14 Ballots Received13 Album Ballots Received102 songs voted for
Going to kick things off with the top 9 albums and the remix results soon
― ufo, Tuesday, 11 September 2018 14:58 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/G3J7P0Z.jpg9. American Doll Posse6 Points, 3 votes
― ufo, Tuesday, 11 September 2018 14:59 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/8prBdzg.jpg8. Unrepentant Geraldines8 points, 2 votes
― ufo, Tuesday, 11 September 2018 15:17 (five years ago) link
there are many good songs on geraldines but idk if i'll ever really get it as an "album," just kinda washes over me every time
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Tuesday, 11 September 2018 15:26 (five years ago) link
where i would argue adp doesn't have a bad song on it and is constantly engaging
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Tuesday, 11 September 2018 15:27 (five years ago) link
yeah I agree completely, ADP is great if only my 6th favourite. i think it's just a result of the low turnout + her having four classic albums so not much other room on most ballots that the album results are the way they are
― ufo, Tuesday, 11 September 2018 15:30 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/oRinEvh.jpg7. Night of Hunters10 points, 2 votes
^^^ this album does completely rule though
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Tuesday, 11 September 2018 15:31 (five years ago) link
I kinda wish she'd done something like it earlier in her career, going all out in the direction of Icicle, Cloud On My Tongue, Yes Anastasia, Marianne etc.
― ufo, Tuesday, 11 September 2018 15:39 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/aG6Qx5c.jpg6. Scarlet's Walk12 points, 2 votes, 1 #1 vote
― ufo, Tuesday, 11 September 2018 15:49 (five years ago) link
album results: all of the tori records that are at the very least good-to-great lol
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Tuesday, 11 September 2018 15:51 (five years ago) link
which is cool that's how it goes usually
I'm here to learn, stoked for the madness.
― lbi's life of limitless european glamour (Le Bateau Ivre), Tuesday, 11 September 2018 15:55 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/IeTPaIG.jpg5. To Venus and Back26 points, 5 votes, 1 #1 vote
― ufo, Tuesday, 11 September 2018 16:14 (five years ago) link
my no. 1! which was v impulsive because i didn't even really understand this record until two weeks ago, but it's the tori record i wanna listen to all the time now
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Tuesday, 11 September 2018 16:25 (five years ago) link
on the wiki there's a tori quote that suggests venus is about "shadows and the shadow world" and i'm like hell yeah that's what i wanna hear
https://i.imgur.com/ag5AS6o.jpg4. Under the Pink64 points, 13 votes
― ufo, Tuesday, 11 September 2018 16:28 (five years ago) link
surprisingly this was the only album to make every ballot
― ufo, Tuesday, 11 September 2018 16:29 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/WmFN5vO.jpg3. Little Earthquakes66 points, 10 votes, 3 #1 votes
― ufo, Tuesday, 11 September 2018 16:51 (five years ago) link
― ufo, Tuesday, September 11, 2018 9:29 AM (thirty minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
when i was a kid i skipped from little earthquakes right to pele and never wound my way back to under the pink, so my enthusiasm for it is relatively fresh—after all the years that passed in between, hearing a tori album that was pretty much every bit the equal of its predecessor and successor yet was doing something distinct from either of them (i talked about the production and the impact of the second side prob sufficiently on the voting thread), it was almost like learning to fall in love with her all over again
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Tuesday, 11 September 2018 17:02 (five years ago) link
it's the one I'd spent the least time with too out of the first four and it was great to get properly into it. it doesn't quite have the same highs as Little Earthquakes and doesn't feel as big, but it's broader in sound and more consistently great too
― ufo, Tuesday, 11 September 2018 17:06 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/X48Lxdb.jpg2. From the Choirgirl Hotel88 points, 12 votes, 3 #1 votes
https://i.imgur.com/WuWWx4q.jpg1. Boys for Pele100 points, 12 votes, 5 #1 votes
― ufo, Tuesday, 11 September 2018 17:15 (five years ago) link
didn't really have any idea what order the top four would end up being in so it's interesting to see Pele come out on top fairly decisively
Top 4 mirrors my boring ranking. In a weird contra-brad moment I went in expecting TVAB to be 5th but ended up replacing it with ADP - after realising that while I love TVAB none of its songs are ones I really can't live without.
Unrepententant Geraldines is fine and I listened to it quite a bit when it came out but yeah it does feel like a lesser, more constricted work than ADP. Also I've said this before I think but ironically her last two albums are really the first time the whole "oh she's just an inferior Kate bush" argument has really made sense to me (now that the people who say that have stopped listening).
― Tim F, Tuesday, 11 September 2018 17:57 (five years ago) link
Unrepentant Geraldines is fine but just sort of a lesser Scarlet's Walk. I understand what you mean with Native Invader, like Reindeer King is one of the most Kate Bush songs she's ever done but it's also one of her best since ADP and the whole album's pretty solid, it almost made my albums ballot.
― ufo, Tuesday, 11 September 2018 18:05 (five years ago) link
I was one of the two voters for Unrepentant Geraldines - I gave it a listen when it came out and was surprised how much I enjoyed it, having not heard anything post-Choirgirl Hotel at that point (I still haven't heard Night of Hunters or a couple of the others that aren't listed here). Agree with the top two.
― Gavin, Leeds, Tuesday, 11 September 2018 18:10 (five years ago) link
My ballot was [quick math] 47% Little Earthquakes, and that tends to be the only Tori album I go back to with any regularity, so I didn’t know what the more devoted fans considered her best anymore. I do remember From the Choir Girl Hotel being hailed by some as her greatest around the time it was released, but I didn’t know how much of that to attribute to new-album-enthusiasm (see also, OK Computer topping a Q readers poll of the greatest albums ever in late ‘97/early ‘98). Boys For Pele at #1 makes sense, though; it was a dense, difficult album that felt almost calculated to shed her fan base of casual admirers who’d come to her from MTV or Rolling Stone. I do remember mainstream critics typically being baffled by it at the time.
― Police, Academy (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 11 September 2018 18:41 (five years ago) link
BFP came out at the height of my fandom. i remember finding out about it in December ’95 from the list of forthcoming releases at the mall (not sam goody. record town?) and scarfing it down the day it came out. the 2 star Rolling Stone review prompted a hastily scrawled letter to the editor. XD
i guess i’ve only dabbled but never been convinced there’s anything post-TVAB that approaches what she achieved on the first four albums. i’d be happy to be proven wrong but i’m skeptical.
