, released together commercially in an audio format to the public. ... Tori Amos Tori Amos (born Myra Ellen Amos on August 22, 1963) is an American singer-songwriter. ... January 22 is the 22nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... The terms alternative rock and alternative music were coined in the 1980s to describe punk rock-inspired music genres which didnt fit into the mainstream genres of the time. ... A record label is a brand created by companies that specialize in producing, manufacturing, distributing and promoting audio and sometimes video recordings (especially music videos), on various formats including compact discs, LPs, DVD-Audio, SACDs, and cassettes. ... Epic Records is an American record label, and subsidiary of Sony BMG. // History 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 performers, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... Tori Amos Tori Amos (born Myra Ellen Amos on August 22, 1963) is an American singer-songwriter. ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide. ... Q magazine is a music and entertainment magazine published monthly in the United Kingdom. ... Robert Christgau (sometimes abbreviated in print to Xgau), born April 18, 1942, is an American essayist, music journalist, and rock critic. ... The Rolling Stone logo, designed by Rick Griffin. ... Screenshot of Salon. ... Spin is a music magazine that reports on all the music that rocks. Founded in 1985 by publisher Bob Guccione, Jr. ... Tori Amos Tori Amos (born Myra Ellen Amos on August 22, 1963) is an American singer-songwriter. ... Under the Pink is a 1994 (see 1994 in music) album by Tori Amos. ... From the Choirgirl Hotel, released in 1998, was the fifth major label album by singer and songwriter Tori Amos. ... Grammy Award statuette The Grammy Awards, presented by the Recording Academy (an association of Americans professionally involved in the recorded music industry) for outstanding achievements in the recording industry, is one of four major music awards shows held annually in the United States (the Billboard Music Awards, the American Music... LeAnn Rimes singing in concert A singer is a type of musician who uses his or her voice to produce music. ... A songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics to songs, the musical composition or melody to songs, or both. ... Tori Amos Tori Amos (born Myra Ellen Amos on August 22, 1963) is an American singer-songwriter. ... Harpsichord in Flemish style; for more info, click the image. ... The clavichord is a European keyboard used in early classical, and Baroque music. ... This article is on the musical instrument; for information on other kinds of harmonia, see harmonium (disambiguation). ... For the genre of Christian-themed music, see gospel music. ... The Lochgelly Band, a Scottish colliery band, circa 1890 A brass band is a musical group consisting mostly of brass instruments, often with a percussion section. ...

Named after the legendary volcano goddess Pele (not the Brazilian football player), the album was inspired by Tori's break-up with longtime boyfriend Eric Rosse, co-producer of Little Earthquakes and Under the Pink. The songs represent a journey to find her power as a woman, and the sexually and religiously charged lyrics are the most intense of any of her albums. It consists of 14 fully-formed songs and five "interludes"; the 14 main songs represent the number of body parts of her husband Osiris the goddess Isis had to find to put his body back together in Egyptian mythology. A volcano is a geological landform where magma (rock from the Earths interior made molten by extremely high temperatures along with a reduction in pressure and/or the introduction of water or other volatiles) erupts through the surface of a planet. ... Ceres, the Roman goddess of agriculture A goddess is a female deity, in contrast with a male deity known as a god. A great many cultures have goddesses, sometimes alone, but more often as part of a larger pantheon that includes both of the conventional genders and in some cases... In Polynesian mythology (specifically: Hawaii), Pele is a goddess of fire, lightning, dance, volcanoes and violence, a daughter of Haumea and Kane Milohai. ... Eric Rosse is a record producer who has worked on the Tori Amos albums Little Earthquakes and Under the Pink as well as Anna Nalicks album Wreck of the Day. ... This article is about the Tori Amos album. ... Under the Pink is a 1994 (see 1994 in music) album by Tori Amos. ... Osiris (Greek language, also Usiris; the Egyptian language name is variously transliterated Asar, Aser, Ausar, or Ausare) is the Egyptian God of the dead and the underworld. ... It has been suggested that Isis in literature be merged into this article or section. ... Egyptian mythology or Egyptian religion is the succession of tentative beliefs held by the people of Egypt for over three thousand years, prior to major exposure to Christianity and Islam. ...

One song, "Marianne," details Amos' relationship with Marianne Curtis, a high school student from Montgomery County, Maryland, who died under questionable circumstances in the late 1970s. The death, which was actually due to an accidental drug overdose, was first suspected to be murder, and then later called a suicide. Montgomery County (colloquially known as MoCo or MoGoCo) is a suburban county located in the state of Maryland north of Washington, D.C.. Its county seat is Rockville, and its most populous community is Silver Spring. ... Official language(s) None Capital Annapolis Largest city Baltimore Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 42nd 32,160 km² 145 km 400 km 21 37°53N to 39°43N 75°4W to 79°33W Population  - Total (2000)  - Density Ranked 19th 5,296,486 165... The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, inclusive. ...

Because the music was so inaccessible to radio, it did not initially sell well. Shortly after its release, however, the song Professional Widow was remixed into a dance track that immediately rocketed to number one in the charts. The song Talula was also remixed and included on the soundtrack of the film Twister. Two new versions of the album were then released; in the UK, the remix of Professional Widow was added to the album after the original version of the song (and the song In the Springtime of His Voodoo was removed completely). In the USA, the original version of the song Talula was replaced by Talula (the Tornado Version). A Song infobox has been requested for this article. ... Twister is a 1996 disaster movie starring Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton as storm chasers researching tornadoes. ...

Album sales quickly picked up because of the demand for these remixes. Ironically, the removed track ...Voodoo was also remixed but was a much smaller club success. Interest in the album resurfaced when, a little less than a year after its release, Tori Amos sang vocals on Blue Skies, another huge club and dance hit by dance music artist BT (Brian Transeau). A Song Infobox has been requested for this article. ... BT holding a M-Audio Ozonic keyboard Brian Transeau (born Brian Wayne Transeau on October 4, 1971 in Rockville, Maryland) is an electronica musician who records under the stage name BT. When recording with other artists he has used the aliases Kaistar, Libra Dharma, Prana, Elastic Reality, Elastic Chakra, GTB...

The album stirred up a lot of controversy because of the photography included in the liner notes, most notably, a photo of Amos suckling a baby piglet was removed from library editions of the album. There was also a lawsuit by a man who had a car accident while looking at a billboard advertisement of the album featuring that same photo.

The album eventually went on to achieve platinum status (selling more than one million copies).

Track listing

(all songs written by Amos)

1. "Beauty Queen" / "Horses" - 6:07
2. "Blood Roses" – 3:56
3. "Father Lucifer" – 3:43
4. "Professional Widow" – 4:31
5. "Mr. Zebra" – 1:07
6. "Marianne" – 4:07
7. "Caught a Lite Sneeze" – 4:24
8. "Muhammad My Friend" – 3:48
9. "Hey Jupiter" – 5:07
10. "Way Down" – 1:13
11. "Little Amsterdam" – 4:29
12. "Talula" – 4:08
13. "Not the Red Baron" – 3:49
14. "Agent Orange" – 1:26
15. "Doughnut Song" – 4:19
16. "In the Springtime of His Voodoo" – 5:32
17. "Putting the Damage On" – 5:08
18. "Twinkle" – 3:12

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Charts

Album

Single

B-Sides

The album, as with most of Tori Amos' albums, is also known for its collection of original b-sides. Amos recorded a host of songs that did not make the album, but were released as b-sides to various singles or performed live in concerts. Amos also recorded several songs that were never released.

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See also

• List of songs in triple meter (1990-1999)