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Tori Amos: Icicle (Live)
Taken from the Hammersmith Apollo concert that I went to in June last year.
Back then, prior to the concert I felt cheated that Tori wasn’t going to appear with her band. During the concert I was less concerned. But listening to the official bootleg now convinces me that, live, Tori simply shouldn’t have a band. The piano on Icicle is full of embellishments and occasional detours away from the main melody, which takes it beyond mere performance into the realms of an artist at play.
Similarly, the songs with the London Community Gospel Choir, particularly Witness, are brilliant, and even better than on The Beekeeper.
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