― How to Destroy How to Dress Well (lou), Tuesday, 11 September 2018 20:29 (five years ago) link
I straight up just don't like BFP all that much, and if FTCH hadn't been as good as it was, I probably would've stopped following her at that point altogether.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 11 September 2018 21:13 (five years ago) link
I'm the other unrepentant Geraldines voter, I'll admit I also don't really get it as an album but I love pretty much every song on it.
― geoffreyess, Wednesday, 12 September 2018 01:06 (five years ago) link
And like Gavin I hadn't heard anything since Choirgirl at that point -- maybe that was the key?
― geoffreyess, Wednesday, 12 September 2018 01:07 (five years ago) link
TBH I'm a little bit surprised with the praise ADP is getting here. It was definitely a more exciting project than the snoozefest of The Beekeeper but it's waaay too long (26 songs?!) and plenty of tracks have some embarrassing lyrical clunkers (Yo George, Dark Side of the Sun etc.). But the worst offender is IMO the actual sound of the record -- it's just so toothless. I know she was going for a rock band vibe but somehow she ended up with Guitar Hero production, lifeless vocals, and tinny drums. Weird, given the fact how brilliantly she managed to incorporate some unhinged rock/electronic/full band elements on Choirgirl and Venus. ADP sounds like a muzak version of them.
Or maybe it's just my ears. Anyway, can't wait to see the songs poll results.
― ˈʌglɪɪst preɪ, Wednesday, 12 September 2018 09:40 (five years ago) link
there were only three remix ballots so here are the remixes that got more than one vote:
3. God (The Rainforest Resort Mix by Carl Craig)12 points, 2 voteshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nb7rVlHV0DI
2. Ambient Raspberry Swirl (Scarlet Spectrum Feels)14 points, 2 votes, 1 #1 votehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pt-LKsyT1qc
1. Professional Widow (Armand's Star Trunk Funkin' Mix)24 points, 3 votes, 1 #1 votehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sl9DkcBreNw
― ufo, Wednesday, 12 September 2018 12:58 (five years ago) link
and the full remix and album results:
1 Ambient Raspberry Swirl (Scarlet Spectrum Feels) 14 2 12 God (The Rainforest Resort Mix by Carl Craig) 12 2 03 Kingdom - Red Baron Juke 10 1 14 God (The Thinking Mix 2 by Carl Craig) 8 1 05 Hey Jupiter (Dakota Version) 6 1 06 Talula (BT's Synethasia Mix) 2 1 08 Mainline Cherry (Ambient Spark) 2 1 08 Mainline Cherry (Ambient Spark) 2 1 01 Boys for Pele 100 12 52 From the Choirgirl Hotel 88 12 33 Little Earthquakes 66 10 34 Under the Pink 64 13 05 To Venus and Back 26 5 16 Scarlet's Walk 12 2 17 Night of Hunters 10 2 08 Unrepentant Geraldines 8 2 09 American Doll Posse 6 3 010 Strange Little Girls 2 1 0
1 Boys for Pele 100 12 52 From the Choirgirl Hotel 88 12 33 Little Earthquakes 66 10 34 Under the Pink 64 13 05 To Venus and Back 26 5 16 Scarlet's Walk 12 2 17 Night of Hunters 10 2 08 Unrepentant Geraldines 8 2 09 American Doll Posse 6 3 010 Strange Little Girls 2 1 0
going to start counting down the top 40 tracks soon, starting with 40-31 today
― ufo, Wednesday, 12 September 2018 13:03 (five years ago) link
uh that's
1 Professional Widow (Armand's Star Trunk Funkin' Mix) 24 3 12 Ambient Raspberry Swirl (Scarlet Spectrum Feels) 14 2 13 God (The Rainforest Resort Mix by Carl Craig) 12 2 04 Kingdom - Red Baron Juke 10 1 15 God (The Thinking Mix 2 by Carl Craig) 8 1 06 Hey Jupiter (Dakota Version) 6 1 08 Talula (BT's Synethasia Mix) 2 1 08 Mainline Cherry (Ambient Spark) 2 1 0
― ufo, Wednesday, 12 September 2018 13:05 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/SjhNkA6.jpg40. Yes, Anastasia84 points, 2 votes, 1 #1 Vote
― ufo, Wednesday, 12 September 2018 13:55 (five years ago) link
we’ll see how brave you are
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Wednesday, 12 September 2018 14:11 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/GuI650e.jpg39. Little Earthquakes86 points, 2 votes
― ufo, Wednesday, 12 September 2018 14:16 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/ZBHwnWc.jpg38. The Waitress86 points, 3 votes
― ufo, Wednesday, 12 September 2018 14:40 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/J7WULvM.jpg37. Space Dog86 points, 6 votes
― ufo, Wednesday, 12 September 2018 15:02 (five years ago) link
Wanted to add "Little Earthquakes" to my ballot after I sent it, but didn't want to make trouble for ufo. Glad it squeaked in.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 12 September 2018 15:05 (five years ago) link
i love the whole last two minutes of Space Dog, whenever she does her overlapping vocals it's incredible
― ufo, Wednesday, 12 September 2018 15:11 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/i0RmKOR.jpg36. Baker Baker88 points, 4 votes
https://i.imgur.com/PoJvr6S.jpg36. Taxi Ride88 points, 4 votes
― ufo, Wednesday, 12 September 2018 15:22 (five years ago) link
I love Taxi Ride so much, it's like a midpoint of Cocteau Twins and Fleetwood Mac lol
― ufo, Wednesday, 12 September 2018 15:23 (five years ago) link
Didn’t vote (sorry!) because I didn’t feel knowledgeable but loving the images! Great job
― I am using your worlds, Wednesday, 12 September 2018 15:30 (five years ago) link
"taxi ride" just missed my ballot (or rather i couldn't in good conscience vote for both it and "secret spell" since they're doing near-identical things) so i'm glad it's here
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Wednesday, 12 September 2018 15:31 (five years ago) link
also these images rule thank you ufo
Secret Spell is so much more driven and it's almost a power pop thing while Taxi Ride is extremely dreamy soft rock so there's not much connection between the two to me except they're both highlights of her 00's albums
― ufo, Wednesday, 12 September 2018 15:34 (five years ago) link
and i'm glad people are enjoying the images!
