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| Genre | Mv-Pop-music |
| Format | Multiple Formats, Color, Dolby, NTSC |
| Contributor | Tori Amos |
| Language | English |
| Number Of Discs | 2 |
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The Video Collection: Fade to Red is a look at the unique and compelling videos that illustrate Tori Amos' musical vision. It features such memorable clips as "Silent All These Years," "Crucify," "Cornflake Girl," and "A Sorta Fairytale," along with videos from her most recent CD release, The Beekeeper. Tori is arguably one of the few artists who truly captures the essence of her music in video through striking images and cinematography which makes this a must-have for any devotee or casual fan. Also included is a comprehensive audio commentary by Tori herself.
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The combination of music, visuals, and the artist's commentary makes for compelling entertainment in Tori Amos - Video Collection: Fade to Red. Spanning Amos' entire career (from 1992's Little Earthquakes through 2005's The Beekeeper) and compiled on a two-disc set, these 19 videos feature some very striking images: the decidedly weird special effects in "A Sorta Fairytale," making Amos and actor Adrien Brody's heads appear where knees and hands ought to be; the bound and blindfolded Amos in the dark and disturbing "Spark"; Spanish women lying in the street as a handsome priest passes among them in "Past the Mission"; the slow-motion riot scenes in "1000 Oceans," Amos' response to the 1992 Los Angeles riots. But the singer-songwriter-pianist's breathy commentary track is as the dramatic as the videos themselves. Usually referring to herself in the third person, Amos admits to "a fascination with the beheading of Anne Boleyn the illicit mistress of the Protestant reformation," identifies with "the Black Madonna, the independent woman who is being shamed for her sensuality," describes the "Cornflake Girl" video as "evil on a playground sort of Mean Girls before there was Mean Girls," and regularly references mythology. What she doesn't explain is why the same bonus features (two extra tracks and a making-of featurette) appear on both discs, or why a couple of fan favorites (like "Strange Little Girl") aren't included at all. --Sam Graham
Product details
- Aspect Ratio : 1.33:1
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- MPAA rating : Unrated (Not Rated)
- Product Dimensions : 7 x 5.5 x 0.75 inches; 0.01 Ounces
- Media Format : Multiple Formats, Color, Dolby, NTSC
- Release date : February 14, 2006
- Actors : Tori Amos
- Subtitles: : German, English, French
- Language : English (DTS 5.1), Unqualified (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo), Unqualified (DTS 5.1), Unqualified (Dolby Surround), English (PCM)
- Studio : Rhino Music Video
- ASIN : B000CR7R9S
- Number of discs : 2
- Best Sellers Rank: #145,083 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
- #4,113 in Adult Alternative (CDs & Vinyl)
- #4,610 in Music Videos & Concerts (Movies & TV)
- #4,898 in Pop Singer-Songwriters
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All the things you [lovers of Tori Amos] love about Tori Amos are manifested in these music videos, in her audio commentaries, even in the DVDs' packaging. For fans, no question - get this set. For non-fans, if you want a set of music videos that can stand repeat viewing and you have a positive reaction to Tori Amos' music, get "Fade To Red".
Now, because I adore Tori Amos, here's my review in agonizing detail :-)
Product qualities:
The definition and clarity of the videos varies. (A music video shot in 1992 is lucky to be watchable on high-def flat-panel TVs today, seriously!) The newer videos are, surprise, clearer. The oldest videos have a graininess and fuzziness that belies that they were probably shot on Betamax. That said, the transfers were done pretty well IMO. I suppose the oldest videos could've looked better but not without significant digital re-working at significant cost. Overall, I was satisfied with the quality of the picture. (I use a Sony Blu-ray player connected to a Sony 720p television.) I own other music video and concert DVDs and several of them suffer from poor transfers and/or mastering.
The audio quality is excellent, and it better be! The discs offer a choice of digital stereo or Dolby 5.1. Both sound very good. If my ears are correct and I read the liner notes correctly, some if not all the songs were re-mastered for this release. That would mean that the music isn't the same recording that the original music video had laid on it. I'm not bothered by that - seems like a "purity" issue that's basically academic. What's "pure" about a music video to begin with? It's all processed lip-synching! (It's not like when George Lucas re-did some of the visual effects in the original "Star Wars" movies. That was wrong.)
The packaging is very nice and that was a nice surprise. It's a tri-fold case - one disc in one flap, one in another, and liner notes slipped into the third. The flaps are thick, sturdy cardboard-and-plastic with high-quality color graphics, including a creative cut-out depicting an old mission or church. The tri-fold comes in a cardboard slipcase that sports identical cover art as well as embossing (!). All in all, a very nice package that looks good, feels good, and will stand up well over time. Ever receive a really tasteful, expensive wedding invitation in the mail with high-quality paper stock, embossing, and inking? Same thing here.
(Tori's late-aughts' releases have come in very nice CD packages, BTW. Her "Scarlet's Walk" CD was a tactile as well as aural pleasure to experience.) I think DVDs should have nice packages! It's part of what you pay for - otherwise, just download the mpeg file.
