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Tori Amos's idea for Strange Little Girls was to present covers of men's songs from a female perspective. The concept is fairly unique. Amos transforms the material, though, by singing in a pained tone, weighing the lyrics with heavy emotion and stripping most of the songs down to their simplest elements--often just a string section, a drum machine or a piano, leaving the original music almost unrecognizable. The most poignant of these tracks is definitely her cover of Eminem's "97' Bonnie and Clyde." The first-person story of a man dumping his lover's dead body takes on an ugly sickness and brutality with Amos's almost-whispered narration. As with most of these songs, Amos removes the pop façade and leaves the listener with a stark picture of the message behind the lyrics--whether that message concerns violence or male identity--in a statement both subtly political and stunningly beautiful.
Condition: Brand New Factory Sealed
TRACK LISTING
1 New Age 4:36
2 '97 Bonnie & Clyde 5:46
3 Strange Little Girl 3:50
4 Enjoy the Silence 4:09
5 I'm Not in Love 5:39
6 Rattlesnakes 3:59
7 Time 5:22
8 Heart of Gold 3:59
9 I Don't Like Mondays 4:20
10 Happiness Is a Warm Gun 9:55
11 Raining Blood 6:22
12 Real Men 4:06
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