― ufo, Wednesday, September 12, 2018 8:34 AM (two minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
ah i get this but i group them together anyway, both choruses are sugar
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Wednesday, 12 September 2018 15:37 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/BDEksXJ.jpg34. Cloud On My Tongue90 points, 6 votes
― ufo, Wednesday, 12 September 2018 15:41 (five years ago) link
"cloud on my tongue" has like at least fifteen melodies in it, each of which could support their own song
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Wednesday, 12 September 2018 15:46 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/KX74F1I.jpg33. God92 points, 3 votes
― ufo, Wednesday, 12 September 2018 16:02 (five years ago) link
God has a great groove and when everything drops out except for the intentionally heavenly backing vocals in the chorus is a highlight
― ufo, Wednesday, 12 September 2018 16:05 (five years ago) link
that trill downwards on "fi-hi-hind"/"ni-nine iron"
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Wednesday, 12 September 2018 16:08 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/cVDpdhb.jpg32. Concertina92 points, 4 votes
― ufo, Wednesday, 12 September 2018 16:34 (five years ago) link
aw it's so nice this made it! one of my favorite venus songs that also dropped off the end of my ballot at the last minute
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Wednesday, 12 September 2018 16:36 (five years ago) link
"i know the truth is in between the first and fortieth drink" is prob my favorite lyric she's ever written, a stark sudden depiction of alcoholism in a song that i can't otherwise make heads or tails of
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Wednesday, 12 September 2018 16:38 (five years ago) link
and the last one for today
https://i.imgur.com/lu5TRli.jpg31. Bells for Her96 points, 3 votes
― ufo, Wednesday, 12 September 2018 16:51 (five years ago) link
Love the images, ufo!
"Yes, Anastasia" was my #1, glad to see it made the list.
― ˈʌglɪɪst preɪ, Wednesday, 12 September 2018 17:01 (five years ago) link
so much of under the pink already!
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Wednesday, 12 September 2018 17:07 (five years ago) link
Yes, Anastasia just missed my ballot and I was surprised it didn't get more votes, it's a real epic
― ufo, Wednesday, 12 September 2018 17:11 (five years ago) link
God that low is a shocker, but small pool of ballots makes things unpredictable I guess. (It was my #2)
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 12 September 2018 17:27 (five years ago) link
I've no idea what the consensus favourites from TVaB are so I'm happy to see 'Concertina' place.
― Gavin, Leeds, Wednesday, 12 September 2018 17:55 (five years ago) link
great images again ufo!
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 12 September 2018 23:53 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/J6Uui39.jpg30. Twinkle96 points, 4 votes, 1 #1 vote
― ufo, Thursday, 13 September 2018 13:16 (five years ago) link
doing 30 to 16 today
Twinkle is my favourite album closer and just missed my ballot
― ufo, Thursday, 13 September 2018 13:21 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/XNr3pUG.jpg29. Northern Lad114 points, 3 votes, 1 #1 vote
― ufo, Thursday, 13 September 2018 13:41 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/PHvnQCO.jpg28. Putting the Damage On114 points, 4 votes, 1 #1 vote
― ufo, Thursday, 13 September 2018 14:00 (five years ago) link
three of the best songs ever made in a row, none of which made my ballot lol
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Thursday, 13 September 2018 14:07 (five years ago) link
personally "putting the damage on" is wayyyy too tied to my first relationship and being 15 and feeling bad all of the time and at this point it feels like the song belongs to a different person than who i am now. still devastated every time i hear the chorus or "it's just your ghost passing through / and... now... i'm... quite... sure"
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Thursday, 13 September 2018 14:10 (five years ago) link
Putting the Damage On has a really great vocal performance and I love the horn arrangement
boy you still look pretty
― ufo, Thursday, 13 September 2018 14:12 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/7UaG5x6.jpg27. Cooling118 points, 4 votes
― ufo, Thursday, 13 September 2018 14:17 (five years ago) link
somehow, a song too intense to make the tracklist of boys for pele
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Thursday, 13 September 2018 14:23 (five years ago) link
also maybe the most beautiful song she ever wrote; in its winding digressions it feels twinned with "icicle" for me even though they're about v different things
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Thursday, 13 September 2018 14:26 (five years ago) link
is your place in heavenworth giving upthese kisses
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Thursday, 13 September 2018 14:28 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/R305BtI.jpg26. In the Springtime of His Voodoo118 points, 5 votes
― ufo, Thursday, 13 September 2018 14:31 (five years ago) link
too low. even on my own ballot it was too low
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Thursday, 13 September 2018 14:31 (five years ago) link
there are so many ideas in this song and the second uh post-chorus? with the overlapping vocal lines is divine
― ufo, Thursday, 13 September 2018 14:35 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/R9nqT1D.jpg25. Honey120 points, 5 votes
― ufo, Thursday, 13 September 2018 14:47 (five years ago) link
that's it for the b-sides on my ballot
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Thursday, 13 September 2018 14:48 (five years ago) link
arrangement of this song perfectly haunts the piano line
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Thursday, 13 September 2018 14:51 (five years ago) link
that sustained guitar feedback like flames licking at the song
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Thursday, 13 September 2018 14:54 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/U07SYeI.jpg24. Girl122 points, 3 votes, 1 #1 vote
― ufo, Thursday, 13 September 2018 15:00 (five years ago) link
my song!!!!
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Thursday, 13 September 2018 15:14 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/H0r6sja.jpg23. Raspberry Swirl140 points, 6 votes
― ufo, Thursday, 13 September 2018 15:18 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZEh3BTtLfA
i love the extra percussion in the live versions
― ufo, Thursday, 13 September 2018 15:20 (five years ago) link
ok so i first heard this song when i was 15, playing a low-quality video on a tori fansite, and it just knocked me out, i had never heard anything like it before. it sounded like what i wanted desire to feel like. anyway now i'm very gay, thanks tori
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Thursday, 13 September 2018 15:22 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/ik0caKc.jpg22. Playboy Mummy142 points, 4 votes
― ufo, Thursday, 13 September 2018 15:33 (five years ago) link
sometimes this one is too heavy
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Thursday, 13 September 2018 15:34 (five years ago) link
it's too low, completely devastating song
― ufo, Thursday, 13 September 2018 15:39 (five years ago) link
Where does Honey originate from?
― piscesx, Thursday, 13 September 2018 15:42 (five years ago) link
it's an under the pink b-side. originally slated for the album, replaced at the last minute by "the wrong band"
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Thursday, 13 September 2018 15:44 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/IVzwdyw.jpg21. Blood Roses144 points, 4 votes
― ufo, Thursday, 13 September 2018 15:48 (five years ago) link
Oh wow, never heard it before, I like it.
― piscesx, Thursday, 13 September 2018 15:48 (five years ago) link
I found Blood Roses genuinely disturbing when I first heard it. Still shocking even now. I love it though.
