Tori Amos- The Beekeeper

[tommer]

first of all i'd like to say that eventually i might take back everything i'm about to say here, coz in the past i've been foolish enough to misjudge some of her albums after listening to them less than 50 times, but at this point, (after only 5 listens) i'm sad to say that i'm not very impressed.
i mean, it's not as if i won't buy it when it comes out, but still i find The Beekeeper rather boring, without any significant standout new classics (if you thought Sleeps with Butterflies was dull, don't expect it to get any better) but one thing's sure, and that's that it contains nothing NEW.
i fear that with time, she's becoming more and more of a lounge act, with tracks like (the pretty horrendous bossa nova) Sweet the Sting, instead of those biting masterpieses like God, Glory Of The 80's or Yes Anastasia. this album's way too calm and pacified, or in other words, it's Scarlet's Walk with weaker writing.
but then again, i think i'll listen to it another 100 times in hoping i'm all wrong about it.