To Venus and Back is a two-disc album set released by singer and songwriter Tori Amos in 1999. The first disc, called Venus: Orbiting, had eleven original studio songs and found Amos experimenting heavily in electronica. It spawned the singles "Bliss", "1000 Oceans," "Glory of the 80's" (Europe only), and "Concertina." The second disc, called Venus Live: Still Orbiting was a thirteen track album compilation of live tracks from her 1997-98 tour. The album reached gold sales status. An album (from Latin albus white, blank, relating to a blank book in which something can be inserted) is a packaged collection of related things. ... Tori Amos Tori Amos (born Myra Ellen Amos on August 22, 1963) is an American singer, pianist and songwriter. ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Musical genres are categories which contain music which share a certain style or which have certain elements in common. ... An alternative is one of two possible choices. ... A record label is a brand created by companies that specialize in manufacturing, distributing and promoting audio and video recordings, on various formats including compact discs, LPs, DVD-Audio, SACDs, and cassettes. ... Atlantic Records (Atlantic Recording Corporation) is a record label founded in 1947 by Ahmet Ertegun and Herb Abramson. ... In the music industry, record producer designates a person responsible for completing a master recording so that it is fit for release. ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a globally comprehensive metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide. ... Entertainment Weekly is a magazine published by Time Warner in the United States which is dedicated to the world of celebrity and popular culture. ... For other uses, see number 24. ... The New Musical Express (better known as the NME) is a weekly magazine about popular music published in the UK. It is unlike many other popular music magazines due to its intended focus on guitar-based music and indie rock bands, instead of mainstream pop acts. ... PopMatters is an online culture zine published by the indefatigable Sarah Zupko. ... Q magazine is a music and entertainment magazine published monthly in the United Kingdom. ... Rolling Stone is a music and music industry magazine. ... Screenshot of Salon. ... From the Choirgirl Hotel, released in 1998, was the fifth major label album by singer and songwriter Tori Amos. ... 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Strange Little Girls was a concept album released by singer and songwriter Tori Amos in the year 2001. ... 2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A double album is an audio album of sufficient length that two units of the medium in which it is sold (especially records and compact discs) are necessary to contain the entirety of it. ... In music a singer or vocalist is a type of musician who uses his or her voice as an instrument to make music. ... A songwriter is someone who writes either the lyrics or the music for songs. ... Tori Amos Tori Amos (born Myra Ellen Amos on August 22, 1963) is an American singer, pianist and songwriter. ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... World map showing location of Europe A satellite composite image of Europe Europe is geologically and geographically a peninsula, forming the westernmost part of Eurasia. ... 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...

The album, which began life as a proposed b-sides album, finds Amos' voice and piano subverted in a sonic maze of electronic washes and effects, and some songs, notably "Juarez," a tale of Mexican massacre, and "Datura," are largely built around these effects. The album is recognised as one of Amos' most experimental yet melodic.

The album received two 2000 Grammy Awards nominations: Female Rock Vocal Performance for "Bliss" and Alternative Music Performance for the album. 2000 is a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 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 Awards, and the...

In November 1999, Tori Amos was quoted by Pulse Magazine as saying that this record says a lot about the shadows and the shadow world.

Track listing

Disc one

1. "Bliss"
2. "Juarez"
3. "Concertina"
4. "Glory of the '80s"
5. "Lust"
6. "Suede"
7. "Josephine"
8. "Riot Poof"
9. "Datura"
10. "Spring Haze"
11. "1000 Oceans"

Disc two

1. "Precious Things"
2. "Cruel"
3. "Cornflake Girl"
4. "Bells for Her"
5. "Girl"
6. "Cooling"
7. "Mr. Zebra"
8. "Cloud on my Tongue"
9. "Sugar"
10. "Little Earthquakes"
11. "Space Dog"
12. "Waitress"
13. "Purple People"

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