― piscesx, Thursday, 13 September 2018 15:50 (five years ago) link
it's a shame she replaced Honey for The Wrong Band which is easily the worst track on Under the Pink
― ufo, Thursday, 13 September 2018 15:50 (five years ago) link
― piscesx, Thursday, September 13, 2018 8:50 AM (three minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
saaaame
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Thursday, 13 September 2018 15:54 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/7BuIhdU.jpg20. Beauty Queen/Horses160 points, 6 votes
― ufo, Thursday, 13 September 2018 16:03 (five years ago) link
i was really fixated as a kid on music that was so Overwhelmingly Beautiful it gave me chills. Overwhelming Beauty is a pretty narrow aesthetic range, and i wish i hadn't focused on it at the expense of other music. but also: there was the first time i ever heard "beauty queen/horses," and i thought i was, at last, listening to the Most Overwhelmingly Beautiful Music Possible
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Thursday, 13 September 2018 16:09 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/IJamJCm.jpg19. Icicle176 points, 5 votes
― ufo, Thursday, 13 September 2018 16:20 (five years ago) link
oh wow i thought this'd be top ten
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Thursday, 13 September 2018 16:21 (five years ago) link
is there a better song about masturbating while your dad holds a prayer meeting downstairs
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Thursday, 13 September 2018 16:23 (five years ago) link
i think the good book is missing some pages!
this is definitely one that's up there in her most beautiful compositions, what an incredible bridge
nearly the entire top 20 was very much in flux the entire voting period
― ufo, Thursday, 13 September 2018 16:25 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/mxHBmAz.jpg18. i i e e e190 points, 6 votes
― ufo, Thursday, 13 September 2018 16:37 (five years ago) link
this is one that was in my top 10, sounds unlike anything else (except the potion shop theme from ocarina of time)
yeah it was in my top five
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Thursday, 13 September 2018 16:39 (five years ago) link
the chorus still gets to me
Ahhh these are all my favourite songs in the world. I voted pretty high for "In The Springtime of his Voodoo", "Icicle", "Playboy Mommy" and "Honey".
I'm glad that "Honey" is a b-side, it's such a self-contained perfect song (such great and unusually straightforward lyrics! "And you know what you're doing, so don't even"; "And I think I could leave your world / If she was the better girl").
Whereas "The Wrong Band" is a perfect piece of lightness in between "Baker, Baker" and "The Waitress" that would get lost outside of the album.
Actually Under The Pink was my first TA album when I was 13 and my favourite track used to switch around a lot but I think after initially being "Pretty Good Year" for a while it was "The Wrong Band" because of the sheer levity of the melody. Then for a while it was "Cloud on my Tongue" due to the soothing hypnotism of "circles and circles and circles again..." and then it settled on "Space Dog" for a long time. Coming back to the album now, "Icicle" was my easy favourite.
― Tim F, Thursday, 13 September 2018 16:45 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/7rxRTo1.jpg17. Jackie's Strength192 points, 5 votes
― ufo, Thursday, 13 September 2018 16:56 (five years ago) link
i really didn't expect this to place this high, it's good but not really one of the standouts on Choirgirl Hotel to me
― ufo, Thursday, 13 September 2018 16:57 (five years ago) link
Jeez that’s crazy low.
― piscesx, Thursday, 13 September 2018 16:58 (five years ago) link
Jackie’s strength showcases Tori’s ability to write empathically and directly, something she doesn’t always do. Love this song
― dig me out requiem (Ross), Thursday, 13 September 2018 17:01 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/QcIXSpQ.jpg16. Cornflake Girl208 points, 10 votes
― ufo, Thursday, 13 September 2018 17:12 (five years ago) link
last one for today
thanks for doing this ufo
cornflake girl way too low, but also a clear sign of how much quality tori has across the catalog
― dig me out requiem (Ross), Thursday, 13 September 2018 18:45 (five years ago) link
Way behind here but the #1 vote for Northern Lad was mine, up until recently I wouldn't necessarily have picked it out as a favourite but it struck me just how much of an incredible vocal performance it is from start to finish.
― Gavin, Leeds, Thursday, 13 September 2018 19:36 (five years ago) link
The top 5-10 could have a few surprises then I guess if the likes of Cornflake Girl are already counted for. Is anyone expecting a song from the post-Choirgirl years to still be ahead?
Great poll so far.
― piscesx, Thursday, 13 September 2018 19:40 (five years ago) link
Hotel or liquid diamonds hopefully.
― Ross, Thursday, 13 September 2018 19:55 (five years ago) link
I was the #1 vote for "Girl," just a perfect song that never ceases to amaze me.
― geoffreyess, Thursday, 13 September 2018 21:50 (five years ago) link
Indeed my man
Twinkle was my 1
― Ross, Friday, 14 September 2018 00:22 (five years ago) link
Yeah 'Girl' was near the top of my ballot, i thought it should have been a big single. It gets sorta-forgotten in the sweep of all that great stuff in the top half of Little Earthquakes but i always loved it.
― piscesx, Friday, 14 September 2018 00:29 (five years ago) link
I find le hard to listen to objectively nowadays. What a big record. Transformative. When I was a teen it perfectly mirrored my disillusionment with Christianity. I think UTP did this even better tho - icicle and god. And hell father lucifer and bliss later on. But like I find it annoying how LE is the cool tori album critically.
― Ross, Friday, 14 September 2018 01:19 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/CGH6jdS.jpg15. Marianne216 points, 6 votes
― ufo, Friday, 14 September 2018 13:02 (five years ago) link
what a song
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Friday, 14 September 2018 13:06 (five years ago) link
Marianne is the peak of a certain type of Tori song (the ever-shifting piano with a little orchestration ballads)
― ufo, Friday, 14 September 2018 13:08 (five years ago) link
The ultimate Tori song, in some ways.
― Tim F, Friday, 14 September 2018 13:11 (five years ago) link
Amazing song
― Gavin, Leeds, Friday, 14 September 2018 13:11 (five years ago) link
Yeah a banger. No idea what the opening line means even now.
― piscesx, Friday, 14 September 2018 13:13 (five years ago) link
Some cool quotes here
http://toriforum.proboards.com/thread/4518
― Ross, Friday, 14 September 2018 13:16 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/zquOSuE.jpg14. Doughnut Song218 points, 8 votes
― ufo, Friday, 14 September 2018 13:18 (five years ago) link
How cool is it that pj references Tori’s “no angel came” lyric from Juarez on one of her new songs?
(Side point I know)
― Ross, Friday, 14 September 2018 13:22 (five years ago) link
xp that looks like a decent site thanks Ross.
― piscesx, Friday, 14 September 2018 13:26 (five years ago) link
:) welcome
― Ross, Friday, 14 September 2018 13:26 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/SWCG4I5.jpg13. Hotel230 points, 8 votes
― ufo, Friday, 14 September 2018 13:34 (five years ago) link
I thought this was a lock for top 5
give me moooooooooooooore
― ufo, Friday, 14 September 2018 13:37 (five years ago) link
Wow three of my favourites all in a row.
