Track Listing
DISC 1:
1. Give
2. Welcome To England
3. Strong Black Vine
4. Flavor
5. Not Dying Today
6. Maybe California
7. Curtain Call
8. Fire To Your Plain
9. Police Me
10. That Guy
11. Abnormally Attracted To Sin
12. 500 Miles
13. Mary Jane
14. Starling
15. Fast Horse
16. Ophelia
17. Lady In Blue
DISC 2:
1. That Guy
2. Welcome To England
3. Strong Black Vine
4. Ophelia
5. Fast Horse
6. Fire To Your Plain
7. Curtain Call
8. Not Dying Today
9. Maybe California
10. Give
11. Police Me
12. Starling
13. 500 Miles
14. Flavor
15. Lady In Blue
16. Abnormally Attracted To Sin
| Details | | Producer: | Marcel Van Limbeek, Tori Amos | | Distributor: | Universal Distribution | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
Audio Mixers: Marcel Van Limbeek; Mark Hawley.
Audio Remasterer: Jon Astley.
Recording information: Martian Engineering, Cornwall, England.
Arranger: John Philip Shenale.
The 10th studio album from premiere piano-pop chanteuse Tori Amos offers a return to the singles-oriented approach of classic Amos albums like UNDER THE PINK. This isn't to say that ABNORMALLY ATTRACTED TO SIN is filled with radio-tailored pop--not by a long shot. The tunes still pack plenty of Amos's unique, off-kilter sensibility, which revels in eerie strangeness as much as accessible melody. Yet ABNORMALLY takes a step down from the elaborate conceptual conceits of predecessors like 2007's AMERICAN DOLL POSSE, putting the emphasis back on the individual songs.
The songs weave Amos's signature lyrical finesse (which often delves into intimate or uncomfortable themes) with equally spellbinding melodies and arrangements (which emphasize subtle electronics and pulsing rhythms). The lead-off single, "Welcome to England," rolls gently toward an indelible melodic hook, while album opener "Give" creeps along a minor scale to a head-nodding rhythm. Amos experiments with country, cabaret, ambient music, and trip-hop, while exploring lyrical themes that include religion, death, and, of course, love, imbuing each song with a peculiar intensity. One of her stronger efforts of the 2000s, ABNORMALLY ATTRACTED TO SIN should feel, especially for longtime fans, as though Amos is returning to form. Each track on the album comes with an accompanying video-style "visualette."
Editorial Reviews
3 stars out of 5 -- [T]hese 18 songs are some of the best Amos has written, including a jazz-rock odyssey, 'Lady In Blue,' and a dreamy Kate Bush/Massive Attack hybrid, 'Flavor.'
Q
[W]hen she's banging on her piano over layers of lush electronics, she's got the rapture part down. -- Grade: B
Entertainment Weekly
3 stars out of 5 -- [W]ith its dark, charged atmosphere and cohesion, AATS sees Tori on slick and simmering form.
Record Collector
ABNORMALLY ATTRACTED TO SIN finds her in full command of her arsenal, creating an overall sound that's as psychedelic as it is classic.
Billboard
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