Tori Amos – Abnormally Attracted To Sin
Label: Universal Republic
Grade: B
For many Toriphiles out there (of which I am proudly one), there has come something of an expectation that seems to haunt every new album Tori Amos puts out and this has never been more so than with her tenth studio album to date Abnormally Attracted To Sin. Where 2007's American Doll Posse pushed boundaries of contemporary music by splitting the vocal personalities of the album into five distinct characters, all performing their own sections and backing up other sections for other characters, it seems that Tori is once more playing it straight—so to speak—with only one voice speaking for each of the 17 girls (what she calls her songs) on this album. Still skewing strongly toward concept album territory, this album is literally dripping with usual Tori fare as she expounds large upon her old slants on religious truths and the roles of women and sin in postmodern society.
