- rock, alternative rock, pop, piano rock
- 70 min
- 18 tracks
- Atlantic
Boys for Pele is the third studio album by American singer-songwriter and pianist Tori Amos. Preceded by the first single, "Caught a Lite Sneeze", by three weeks, the album was released on January 22, 1996, in the United Kingdom, on January 23 in the United States, and on January 29 in Australia.
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Character
Character-led, contemporary, grave and spare.
- character-ledplot-driven
- contemporarynostalgic
- gravecomic
- sparerichly built
- intimateepic
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- AllMusic5/5 ★
- Encyclopedia of Popular Music4/5 ★
- Entertainment WeeklyC
- Los Angeles Times2/4 ★
- Q4/5 ★
- Record Collector5/5 ★
- Pitchfork9.2/10
- Rolling Stone2/5 ★
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide2.5/5 ★
- Spin9/10
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Tracks
- 1Beauty Queen / Horses6:07
- 2Blood Roses3:57
- 3Father Lucifer3:42
- 4Professional Widow4:32
- 5Mr Zebra1:07
- 6Marianne4:10
- 7Caught a Lite Sneeze4:26
- 8Muhammad My Friend3:49
- 9Hey Jupiter5:12
- 10Way Down1:13
- 11Little Amsterdam4:31
- 12Talula (The Tornado mix)3:45
- 13Not the Red Baron3:49
- 14Agent Orange1:25
- 15Doughnut Song4:21
- 16In the Springtime of His Voodoo5:34
- 17Putting the Damage On5:15
- 18Twinkle3:12
18 tracks, 70 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Tori Amos
- Label
- Atlantic
- Released
- 1996
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- US
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