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Jackie's Strength [SINGLE]

Tori Amos
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  • Audio CD (February 23, 1999)
  • Original Release Date: February 23, 1999
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Single
  • Label: Atlantic / WEA
  • ASIN: B00000I83D
  • Also Available in: Vinyl
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #70,067 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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5. Father Lucifer (Sylkscreen Instrumental)
6. Jackie's Strength (Wedding Cake Meltdown Mix)
7. Jackie's Strength (One Rascal Dub #2)
8. Jackie's Strength (Bonus Beats)

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Jackie's Strength as a remix???, May 21, 2002
By Mozo "casmyers" (Manitowoc, WI United States) - See all my reviews
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I was quite skeptical when I saw Jackie's Strength was remixed. The reviews were also not that impressive. I thought I might get a beautiful song massacred by disco drum beats. If you buy Tori singles for the B-sides and covers, do NOT buy this CD. If you collect remixes, then this one has some merit. Let's get real folks, most remixes of any song does not do justice to the original version. Therefore, when buying a maxi-single of remixes, I expect to only like one of the tracks. If I get any more than that, then I am a happy camper. My criteria includes staying true to the original version, while adding something new. Very few remixes are better than the original. This one is no exception. I only like the Wedding Cake Club Mix of Jackie's Strength, but the original version is far superior. It definetly is not on par with the Sticky Extended Vocal Mix of Raspberry Swirl. Surprisingly, the Father Lucifer Sylkscreen Remix is very good and may surpass the original. In summary, if you love the tenderness of Jackie's Strength and are unfamiliar to what most remixes do to songs, do NOT buy this single. You will be greatly disappointed. If you collect remixes, then you may want to give this one a try given that you share similar expectations for them.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Tori's best dance floor adaptation, January 29, 2004
By hou_music (Houston, TX) - See all my reviews
Tori Amos is one of those few artists that still puts out a lot of singles to please collectors and long time fans. But by far and large she is a full-length album/CD artists and you really need to buy those to get an appreciation of her unique style.

That being said, I think "Jackie's Strength" is one of her best single releases. The song is one of Tori's most beautiful -> a breathtaking and thoughtful ballad. Her fans have many different views on the song's meaning: my feeling is that she wrote it about Jackie Kennedy.

Unlike most of Tori's releases, "Jackie's Strength" was remixed and promoted to dance clubs, and reached #1 on the Billboard Dance/Club Chart in the spring of 1999. The Wedding Cake Club Mix is the definitive mix here and made this into kind of a dance floor smash. The mix gives "Jackie" an unmistakable groove but maintains its beauty and its serious and contemplative tone.

Most of Tori's biggest fans and purists are against having her songs remixed. But I think we can make an exception here. Only a tiny handful of Tori tracks have been remixed for dance clubs, namely "Professional Widow", "In The Springtime Of His Voodoo", and "Don't Make Me Come To Vegas. Over all these tracks "Jackie's Strength" stands out as the Tori's best dance floor adaptation to date.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Oh my god it's so different...., December 21, 2000
I bought Choirgirl Hotel on a hunch at a local cd store. I did not know Tori Amos as a performer at all then. It was a classic right away. The songs haunted me with their melodies, chasing me and casting me to dreams. The whole of her other cds followed, receiving a special place next to my cd player. Amos is not the average performer. She is a fabulous artist and her songs are just spell-binding. When I clicked on the song "Jackie's Strength" to preview what I was buying I noticed a distinctly different sound. It wasn't Tori at all. But that fact made it more Tori than anything. It has the element of surprise. It's her, all right. But the dance beat in the back ground gives the haunting spell of the song a delicious twist, teasing, taunting, pulling you closer in a bewitching embrace. I loved it at once. Although the cd was to be a present for my sister, I ordered an extra copy to keep for myself. These are the little twists that can make the same song come alive in a distinctly different divine avatar.
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3.0 out of 5 stars could of been better
I like Tori remixed - remixes are meant to be enjoyed in clubs, and when your feeling the need to dance or feel good , image a world with no remixes - doubt half of us would know... Read more
Published on December 28, 2005 by Dean E. Schneider

3.0 out of 5 stars A remix single with a few surprises up its sleeve.
"Jackie's Strength," a beautiful track off Amos's fourth solo album "from the choirgirl hotel," saw two commercial single releases. Read more
Published on January 16, 2005 by Matt.

3.0 out of 5 stars What where they thinking.....
Don't get the idea that I'm one of those people who hates all Tori remixes. I'm not. I actually enjoy quite a few of them, but most of these are absolutely horrible. Read more
Published on June 7, 2004 by Rygel

2.0 out of 5 stars Best track = Father Lucifer Remix
The ONLY decent track on this CD is Father Lucifer Sylkscreen Remix. It is by far the best Tori remix I've ever heard (next to Lipgloss Raspberry Swirl). Read more
Published on November 11, 2003 by sandwich

2.0 out of 5 stars No strength at all.
I'm a huge Tori fan, simply because she's talented and gives us so many beautiful songs, live cuts, covers, unreleased tracks and remixes. Read more
Published on September 11, 2001 by stephanemrzebra

5.0 out of 5 stars Great variations on the Tori theme
I love the album version of "Jackie's Strength," but make no mistake, this single is not just more of the same thing. Read more
Published on September 7, 2000 by Jennifer Shoup

5.0 out of 5 stars Rocks My World
Being a pretty big fan of Tori, I was totally excited to get this CD single of "Jackie's Strength." Although I wish it had the original album cut, I dealt with it. Read more
Published on August 7, 2000 by Adam T Reidel

3.0 out of 5 stars Pretty good
Well, this single has it's ups and downs. Out of the 4 singles by Tori that I have so far, it is my least favorite. Read more
Published on July 10, 2000 by Peter

3.0 out of 5 stars Remixes and more remixes
If you are looking for classic Tori, you won't find it here... However, if you want something to dance to this is the single to get. Read more
Published on April 7, 2000

4.0 out of 5 stars THESE ARE REMIXES
If you like the song Jackie's Strength that doesnt mean youll like this cd maxi single. These are remixes Jackie's Strength dubbed and torn apart to create a GROOVE... Read more
Published on February 23, 2000 by Lunar Larry Goss

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