The DVDs' opening menu is simple and easy to navigate and takes my remote's inputs very quickly. It's got a bit of artistic flair that matches the DVDs' packaging but not a ton of animations and sub-menus, like on some DVDs nowadays [where it takes you three minutes to start the damn movie].
I have zero substantive complaints about the product and feel it was totally worth the money I paid.
I won't waste your time with my reviews of the actual individual music videos - you can probably hunt down other people's reviews of everything Tori Amos has ever done.
I will say this about the contents: Her videos are unconventional, just like her music. They aren't literal mini-movies that act out the lyrics to her songs. Not that you could, given her lyrics : -) They certainly aren't staged concert videos or those fake live performances that often pass for music videos. Tori's videos are pretty much concept art. At their easiest, they are allegories with a narrative structure (for example, "Spark" is a great video that can be watched repeatedly - it's an allegory to the song's lyrics - it's beautiful-looking and has a start/middle/end). At their "hardest", they are art-house visual metaphors and tonal representations. Conceptually speaking, the same stuff you see fine arts majors with minors in cinema doing for their senior thesis at NYU or USC.
That sounds like a diss, but I mean it as a compliment! So much contemporary pop music is disposable ear candy, hear today gone tomorrow. Their accompanying music videos are often worse, though with motion picture-level production values. In comparison, these Tori Amos videos are high art, some expensive and some not, but all thoughtful and creative. Good, engaging pop art that had a purpose and a vision. She looks gorgeous and wild and strong and sensual in every video and that's just like her music.
The DVD extras are slim but very good. There are two bonus videos: the UK version of "Cornflake Girl" and an edit of all the videos set to "Professional Widow". It's fun seeing how completely different the U.S. and UK versions of the same song are. The "Professional Widow" edit is done well but is basically like those fan-created mashups on YouTube of clips from various different videos cut together. You'll probably watch it once.
There is a "making of" featurette of "A Sorta Fairytale", which features mainstream movie actor Adrian Brody as well as visual FX by Digital Domain, James Cameron's FX company. It's interesting if you like that sort of behind-the-scenes bits. It's just like those "making of" featurettes on movie DVDS. I liked watching footage of Tori on the set and her interview about the video and the shoot were very interesting.
Which brings up the other feature, which is the option to watch the videos with commentary by Tori Amos. If you are a Tori fan, you will love this option! She's not the most straightforward artist, but she's a straight-shooter, if that makes sense. No hyping, no PRspeak, just the artist talking about the work and the experience of making the videos. No long awkward pauses or, my pet peeve, trivial and inane comments about the catering on the set that day or how her car needed its oil changed. No stream-of-consciousness rambling into an open mic.
Listening to her talk about the videos - how they were shot, who made them, what they represented or meant - is wonderful.
Tori is tough and in-control and she's all girl, too. In her audio commentary, she naturally drops references to "Sergio Rossi" pumps and an "up-do" hairstyle she sported in one video ("A Sorta Fairytale"). She also talks about the makeup artists on her various shoots.
On that point, it's refreshing to hear Tori talk frequently about the team behind each of the creations. She talks about the directors, the choreographers, the aforementioned makeup artists. Of one video ("Cornflake Girl"), she notes that the experience was, in part, super because it was mostly female-crewed and acted. For someone who I think of as a genius, she doesn't come off as egotistical.
Lyrically, the music of Tori Amos is elliptical, associative, allegorical, and referential [often to Christianity, Native American rituals, and pop culture]. Her commentary about her music videos is sometimes the same, which makes for fun viewing but don't expect "the Answers". I loved when she casually explained that one video/song was about "my emancipation from patriarchy". Whoa - brought me back to grad school zing!
Given how absolutely ravishing Tori looks in every video from every age and year and album, I'd say that if that's a sorta feminism, sign me up!
Strange footnote (no pun intended): Seemingly half the videos have shots of Tori's bare feet and the other half have shots of her wearing stilettos and pumps. More sexiness wahoo!
Tori Amos - like Prince, like The Arcade Fire, like Florence and the Machine, like Pink Floyd - is an artist. This collection of music videos from the past two decades is a fine representation of that. You will enjoy it.
The 5.1 DTS surround mix is excellent (imo) and the videos represent many of Tori's better songs (always a subjective discussion), and the commentary is revealing and entertaining... All of this at a price slightly higher than your average CD adds up to a very nice bargain.
As for the videos themselves, there are plenty of visual intrigues:
- "A Sorta Fairytale" is a strange and touching video where an arm/hand and leg/foot with a male and female head respectively (and nothing else) eventually complete each other in a revelatory kiss
- "Sleeps with Butterflies" is a gorgeous asian art work rendered into 3D -- a peaceful animated wonderland...