― Tim F, Friday, 14 September 2018 13:37 (five years ago) link
truly a track that sounds like no one else
― ufo, Friday, 14 September 2018 13:38 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/YGWa5UG.jpg12. Crucify232 points, 6 votes, 2 #1 votes
the only track to get multiple #1 votes
― ufo, Friday, 14 September 2018 13:49 (five years ago) link
Surprised by how low yes Anastasia and putting the damage charted
― Ross, Friday, 14 September 2018 13:53 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/Ld5mjFM.jpg11. Tear in Your Hand242 points, 6 votes
― ufo, Friday, 14 September 2018 14:11 (five years ago) link
High five fellow Crucify At Number 1 gang. Thought it’d be at least top 3 for sure!
― piscesx, Friday, 14 September 2018 14:13 (five years ago) link
“tear in your hand” was my no. 2
no hopes for my no. 1 placing at this point despite the low ballot count
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Friday, 14 September 2018 14:26 (five years ago) link
Tear In Your Hand coming after Mother is such a fantastic moment on Little Earthquakes. it's such a generous song, it's overflowing with melodies
― ufo, Friday, 14 September 2018 14:28 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/hFuX2RL.jpg10. Spark242 points, 9 votes
one on Choirgirl Hotel where she takes a song that could have easily been on one of her earlier albums as a mostly solo piano song and gives it a perfect full band arrangement that really elevates it to being the peak of that sort of song
― ufo, Friday, 14 September 2018 14:30 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/YzSzNYE.jpg9. Precious Things258 points, 9 votes
― ufo, Friday, 14 September 2018 14:46 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/WYUtb9f.jpg8. Caught a Lite Sneeze262 points, 10 votes
― ufo, Friday, 14 September 2018 15:06 (five years ago) link
So far, top 11 is my-tastes-inclusive. Let's keep it going.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 14 September 2018 15:22 (five years ago) link
Caught a lite sneeze is such a perfect song
― Ross, Friday, 14 September 2018 15:24 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/LkcrDQd.jpg7. Liquid Diamonds264 points, 8 votes, 1 #1 vote
― ufo, Friday, 14 September 2018 15:25 (five years ago) link
Fuck yeah!
― Ross, Friday, 14 September 2018 15:26 (five years ago) link
Everything about this song screams water The drum beat is essential n this has some of my favourite jazzy Tori playing
― Ross, Friday, 14 September 2018 15:27 (five years ago) link
one thing that's really missed from Scarlet's Walk onward is how unconventional her percussion sounds were, especially in Boys for Pele and Choirgirl Hotel. the last two songs really highlight this
― ufo, Friday, 14 September 2018 15:29 (five years ago) link
lol yeah my no. 1 ain't placing
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Friday, 14 September 2018 15:29 (five years ago) link
The drum beat is essential n this has some of my favourite jazzy Tori playing
― Ross, Friday, September 14, 2018 8:27 AM (two minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
agreed. i'm also a sucker for live drums over drum machine patterns
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Friday, 14 September 2018 15:30 (five years ago) link
the percussion on Caught a Lite Sneeze reminds me a lot of Donkey Kong Country percussion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Qp0_NE8M1c
― ufo, Friday, 14 September 2018 15:32 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/yrkWB6U.jpg6. Hey Jupiter268 points, 11 votes
― ufo, Friday, 14 September 2018 15:41 (five years ago) link
first tori song that made me cry lol
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Friday, 14 September 2018 15:42 (five years ago) link
Hey Jupiter is nice and obviously the little Purple Rain reference rules but it feels relatively ordinary as far as Boys for Pele tracks go so I was a little surprised to see it so high. I'd assumed I'd vote for it but it didn't end up making my ballot
Dakota Version is so much better though and listening to it again now maybe I should have tried to squeeze it in after all
― ufo, Friday, 14 September 2018 15:58 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/Nj6sRi7.jpg5. Winter270 points, 8 votes, 1 #1 vote
*pours one out for Take to the Sky*
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 14 September 2018 16:04 (five years ago) link
og "hey jupiter" >>> dakota version but i know i'm pretty alone there. that opening chord is so tense and frail and the rest of the song's construction responds to that
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Friday, 14 September 2018 16:11 (five years ago) link
shouts out to mick foley's favorite tori song ("winter")
https://i.imgur.com/8sNYPki.jpg4. Mother284 points, 8 votes
― ufo, Friday, 14 September 2018 16:14 (five years ago) link
really happy to see this one so high, it's the heart of Little Earthquakes
― ufo, Friday, 14 September 2018 16:19 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/FSFvv1k.jpg3. Father Lucifer292 points, 10 votes, 1 #1 vote
― ufo, Friday, 14 September 2018 16:43 (five years ago) link
my #1
the bridge is her overlapping vocal lines at its very best and the way the first chord of the bridge hits is perfect
― ufo, Friday, 14 September 2018 16:45 (five years ago) link
WHOA
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Friday, 14 September 2018 16:50 (five years ago) link
my no. something but this song has the lightest possible touch for something so devastating
hey
https://i.imgur.com/GRhKhvh.jpg2. Pretty Good Year370 points, 12 votes, 1 #1 vote
https://i.imgur.com/ypLyieG.jpg1. Silent All These Years404 points, 11 votes, 1 #1 vote
― ufo, Friday, 14 September 2018 17:02 (five years ago) link
i didn't have much idea what would be #1 before doing the poll but Silent All These Years was my best guess and it's completely deserving. the song that got me into Tori, i was completely blown away the first time i heard it
years go by!
― ufo, Friday, 14 September 2018 17:07 (five years ago) link
Pretty Good Year was my #1
Wonderful to see "Mother" so high
It's so weird to see Tori's catalogue ranked like this, I'm starting to think she's not a "singles" artist nor an "albums" artist but this kind of "zeitgeist" artist, it's more her entire existence and strategies toward music-making as a whole that I find so important
― fgti is for (flamboyant goon tie included), Friday, 14 September 2018 17:08 (five years ago) link
The first time I listened to "Little Earthquakes" my take-aways from "Crucify" were "the line about 'dirty sheets' is really good and might mean something to me when I'm not 14" and "that clave is really mixed loud" and "this song has one too many choruses". My take-aways from "Girl" were "this snare drum is really boring" and "those MIDI strings are frustrating" and "what do flying pigs dream about?" Then "Silent All These Years" came on for the first time and I just was floored, I don't think I'd ever been so immediately sure that a song was perfect upon first listen as I was when I heard that song.
