Tori Amos: All These Years: The Authorized Biography [Paperback]

Kalen Rogers (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 31, 1996

The only fully authorized story of the girl and her piano, containing over 150 never-before-seen photographs.

Product Details

• Paperback: 132 pages
• Publisher: Omnibus Press; 2nd edition (December 31, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0825614481
• ISBN-13: 978-0825614484
• Product Dimensions: 11.3 x 8.9 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (28 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #493,165 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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29 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great pictures but little information on Tori, the person., December 29, 2002

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Liz "pomowomyn" (Austin, TX USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tori Amos: All These Years: The Authorized Biography (Paperback)

I gave this book four stars though I was thoroughly disappointed. It had great color pictures, a tour itinerary, a discography (Up to _Boys for Pele_, the book was published right after that album), and, of course, wonderful "Tori-isms." However, it was painfully obvious that this was an authorized biography. Not that I want 500 pages of pure dirt on Tori, but this was more sanitized than most of her interviews. The hyperbole that Rogers (the author) sprinkles throughout makes you feel she is more a fan than an author. Not that is a bad thing in itself, but it makes you doubt the validity of many recounted episodes (was the show breath-taking or was Rogers' breath taken away?) Also, many facts that Tori fans know off-hand are glossed over. Eric Rosse is referred to as her producer throughout and only once, when Rogers briefly covered the development of _Pele_, did she mention that they "separated." If you aren't a Tori fan, you might think Rogers meant professionally, not personally. This sort of omission made me wonder what else was left out.

So: If you want good pictures and and overview of the nuts and bolts of Tori's rise, then this is great book. But if you want to know more about Tori as a person and her life, then this book doesn't contain anything you don't already know. A must for fans, a good start for new fans, but pass if you want something comprehensive.

19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Tori's biography by Kalen Rogers is nice and informative, October 4, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Tori Amos: All These Years: The Authorized Biography (Paperback)

This biography by Kalen Rogers on Tori is worth the money for any Tori fan; it has many pictures of her from her childhood and other previously unseen pictures, as well as interesting stories from her toddler days through Boys for Pele. It was written before the miscarriage, marriage, and "Choirgirl" era so that is not included, but is is well worth the money for the other three solo albums and especially the YKTR days :) It's a wonderful book :)

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Well-written, informative, and a Tori photo treasure-trove, August 10, 2002

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Marie (New York) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tori Amos: All These Years: The Authorized Biography (Paperback)

I didn't have very high expectations when I bought this book. Tori Amos is notoriously coy, cryptic, and evasive with interviewers, so I expected a pretty but unenlightening volume riddled with errors (in the tradition of the Tori Amos interview CDs). I was pleasantly surprised. The biography is well-balanced and gives Tori's formative childhood years as much weight as each era of her career. To my surprise, I learned a couple of things I didn't know about Tori. The photographs are beautiful, and what a treat it was to see so many showing young "Myra Ellen" and her family!

The one drawback I can see is that this book was published in 1996, and thus is missing Tori's three most recent albums, as well as her marriage and the birth of her daughter. Perhaps we can hope for an updated edition in the future.