American POLL Posse - ILM Artist Poll #91 - TORI AMOS - Results

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

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.

https://i.imgur.com/7rxRTo1.jpg
17. Jackie's Strength
192 points, 5 votes

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

Jeez that’s crazy low.

Jackie’s strength showcases Tori’s ability to write empathically and directly, something she doesn’t always do. Love this song

https://i.imgur.com/QcIXSpQ.jpg
16. Cornflake Girl
208 points, 10 votes

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

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.

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.

Hotel or liquid diamonds hopefully.

I was the #1 vote for "Girl," just a perfect song that never ceases to amaze me.

Indeed my man

Twinkle was my 1

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.

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.

https://i.imgur.com/CGH6jdS.jpg
15. Marianne
216 points, 6 votes

what a song

Marianne is the peak of a certain type of Tori song (the ever-shifting piano with a little orchestration ballads)

The ultimate Tori song, in some ways.

Amazing song

Yeah a banger. No idea what the opening line means even now.

Some cool quotes here

http://toriforum.proboards.com/thread/4518

https://i.imgur.com/zquOSuE.jpg
14. Doughnut Song
218 points, 8 votes

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)

xp that looks like a decent site thanks Ross.

:) welcome

https://i.imgur.com/SWCG4I5.jpg
13. Hotel
230 points, 8 votes

I thought this was a lock for top 5

give me moooooooooooooore

Wow three of my favourites all in a row.

truly a track that sounds like no one else

https://i.imgur.com/YGWa5UG.jpg
12. Crucify
232 points, 6 votes, 2 #1 votes

the only track to get multiple #1 votes

Surprised by how low yes Anastasia and putting the damage charted

https://i.imgur.com/Ld5mjFM.jpg
11. Tear in Your Hand
242 points, 6 votes

High five fellow Crucify At Number 1 gang. Thought it’d be at least top 3 for sure!

“tear in your hand” was my no. 2

no hopes for my no. 1 placing at this point despite the low ballot count

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

https://i.imgur.com/hFuX2RL.jpg
10. Spark
242 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

https://i.imgur.com/YzSzNYE.jpg
9. Precious Things
258 points, 9 votes

https://i.imgur.com/WYUtb9f.jpg
8. Caught a Lite Sneeze
262 points, 10 votes

So far, top 11 is my-tastes-inclusive. Let's keep it going.

Caught a lite sneeze is such a perfect song

https://i.imgur.com/LkcrDQd.jpg
7. Liquid Diamonds
264 points, 8 votes, 1 #1 vote

Fuck yeah!

Everything about this song screams water
The drum beat is essential n this has some of my favourite jazzy Tori playing

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

lol yeah my no. 1 ain't placing