― fgti is for (flamboyant goon tie included), Friday, 14 September 2018 17:11 (five years ago) link
"silent all these years" if anything is MORE powerful now than when i first heard it
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Friday, 14 September 2018 17:12 (five years ago) link
which, i first heard it driving home from the airport with my mom, after visiting my (internet) girlfriend for the first time and it was a nice trip but it was full of the same tensions that would eventually cause me to run away from home at 15 to live with my girlfriend for 10 months and essentially trap myself in a very mentally abusive relationship. but before all that, it was just my mom driving us back home, it was 2001 and for some reason a radio station in las vegas was playing "silent all these years," who can say why, thank god they were though, bc it was the most beautiful song i'd ever heard and it still is
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Friday, 14 September 2018 17:16 (five years ago) link
god that paragraph is a mess but y'all get it
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Friday, 14 September 2018 17:17 (five years ago) link
"pretty good year" is apparently about a tori fan who was way too dramatic about his own life in his letters to her, but as a way-too-dramatic person it has been a personal anthem this year. which despite a lot of [redacted mental illness], still, pretty good
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Friday, 14 September 2018 17:20 (five years ago) link
don't want to be a boy today
― ufo, Friday, 14 September 2018 17:23 (five years ago) link
the dynamics on Pretty Good Year are so good and the way it drifts between beauty and darkness only to eventually explode is wonderful
― ufo, Friday, 14 September 2018 17:24 (five years ago) link
anyway here are the full results, thank you to everyone for voting and for all the discussion this has generated. it's been great to poll one of my favourite artists ever
1 Silent All These Years 404 11 02 Pretty Good Year 370 12 03 Father Lucifer 292 10 04 Mother 284 8 05 Winter 270 8 06 Hey Jupiter 268 11 07 Liquid Diamonds 264 8 08 Caught A Lite Sneeze 262 10 09 Precious Things 258 9 010 Spark 242 9 011 Tear in Your Hand 242 6 012 Crucify 232 6 013 Hotel 230 8 014 Doughnut Song 218 8 015 Marianne 216 6 016 Cornflake Girl 208 10 017 Jackie's Strength 192 5 018 iieee 190 6 019 Icicle 176 5 020 Beauty Queen/Horses 160 6 021 Blood Roses 144 4 022 Playboy Mommy 142 4 023 Raspberry Swirl 140 6 024 Girl 122 3 025 Honey 120 5 026 In the Springtime of His Voodoo 118 5 027 Cooling 118 4 028 Putting the Damage On 114 4 029 Northern Lad 114 3 030 Bells for Her 96 3 031 Twinkle 96 4 032 Concertina 92 4 033 God 92 3 034 Cloud On My Tongue 90 6 036 Taxi Ride 88 4 036 Baker Baker 88 4 037 Space Dog 86 6 038 The Waitress 86 3 039 Little Earthquakes 86 2 040 Yes, Anastasia 84 2 041 China 70 3 043 Black-Dove (January) 68 2 043 Real Men 68 2 044 Dragon 66 3 046 Past the Mission 64 4 046 Bliss 64 4 047 Happy Phantom 62 2 048 Not the Red Baron 60 2 049 Datura 58 2 050 Leather 52 2 051 Take to the Sky 50 1 052 Cruel 46 2 053 Talula 44 2 054 A Sorta Fairytale 42 1 057 Carry 40 1 057 Wings 40 1 057 I'm on Fire 40 1 058 The Wrong Band 38 2 062 Upside Down 38 1 062 Alamo 38 1 062 Hungarian Wedding Song 38 1 062 I Can’t See New York 38 1 063 Gold Dust 34 2 065 1000 Oceans 34 1 065 Pandora's Aquarium 34 1 066 Purple People 32 2 070 Promise 32 1 070 Spring Haze 32 1 070 Night of Hunters 32 1 070 Cool on Your Island 32 1 071 Carbon 30 3 073 Bouncing Off Clouds 26 2 073 Mr. Zebra 26 2 075 Sugar 26 1 075 Cloud Riders 26 1 077 Wild Way 24 2 077 Here In My Head 24 2 080 Juarez 24 1 080 The Pool 24 1 080 Weatherman 24 1 081 Graveyard 22 1 084 Father’s Son 20 1 084 Your Cloud 20 1 084 Time 20 1 085 Me and a Gun 18 1 087 Pancake 16 1 087 Siren 16 1 088 Suede 16 2 090 Sister Janet 12 1 090 Josephine 12 1 091 Secret Spell 10 2 093 Toast 10 1 093 Snow Cherries From France 10 1 094 Frog On My Toe 8 1 095 Strange 6 1 099 Wednesday 4 1 099 Lust 4 1 099 Butterfly 4 1 099 Flying Dutchman 4 1 0102 Rose Dover 2 1 0102 16 Shades of Blue 2 1 0102 Reindeer King 2 1 0
definitely a few I was surprised to not make it - Datura, Sugar, and Here In My Head are probably the main ones
― ufo, Friday, 14 September 2018 17:30 (five years ago) link
49 Datura 58 2 0
motherfucker. my no. 1
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Friday, 14 September 2018 17:32 (five years ago) link
psyched "dragon" made it to 44
oh whoops I didn't copy the #1s properly there lol
― ufo, Friday, 14 September 2018 17:33 (five years ago) link
Father Lucifer was a shock. Surprised people don’t love Cornflake Girl more. Great poll all round. Does seem, as I thought, that everything after the ‘ .. Choir Girl’ era is much more of an acquired taste.