- "Cornflake Girl" (US version) with its light hearted western theme punctuated by a unique and heartfelt 'air-piano' expression during the elegant closing piano refrain (the included UK version restores the guitar to the mix so you can hear it both ways, though the UK video is less compelling)
- "1000 Oceans" shows the artist isolated in a glass cage observing the streets of LA alive with love and violence (LA riots) -- a thoughtful contrast of various emotions
And after you listen to the commentary, you'll quite possibly find something more to admire in all of the videos -- the story of the stone piano in "China", or the thoughts behind the concert footage of "Bliss," her collaborator's insistence not to forget the children in the videos, and dozens of other insights.... Unlike many others, I didn't find the narrative pauses terribly distracting; it felt like a trip through memory lane, fractured thoughts and all, not a rehearsed sales job.
In the end it's very clear that Tori has, and is surrounded by, a great passion for her art, and that alone merits a look and a listen. Self absorbed production? I hope so, all art is narcisistic as are our various reactions to it.
The quality of sound id very good. The package is beatuful with and acurate artwork, just as Tori used to... The video work is really great, if you don't miss the originals songs and love the reworked versions as well...
This item is just two thing I don't inderstand...
Why two disc? Has the partion any sense mysthical we don't understand?
And where is "Glory of th 80's" and "Strange little girls" Is the problem with these videos that the songs don't appear in Tales of Librarian?
Well, it coninues on being good stuff and good work, whatever...
Top reviews from other countries
"Votre système est réglé sur la région DVD 2. Pour lire ce DVd, réglez votre système sur la région 1"
Tori Amos - Fade To Red: Video Collection
Label: Warner Music Vision - 034970295-2, Rhino Records - 034970295-2
Format: 2 x DVD, DVD-Video, NTSC, Compilation, Remastered
Sortie: 2006
Genre: Electronic, Rock, Funk / Soul, Pop
Style: Alternative Rock, Ballad, Vocal, House
1. Past The Mission
2. Crucify
3. Jackie's Strength
4. A Sorta Fairytale
5. Winter
6. Spark
7. Sleeps With Butterflies
8. Cornflake Girl (US Version)
9. Hey Jupiter (Dakota Version)
10. Silent All These Years
1. Caught A Light Sneeze
2. 1000 Oceans
3. God
4. Bliss
5. China
6. Rasberry Swirl
7. Talula (The Tornado Mix)
8. Sweet The Sting
9. Pretty Good Year
10. Professional Widow (Remix)
11. Cornflake Girl (UK Version)
Maison de disque Warner Music Group
Copyright © Rhino Entertainment Company
Copyright ℗ phonographique Warner Music Brasil Ltda.
Publié par Sword And Stone
Distribué par Warner Music Brasil Ltda.
Credits
Advisor [Audio Advisor] - Marcel van Limbeek, Mark Hawley
Coordinator [Household Coordinator] - Debbie Ward
Coordinator [Mary Poppins] - Hayley West
Engineer [Assistant] - Adam Spry
Management: Chelsea Laird, John Witherspoon, The Bridge Entertainment Group
Management [Chef] - Dan Stockland
Management [Studio Accountant] – Helen Gilbert
Producer: Tori Amos
Remastered By Jon Astley
Technician [Piano] – Trevor Lowe
Written By Tori Amos
Sachez que ce DVD est un super produit merveilleux.
"Tori Amos - Video Collection: Fade to Red by Tori Amos"
Reviewed in France 🇫🇷 on April 19, 2023
"Votre système est réglé sur la région DVD 2. Pour lire ce DVd, réglez votre système sur la région 1"
Tori Amos - Fade To Red: Video Collection
Label: Warner Music Vision - 034970295-2, Rhino Records - 034970295-2
Format: 2 x DVD, DVD-Video, NTSC, Compilation, Remastered
Sortie: 2006
Genre: Electronic, Rock, Funk / Soul, Pop
Style: Alternative Rock, Ballad, Vocal, House
1. Past The Mission
2. Crucify
3. Jackie's Strength
4. A Sorta Fairytale
5. Winter
6. Spark
7. Sleeps With Butterflies
8. Cornflake Girl (US Version)
9. Hey Jupiter (Dakota Version)
10. Silent All These Years
1. Caught A Light Sneeze
2. 1000 Oceans
3. God
4. Bliss
5. China
6. Rasberry Swirl
7. Talula (The Tornado Mix)
8. Sweet The Sting
9. Pretty Good Year
10. Professional Widow (Remix)
11. Cornflake Girl (UK Version)
Maison de disque Warner Music Group
Copyright © Rhino Entertainment Company
Copyright ℗ phonographique Warner Music Brasil Ltda.
Publié par Sword And Stone
Distribué par Warner Music Brasil Ltda.
Credits
Advisor [Audio Advisor] - Marcel van Limbeek, Mark Hawley
Coordinator [Household Coordinator] - Debbie Ward
Coordinator [Mary Poppins] - Hayley West
Engineer [Assistant] - Adam Spry
Management: Chelsea Laird, John Witherspoon, The Bridge Entertainment Group
Management [Chef] - Dan Stockland
Management [Studio Accountant] – Helen Gilbert
Producer: Tori Amos
Remastered By Jon Astley
Technician [Piano] – Trevor Lowe
Written By Tori Amos
Sachez que ce DVD est un super produit merveilleux.
"Tori Amos - Video Collection: Fade to Red by Tori Amos"






