Fans of Tori Amos are a bit obsessive about her. One of the more interesting diversions at present is the discussion of track orders on albums, particularly for From The Choirgirl Hotel and for the current album The Beekeeper.

The general consensus is that From The Choirgirl Hotel is better if the tracks are organised as per the order of the lyrics in the liner notes. So that’s one for me to look into. More puzzling though is The Beekeeper. The songs for this album are organised into gardens, each garden representing a particular aspect of relationships, femininity or spirituality, with The Beekeeper being the central force that maintains the gardens. However the track order doesn’t go from garden to garden. Instead it hops about. I’m sure that the track order is intended, but I’m going to try this alternative sequence.