Name: Unrepentant Geraldines
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Unrepentant Geraldines

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Album: Unrepentant Geraldines
#	Song Title		Time
1)	America	More Info...
2)	Trouble s Lament	More Info...
3)	Wild Way	More Info...
4)	Wedding Day	More Info...
5)	Weatherman	More Info...
6)	16 Shades of Blue	More Info...
7)	Maids of Elfen-mere	More Info...
8)	Promise	More Info...
9)	Giant s Rolling Pin	More Info...
10)	Selkie	More Info...
11)	Unrepentant Geraldines	More Info...
12)	Oysters	More Info...
13)	Rose Dover	More Info...
14)	Invisible Boy	More Info...
2)	Trouble's Lament	More Info...	0:03
3)	Wild Way	More Info...	0:03
4)	Wedding Day	More Info...	0:03
5)	Weatherman	More Info...	0:04
6)	16 Shades of Blue	More Info...	0:04
7)	Maids of Elfen-Mere	More Info...	0:03
8)	Promise (Feat. Tash)	More Info...	0:04
9)	Giant's Rolling Pin	More Info...	0:04
10)	Selkie	More Info...	0:04
11)	Unrepentant Geraldines	More Info...	0:07
12)	Oysters	More Info...	0:05
13)	Rose Dover	More Info...	0:04
14)	Invisible Boy	More Info...	0:05

Album: Unrepentant Geraldines
#	Song Title		Time
1)	America	More Info...
2)	Trouble s Lament	More Info...
3)	Wild Way	More Info...
4)	Wedding Day	More Info...
5)	Weatherman	More Info...
6)	16 Shades of Blue	More Info...
7)	Maids of Elfen-mere	More Info...
8)	Promise	More Info...
9)	Giant s Rolling Pin	More Info...
10)	Selkie	More Info...
11)	Unrepentant Geraldines	More Info...
12)	Oysters	More Info...
13)	Rose Dover	More Info...
14)	Invisible Boy	More Info...
2)	Trouble's Lament	More Info...	0:03
3)	Wild Way	More Info...	0:03
4)	Wedding Day	More Info...	0:03
5)	Weatherman	More Info...	0:04
6)	16 Shades of Blue	More Info...	0:04
7)	Maids of Elfen-Mere	More Info...	0:03
8)	Promise (Feat. Tash)	More Info...	0:04
9)	Giant's Rolling Pin	More Info...	0:04
10)	Selkie	More Info...	0:04
11)	Unrepentant Geraldines	More Info...	0:07
12)	Oysters	More Info...	0:05
13)	Rose Dover	More Info...	0:04
14)	Invisible Boy	More Info...	0:05

Performer Notes

Personnel: Tori Amos (vocals, piano, programming); Mac Aladdin (guitar); Mark Hawley (programming).
Recording information: Martian Engineering, Cornwall, UK.
Photographer: Amarpaul Kalirai.
Unrepentant Geraldines -- its title so knowingly Tori it verges on parody -- finds Tori Amos delivering original songs, which isn't a common occurrence for her in the new millennium. Following on the heels of the interpretive 2012 set Gold Dust, it's the first collection of original material since 2011's Night of the Hunters, but it seems as if its roots stretch back even farther, as it is a bright, open collection, sometimes suggesting her early-'90s heyday but never pandering toward the past. There's a nice tension on this record, as Amos gives her hardcore fans what they want -- left turns tempered with introspection -- while also wooing the skeptics with melody and color, giving the record a bright, open feel that stands in contrast to the handsome solipsism that characterized many of her new millennial records. Strictly speaking, there's not much here that signifies as "pop" -- there are hooks, both melodic and rhythmic, but they seem almost incidental to feel, as the record flits between meditation and extroversion, its warmest moments also being its most intimate. Amos operates like a veteran liberated by her dedicated audience; she never once assumes she'll lose her audience, so she taunts them, sometimes seducing but often teasing, operating just outside of the parameters of what is expected or acceptable for Tori. That's the real pleasure of Unrepentant Geraldines: it's lush and melodic but also barbed, sometimes seeming dissonant but often consoling, its soothing qualities eventually turning disturbing. This has long been Amos' calling card, this shimmering space between comfort and pain, but Unrepentant Geraldines trumps its predecessors by accentuating its polarity; it either seduces with its sweetness or it provokes with its pain, and either extreme is compelling. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Professional Reviews

Paste (magazine) - "[T]hese songs are musically sparse, primarily featuring piano and voice, with flourishes of drum loops and synths serving as ambience rather than delivering melody."