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- To Venus & Back
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Tori Amos
Released 1999

Cooling
05:09
92 plays

Bliss
03:42
7,085 plays

Cruel [Live LP Version]
06:48
69 plays

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- 1
- Bliss
- 03:42
- 7,085 plays

- 2
- Juarez
- 03:48
- 5,429 plays

- 3
- Concertina
- 03:56
- 5,779 plays

- 4
- Glory of the 80's
- 04:03
- 5,265 plays

- 5
- Lust
- 03:53
- 5,839 plays

- 6
- Suede
- 04:58
- 5,134 plays

- 7
- Josephine
- 02:29
- 5,793 plays

- 8
- Riot Poof
- 03:28
- 5,216 plays

- 9
- Datura
- 08:25
- 4,940 plays

- 10
- Spring Haze
- 04:44
- 5,454 plays

- 11
- 1,000 Oceans
- 04:19
- 10,824 plays

- 12
- Precious Things [Live LP Version]
- 07:37
- 102 plays

- 13
- Cruel [Live LP Version]
- 06:48
- 69 plays

- 14
- Cornflake Girl [Live LP Version]
- 06:32
- 61 plays

- 15
- Bells For Her [Live LP Version]
- 05:43
- 48 plays

- 16
- Girl [Live LP Version]
- 04:15
- 44 plays

- 17
- Cooling
- 05:09
- 92 plays

- 18
- Mr. Zebra
- 01:18
- 44 plays

- 19
- Cloud On My Tongue [Live LP Version]
- 04:59
- 43 plays

- 20
- Sugar
- 05:10
- 53 plays

- 21
- Little Earthquakes [Live LP Version]
- 07:38
- 60 plays

- 22
- Space Dog [Live LP Version]
- 05:47
- 53 plays

- 23
- The Waitress [Live LP Version]
- 10:24
- 41 plays

- 24
- Purple People [UK Version]
- 04:11
- 31 plays

- 12
- Precious Things [Live]
- 07:37
- 4,639 plays

- 13
- Cruel [Live]
- 06:47
- 3,820 plays

- 14
- Cornflake Girl [Live]
- 06:31
- 4,135 plays

- 15
- Bells for Her [Live]
- 05:42
- 3,788 plays

- 16
- Girl [Live]
- 04:15
- 3,434 plays

- 17
- Cooling [Live]
- 05:09
- 4,781 plays

- 18
- Mr. Zebra [Live]
- 01:17
- 3,244 plays

- 19
- Cloud on My Tongue [Live]
- 04:58
- 3,758 plays

- 20
- Sugar [Live]
- 05:10
- 4,679 plays

- 21
- Little Earthquakes [Live]
- 07:37
- 3,606 plays

- 22
- Space Dog [Live]
- 05:46
- 3,378 plays

- 23
- The Waitress [Live]
- 10:24
- 3,201 plays

- 24
- Purple People [Live]
- 04:11
- 3,126 plays

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album review

Originally intended as a rarities collection to tide fans over until she completed the follow-up to From the Choirgirl Hotel, the double-disc To Venus and Back mutated into something entirely different as Tori Amos worked on it. She experienced a sudden creative burst, writing 11 new songs. In light of these new tunes, she decided to devote the first disc of the collection to the fresh material, with the second dedicated to live material recorded during 1998. As such, it provides an interesting contrast. With Choirgirl, she decided to add muscle to her music by working with a full band, which naturally transformed her fragile, intimate songwriting into something weightier, or at least heavier. That much is evident from the live album, Still Orbiting, which puts many old favorites in a new light. The first disc, titled Venus Orbiting, proves that Amos is better in a more intimate setting. Ironically, the album was recorded with her touring band, but the arrangements aren't as showy as the live reworkings, and her songwriting is a bit more straightforward. That's not to say that she has changed direction or ironed out all her quirks -- her lyrics remain almost impenetrably cryptic, her songs follow elastic, unpredictable structures -- but she has returned to her strengths: namely, concentrating on ethereal, dream-like song-poems. She's still expanding her music, but letting it breathe naturally, resulting in her best, most cohesive record since Under the Pink. It's a bit of a shame that it's married to the live album, since that gives the impression that both discs are for hardcore fans. That's not the case at all -- Venus Orbiting will likely win back fans that have strayed from the fold in the past few years. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide