Tori Amos: Anthology [Paperback]

Tori Amos (Author)

Book Description

Series: Tori Amos | Publication Date: December 31, 1998

Twenty-five songs from all facets of her career. Includes: Silent All These Years, Mother, Precious Things, Winter, Cornflake Girl, Baker Baker, The Waitress, Caught A Light Sneeze, Professional Widow, Father Lucifer, Hey Jupiter, Floating City, Etienne, Sweet Dreams, Take To The Sky, Honey, Mary, Baltimore, Rubies And Gold, Spark, and Northern Lad.

Product Details

• Paperback: 204 pages
• Publisher: Amsco Publications (December 31, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0825616638
• ISBN-13: 978-0825616631
• Product Dimensions: 11.9 x 9 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #383,724 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

39 of 39 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good Overview of Tori's Music, March 25, 1999

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Joshua P. Wagoner ([e-mail]) (Cincinnati, OH) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tori Amos: Anthology (Paperback)

I got this as a gift and was thrilled. The songs included are Silent All These Years, Happy Phantom, Mother, Precious Things, Winter, Cornflake Girl, Baker Baker, The Waitress, Past the Mission, Space Dog, Caught a Lite Sneeze, Professional Widow, Father Lucifer, Hey Jupiter, Putting the Damage On, Floating City, Etienne, Sweet Dreams, Take to the Sky, Honey, Mary, Baltimore, Rubies and Gold, Spark, and Northern Lad. An excellent compilation. Even for the player with very little experience, many of the songs are well within reach, notably Take to the Sky, Professional Widow, Putting the Damage On, and Silent All These Years. A great place to start with Tori sheet-music. Well transcribed with the possible exception of Cornflake Girl's rhythms, but this is easily corrected with the trained ear. Buy it! =)

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars fun to play but something's missing..., November 19, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Tori Amos: Anthology (Paperback)

I love to play piano and I was thrilled to get Tori's book of sheet music. However I was disappointed to see that a lot of the piano music had been modified from her original work. Many arrangements of popular music tend to incorporate the vocals and other instruments into the piano piece (in order to hear the melody or another aspect of the song) and this is the case with these arrangements too. Although sometimes I agree that doing this may make the piece sound better when played alone (without vocals or other instruments) I wish they would have note-for-note what is actually in the original version of Tori's songs.

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very Enjoyable!, December 30, 1999

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Cornflake Boy. (N.Y.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tori Amos: Anthology (Paperback)

Although I couldnt understand many of these translations because i`ve only been playing a short while I still am very pleased. The melody for Winter is a little easier to play. Hey Jupiter is easier to play using the basic chords and notes. A very good pianist freind of mine was able to play Silent All These Years beautifully as well as a little of Mother. The songs are different from the what she plays which is dissappointing. Theres alot of nice photos of Tori Amos.I really only recommend this to someone with either the talent or passion for piano and not just a fan.:)Songs also included are Precious Things,Spark,Cornflake Girl,BakerBaker,Happy Phantom,Honey,Mary, as well as many other favorites.