― piscesx, Friday, 14 September 2018 17:36 (five years ago) link
and fixed results:
1 Silent All These Years 404 11 12 Pretty Good Year 370 12 13 Father Lucifer 292 10 14 Mother 284 8 05 Winter 270 8 16 Hey Jupiter 268 11 07 Liquid Diamonds 264 8 18 Caught A Lite Sneeze 262 10 09 Precious Things 258 9 010 Spark 242 9 011 Tear in Your Hand 242 6 012 Crucify 232 6 213 Hotel 230 8 014 Doughnut Song 218 8 015 Marianne 216 6 016 Cornflake Girl 208 10 017 Jackie's Strength 192 5 018 iieee 190 6 019 Icicle 176 5 020 Beauty Queen/Horses 160 6 021 Blood Roses 144 4 022 Playboy Mommy 142 4 023 Raspberry Swirl 140 6 024 Girl 122 3 125 Honey 120 5 026 In the Springtime of His Voodoo 118 5 027 Cooling 118 4 028 Putting the Damage On 114 4 129 Northern Lad 114 3 130 Twinkle 96 4 131 Bells for Her 96 3 032 Concertina 92 4 033 God 92 3 034 Cloud On My Tongue 90 6 036 Taxi Ride 88 4 036 Baker Baker 88 4 037 Space Dog 86 6 038 The Waitress 86 3 039 Little Earthquakes 86 2 040 Yes, Anastasia 84 2 141 China 70 3 043 Black-Dove (January) 68 2 043 Real Men 68 2 044 Dragon 66 3 046 Past the Mission 64 4 046 Bliss 64 4 047 Happy Phantom 62 2 048 Not the Red Baron 60 2 049 Datura 58 2 150 Leather 52 2 051 Take to the Sky 50 1 152 Cruel 46 2 053 Talula 44 2 054 A Sorta Fairytale 42 1 057 Carry 40 1 057 Wings 40 1 057 I'm on Fire 40 1 058 The Wrong Band 38 2 062 Upside Down 38 1 062 Alamo 38 1 062 Hungarian Wedding Song 38 1 062 I Can’t See New York 38 1 063 Gold Dust 34 2 065 1000 Oceans 34 1 065 Pandora's Aquarium 34 1 066 Purple People 32 2 070 Promise 32 1 070 Spring Haze 32 1 070 Night of Hunters 32 1 070 Cool on Your Island 32 1 071 Carbon 30 3 073 Bouncing Off Clouds 26 2 073 Mr. Zebra 26 2 075 Sugar 26 1 075 Cloud Riders 26 1 077 Wild Way 24 2 077 Here In My Head 24 2 080 Juarez 24 1 080 The Pool 24 1 080 Weatherman 24 1 081 Graveyard 22 1 084 Father’s Son 20 1 084 Your Cloud 20 1 084 Time 20 1 085 Me and a Gun 18 1 087 Pancake 16 1 087 Siren 16 1 088 Suede 16 2 090 Sister Janet 12 1 090 Josephine 12 1 091 Secret Spell 10 2 093 Toast 10 1 093 Snow Cherries From France 10 1 094 Frog On My Toe 8 1 095 Strange 6 1 099 Wednesday 4 1 099 Lust 4 1 099 Butterfly 4 1 099 Flying Dutchman 4 1 0102 Rose Dover 2 1 0102 16 Shades of Blue 2 1 0102 Reindeer King 2 1 0
― ufo, Friday, 14 September 2018 17:37 (five years ago) link
the first four albums are the classics obviously but it's definitely worth digging into some of the later ones even if they aren't quite as special. Scarlet's Walk, American Doll Posse and To Venus And Back are all solid, and I like Native Invader a lot too
― ufo, Friday, 14 September 2018 17:39 (five years ago) link
Sister Janet is so low! and Here In My Head! and Carbon! so interesting. I guess it was a poorly showed voting process tho, that's not a lot of points!
― fgti is for (flamboyant goon tie included), Friday, 14 September 2018 17:56 (five years ago) link
thanks for running this ufo, great images throughout
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Friday, 14 September 2018 17:57 (five years ago) link
my ballot, bolded didn't place in the rollout
Songs:
DaturaTear in Your HandiieeeIcicleLiquid DiamondsSilent All These YearsCoolingHey JupiterDragonRaspberry SwirlTalula (The Tornado Mix)GirlDoughnut SongHoneySparkCaught a Lite SneezeFather LuciferPretty Good YearSuedeCarbonCloud on My TongueIn the Springtime of His VoodooSecret SpellSpace DogCornflake Girl
Albums:
To Venus and BackBoys for PeleUnder the PinkFrom the Choirgirl HotelAmerican Doll Posse
Remixes:
Ambient Raspberry Swirl (Scarlet Spectrum Feels)God (The Thinking Mix 2)Professional Widow (Armand's Star Trunk Funkin' Mix)God (The Rainforest Resort Mix)Talula (BT's Synethasia Mix)
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Friday, 14 September 2018 18:00 (five years ago) link
xpost: yeah only 14 ballots total, rather low unfortunately, it seems Tori only has a small following here
my ballots:
Father LuciferHotelTear in Your HandSilent All These YearsiieeeMarianneSparkMotherPretty Good YearPlayboy MommyTaxi RideIcicleLiquid DiamondsRaspberry SwirlCaught a Lite SneezeWinterGodSirenIn the Springtime of His VoodooCornflake GirlCarbonDoughnut SongPrecious ThingsCloud on My TongueTwinkle
From the Choirgirl HotelBoys for PeleLittle EarthquakesUnder the PinkScarlet's Walk
― ufo, Friday, 14 September 2018 18:06 (five years ago) link
TwinkleTear in Your HandMarianneBeauty Queen/ HorsesDoughnut SongBells for HerAlamoNorthern LadMotherNot the Red BaronCruelPretty Good YearSpace DogLiquid DiamondsPast the MissioniieeePurple PeopleHere. in My HeadPrecious ThingsIcicleBaker BakerFather LuciferCloud on My TongueButterfly
Boys for PeleUnder the PinkFrom the Choirgirl HotelLittle Earthquakes
never need to hear the LI and UTP singles again. I regret not voting for She's Your Cocaine. only recently realized how savage the lyrics are lol. Twinkle became my favorite in the past few years. the piano alone kills me, simple as it is. all the live performances i've seen on Youtube (mostly from the 00s and beyond) don't quite get it right--just a little too fast or busy.
this, on the other hand... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9hjw20vifI
― How to Destroy How to Dress Well (lou), Friday, 14 September 2018 18:24 (five years ago) link
My ballot:
1. Yes, Anastasia2. In the Springtime of His Voodoo3. Liquid Diamonds4. Cooling5. Precious Things6. Blood Roses7. Hotel8. Cloud on My Tongue9. Pandora's Aquarium10. Spring Haze11. Caught a Lite Sneeze12. i i e e e13. Doughnut Song14. Juarez15. Mother16. Spark17. Baker Baker18. Crucify19. Pretty Good Year20. Cornflake Girl21. Gold Dust22. Hey Jupiter23. Strange24. Flying Dutchman25. Reindeer King
1. From the Choirgirl Hotel2. Boys for Pele3. Under the Pink4. Little Earthquakes5. To Venus and Back
― ˈʌglɪɪst preɪ, Friday, 14 September 2018 20:30 (five years ago) link
Great poll and images ufo!
My songs ballot:
Liquid DiamondsTear In Your HandDoughnut SongIcicleIn The Springtime of his VoodooMotherPretty Good YearPlayboy MommyMarianneHoneyFather LuciferHotelSilent All These YearsGold DustDragoniieeeCaught A Lite SneezePrecious ThingsCornflake GirlSister JanetPutting The Damage OnHere In My HeadSpace DogTaxi RideHorses
^ This feels like I was being too harsh on TVAB, but while I love that album I just realised I don't feel as close to any of its songs (even "Datura", my favourite) as to the above. But that's not a diss given I didn't even vote for, like, "Girl" or "Baker, Baker" or "Cloud On My Tongue" or "Sugar" or "Cooling" or "Carbon" or...
