Tales of a Librarian (complete title: A Tori Amos Collection: Tales of a Li… Read Full Bio ↴Tales of a Librarian (complete title: A Tori Amos Collection: Tales of a Librarian) is the first retrospective compilation album by singer/songwriter Tori Amos. Given the option to be involved in the project, Amos elected to take a central role in the production of the collection, released in 2003 on her former label Atlantic Records.
Amos described the compilation as a "sonic autobiography", a title derived from her dislike of the term "greatest hits". Recording under the premise that a librarian is a "chronicler", Amos pieced together the collection in accordance with the Dewey Decimal System; so, for example, "Sweet Dreams", which contains the lyrics "Land, land of liberty / We're run by a constipated man", is listed as "973.938: History of North America -- Politics of Illusion". Amos revisited the mixing of many of her own favourite songs from her career, focusing on those she thought were not fully realized in their original recordings and those that she felt explained her life story. Additionally, Amos added two new songs and two re-recorded b-sides: Angels, Snow Cherries from France, Sweet Dreams and Mary, respectively (the latter two compositions were originally recorded in 1990 during sessions for Little Earthquakes).
Amos described the compilation as a "sonic autobiography", a title derived from her dislike of the term "greatest hits". Recording under the premise that a librarian is a "chronicler", Amos pieced together the collection in accordance with the Dewey Decimal System; so, for example, "Sweet Dreams", which contains the lyrics "Land, land of liberty / We're run by a constipated man", is listed as "973.938: History of North America -- Politics of Illusion". Amos revisited the mixing of many of her own favourite songs from her career, focusing on those she thought were not fully realized in their original recordings and those that she felt explained her life story. Additionally, Amos added two new songs and two re-recorded b-sides: Angels, Snow Cherries from France, Sweet Dreams and Mary, respectively (the latter two compositions were originally recorded in 1990 during sessions for Little Earthquakes).
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Tales of a Librarian
Tori Amos Lyrics
Angels With a wink And a smile You toss your instructions on How…
Baker Baker Baker baker baking a cake Make me a day Make me whole…
Bliss Father I killed my monkey I let it out To…
Cornflake Girl Never was a cornflake girl Thought that was a good solution …
Crucify Every finger in the room is pointing at me I wanna…
God God sometimes you just don't come through God sometimes you …
Jackie's Strength A Jackie, a-Jackie, a-Jackie's strength A Jackie, a-Jackie, …
Mary What's behind Mary's eyes Mary's eyes Mary's eyes The death…
Me and a Gun Five a.m. Friday morning Thursday night far from sleep I'm s…
Mr. Zebra Hello Mr. Zebra Can I have your sweater Cause it's cold cold…
Playboy Mommy In my platforms I hit the floor Fell face down…
Precious Things So I ran faster But it caught me here Yes my loyalties…
Professional Widow Now honey bring it close to my Now honey bring it…
Silent All These Years Excuse me but can I be you for a while? My…
Snow Cherries From France I knew a boy who would Not share his bike Oh, but…
Spark She's addicted to nicotine patches She's addicted to nicotin…
Sweet Dreams "Lies everywhere" Said the Father to the son You're peppermi…
Tear in Your Hand All the world just stopped now So you say you don't…
Way Down Maybe I'm the afterglow Cause I'm with a band you know Don…
Winter Snow can wait I forgot my mittens Wipe my nose get…