American Doll Posse
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| Studio album by Tori Amos | ||||
| Released | May 1, 2007 | |||
| Recorded | June 2006 – February 2007, Martian Engineering, Cornwall, UK | |||
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| Length | 78:42 | |||
| Label | Epic | |||
| Producer | Tori Amos | |||
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Final two of the five "dolls" in the Posse.
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| Metacritic | (69/100) |
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| Entertainment Weekly | C+ |
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| Spin | (9/10) |
American Doll Posse is the ninth studio album by American singer-songwriter Tori Amos, released in 2007 by Epic records. A concept album, American Doll Posse sees Amos assuming the identity of five different female personalities inspired by Greek mythology in order to narrate stories of life in modern America. Themes include opposition to the Iraq war, recording industry misogyny, disillusion, sexuality, personal loss and female empowerment in general. Musically, the album is more rock-oriented than other studio albums by Amos, notably featuring more guitar and drums than previous albums The Beekeeper (2005) and Scarlet's Walk (2002).
The album peaked at no. 5 on the Billboard 200, marking Amos' sixth Top 10 album. The album's lead single in the US, "Big Wheel", was a hit on Triple-A radio. In Europe, "Bouncing Off Clouds" was released as the lead single.
Following songwriting during and after Amos' 2005 solo tour, recording sessions for American Doll Posse began in June 2006, with longtime collaborators Matt Chamberlain on percussion, Jon Evans on bass, and Mac Aladdin on guitars in Amos' home studio Martian Engineering in Cornwall, like all of Amos' albums since From the Choirgirl Hotel (1998). As the album's musical direction was more focused around a full band than previous Amos recordings, all principal musicians were present in the studio from the very beginning of the recording sessions. After a month of tracking work, Amos continued editing and recording for the remainder of the year, at the same time working on the promotion for her career-spanning box set A Piano: The Collection. Mixing work was completed by February 2007, and the album title was announced through a press release on February 20.
Prior to its release, Amos revealed that the nature of the album's lyrics are political and confrontational:
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