![]() ![]() ![]() The album’s hefty 23 songs tell the stories of five female archetypes, and it’s so ripe for feminist debate that Epic could market it to literary circles with dignity. Tori Amos invested such effort in the visual and lyrical concepts of “American Doll Posse,” we wish we’d fallen for these ladies like we did for the titular character of Amos’ “Scarlet’s Walk” in 2002. ARTIST: TORI AMOS ALBUM: AMERICAN DOLL POSSE Seeking low-fi loneliness, Feist always returns to intimate girl-with-guitar ballads (“Intuition,” “The Water”), making “The Reminder” a fantastically colorful and original effort. Cuts like the country-flavored “Past and Present” or the straight-ahead “I Feel It” unearth the artist’s indie-rock roots (Feist is a key member of Toronto collective Broken Social Scene), while the piano-led “My Moon My Man” builds a hypnotic dance groove. But “The Reminder,” recorded in an old mansion outside Paris, has an organic, full-band feel, with more guitars and louder drums. Her chilled-out 2004 debut, “Let It Die,” eased through bossa, French pop, folk and electronica, suggesting someone blissfully trapped in her own world. NEW YORK (Billboard) - After two years of constant touring, Canadian singer/songwriter Leslie Feist, whose sultry voice is more than magnetic, finally returns with new material. ![]()
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