Track Listing

1. Parasol
2. Sweet The Sting
3. The Power of Orange Knickers- Featuring Damien Rice
4. Jamaica Inn
5. Barons Of Suburbia
6. Sleeps With Butterflies
7. General Joy
8. Mother Revolution
9. Ribbons Undone
10. Cars And Guitars
11. Witness
12. Original Sinsuality
13. Ireland
14. The Beekeeper
15. Martha's Foolish Ginger
16. Hoochie Woman
17. Goodbye Pisces
18. Marys Of The Sea
19. Toast Album
20. Toast

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #10189 in Music
• Released on: 2005-02-22
• Number of discs: 1

Album Description
The limited edition package with a bonus DVD - footage includes a candid conversation with Tori Amos talking about the inspiration and theme for The Beekeeper and the bonus track "Garlands".

The limited edition package groups the 19 songs into 6 different gardens- Roses and Thorns, Herbs and Elixers, The Desert Garden, The Greenhouse, The Orchard and The Rock Garden. To complement this garden theme the package includes a "Beekeeper" mix of flower and plant seeds.

Amazon.com
After Scarlet's Walk, Tori Amos' 2002 ambitious sonic travelogue that took her to all 50 states, penning love letters to America along the way, the fiery earth-sprite has fashioned another high-minded concept album, tying her 19 songs--and one not-so-hidden track--into a garden motif that's part a retelling of Alice In Wonderland, another A Little Shop of Horrors. The Beekeeper chronicles her rather autobiographical protagonist's journey through what seems to be an overgrown labyrinth of the subconscious as she experiences a series of life-altering events and emotions. In addition, living in Cornwall for the past decade has certainly had an effect on Amos, she even takes inspiration from Daphne Du Maurier's classic novel Jamaica Inn, which takes place on that rugged seacoast, but the greatest change is the grit in her voice; on a song like "Hoochie Woman," she sounds like she's channeling Chrissie Hynde--a welcome change from some of the preciousness of her earlier work. She also surprises with the steely, eloquent resolve on a song like "Goodbye Pisces" one of the better break-up songs in recent memory. The Beekeeper returns the quirky singer to the same whimsical terrain of 1992's Little Earthquakes, but with much stronger storylines, and a much more assured and nuanced voice. Her best yet. --Jaan Uhelszki

Recommended Tori-phernalia

Tori Amos: Piece by Piece	Tori Amos - Welcome to Sunny Florida	Little Earthquakes
Under the Pink	Tales of a Librarian	Scarlet's Walk

Customer Reviews

One of her best
Okay, anyone who shops on Amazon knows that Marcel Marceau could read a phone book onto a CD and still get four stars, maybe five. So five means something might be okay and four or less is the kiss of death. But, five here, because although Beekeeper doesn't have the drama of earlier CDs, which sometimes featured great songs surrounded by filler, it's the most uniformly enjoyable thing she's done in ages and can be listened to many times over. Not many weak spots on it, and as usual, good value with well more than an hour's worth.

not autographed
I am pretty sure this is the right one ...only ordered one ever that i can think of came un-autographed seller / amazon NEVER contacted me after a while it just was like ok as bad as FYE for rippin ya off

Not her best, but still good!
Certainly not her best but still good. Tori can do no wrong in my eyes. She is truely unique and inspiring.