― Tim F, Friday, 14 September 2018 20:43 (five years ago) link
Albums
1. Boys For Pele2. Little Earthquakes3. Under The Pink4. From The Choirgirl Hotel5. American Doll Posse
Songs
1. Pretty Good Year2. Icicle3. Doughnut Song4. Crucify5. Little Earthquakes6. Caught A Lite Sneeze7. Hungarian Wedding Song8. Hotel9. Liquid Diamonds10. The Waitress11. Mother12. Twinkle13. Father Lucifer14. The Pool15. Cooling16. Father Jupiter17. Silent All These Years18. Cornflake Girl19. Purple People20. Josephine21. Dragon22. Past The Mission
Sad that Carbon didn't make the top 40, despite three votes. Glad to see that mine wasn't the only vote for Purple People. Weird that Josephine didn't get more votes! my favourite track from TVAB
― fgti is for (flamboyant goon tie included), Friday, 14 September 2018 21:49 (five years ago) link
I think The Waitress is one of her top 10 songs, too, but has been somewhat tarnished (in my mind, anyway) by its live version which I find gruelling
If I voted for covers (I didn't) I'd have voted for "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" lol
― fgti is for (flamboyant goon tie included), Friday, 14 September 2018 21:51 (five years ago) link
I don't know why I didn't top 10 "Silent All These Years".. I think there's a comparative simplicity to its composition that makes me rank it lower within Tori's oeuvre.. but if I were to include a Tori song on a list of "best songs of the 90s" it'd be my pick
― fgti is for (flamboyant goon tie included), Friday, 14 September 2018 21:53 (five years ago) link
glad to see the other dragon voters here
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Friday, 14 September 2018 22:37 (five years ago) link
Just home from work and catching up with the top 15 -- great choices everyone! I'm a bit surprised that nothing post-90s cracked the top 35, though I suppose it's just a matter of a consensus-averse artist's later work being even less prone to consensus (and, uh, slightly less amazing).
― geoffreyess, Saturday, 15 September 2018 02:59 (five years ago) link
Howdy @ my fellow "Wild Way" voter, whoever you are.
1. Girl2. Crucify3. Jackie's Strength4. Little Earthquakes5. Black-Dove (January)6. Hey Jupiter7. Winter8. Putting the Damage On9. Bells for Her10. Promise11. Caught A Lite Sneeze12. Tear in Your Hand13. Cloud Riders14. Concertina15. Past the Mission16. Your Cloud17. Father Lucifer18. The Waitress19. Hotel20. Wild Way21. Space Dog22. Frog On My Toe23. Bouncing Off Clouds24. Wednesday25. Rose Dover
1. Little Earthquakes2. From the Choirgirl Hotel3. Boys for Pele4. Unrepentant Geraldines5. Under the Pink
― geoffreyess, Saturday, 15 September 2018 03:04 (five years ago) link
felt a little guilty putting "Girl" and "Crucify" at 1 and 2, though not enough to start my own religion
― geoffreyess, Saturday, 15 September 2018 03:06 (five years ago) link
btw i didn't mention this during the countdown but "mother" is one of my least favorite tori songs! idk why!!!!!
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Saturday, 15 September 2018 04:10 (five years ago) link
Thanks for running this ufo! My ballot:
1. Northern Lad2. Father Lucifer3. Pretty Good Year4. Blood Roses5. Marianne6. Jackie's Strength7. Beauty Queen/Horses8. Caught a Lite Sneeze9. Silent All These Years10. Space Dog11. Liquid Diamonds12. Cornflake Girl13. Black Dove (January)14. Weatherman15. Bells for Her16. Real Men17. Winter18. Hey Jupiter19. Cooling20. Wild Way21. Honey22. Concertina23. Spark24. Secret Spell25. 16 Shades of Blue
Albums:1. Boys for Pele2. From the Choirgirl Hotel3. Under the Pink4. Unrepentant Geraldines5. Little Earthquakes
― Gavin, Leeds, Saturday, 15 September 2018 06:40 (five years ago) link
Xpost whut brad that is insane
― Tim F, Saturday, 15 September 2018 07:51 (five years ago) link
Seconded!
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 15 September 2018 13:44 (five years ago) link
Tracks (ranked)
Take to the SkyGodMotherSparkA Sorta FairytaleWingsPrecious ThingsPretty Good YearBlissCool on Your IslandSilent All These YearsRaspberry SwirlSugarTear in Your HandHoneyBouncing Off CloudsHey JupiterHotelTalula
Albums (ranked)
Little EarthquakesFrom the Choirgirl HotelUnder the Pink
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 15 September 2018 13:45 (five years ago) link
idk i can't help it, at some point when i was a kid i convinced myself the lyric was just a little less sure-footed than the rest of le and that feeling persisted even though it doesn't matter! lovely music behind it ofc
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Saturday, 15 September 2018 13:50 (five years ago) link
It definitely points forward to a more oblique lyrical style than the rest of the album. "Somebody leave the light on / just in case I like the dancing / I can remember where I come from" isn't top-tier. But man.. the sudden shift in tone on "he's gonna change my name" wow
― fgti is for (flamboyant goon tie included), Saturday, 15 September 2018 13:58 (five years ago) link
he's gonna change my name is outstanding yes, maybe i should work hard at changing my relationship with this song lol
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Saturday, 15 September 2018 13:59 (five years ago) link
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Saturday, 15 September 2018 17:41 (five years ago) link
My ballot would have snuck Past the Mission into the top 40 too :)
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Saturday, 15 September 2018 17:44 (five years ago) link
Datura
― Ross, Monday, 17 September 2018 16:49 (five years ago) link
Criminally underrated
― Ross, Monday, 17 September 2018 16:50 (five years ago) link
Is there a spotify playlist of the results?
― lbi's life of limitless european glamour (Le Bateau Ivre), Monday, 17 September 2018 18:11 (five years ago) link
Thanks very much to everyone who participated in this - I listened to Little Earthquakes a lot in college but never went much beyond that, and have really enjoyed discovering everything else in this poll.
― toby, Friday, 21 September 2018 11:46 (five years ago) link
Tori influenced my writing to an incredible degree. When she says Ed is watching my every move, that is such an abstract lyricism - perhaps it is Ed the Horse, but Tori always wrote lyrics that allowed one to transpose themselves onto them. Even if she did not give background to these lyrics, she respects the intelligence of the listener to take away their own meaning (much like Lynch). I am grateful she exists and her music changed my life
― Ross, Wednesday, 10 October 2018 22:38 (five years ago) link