Gold Dust | ||||
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Released | October 1, 2012 | |||
Recorded | 2012 | |||
Studio | MCO (Hilversum) Martian Engineering (Cornwall) | |||
Length | 61:15 | |||
Label | Deutsche Grammophon, Mercury Classics | |||
Producer | Tori Amos | |||
Tori Amos chronology | ||||
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Singles from Gold Dust | ||||
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Gold Dust is the 13th solo studio album by American singer-songwriter Tori Amos, released on October 1, 2012 by Deutsche Grammophon and Mercury Classics. The album is produced by Amos with arrangements by long-time collaborator John Philip Shenale. Inspired by and following in a similar vein as Amos's previous effort, the classical music album Night of Hunters (2011), Gold Dust features some of her previously released alternative rock and baroque pop songs re-worked in an orchestral setting. The material for Gold Dust, consisting of songs selected by Amos spanning almost her entire catalogue at the time, from Little Earthquakes (1992) through Midwinter Graces (2009), was recorded with the Metropole Orchestra, conducted by Jules Buckley.
The stimulus to Gold Dust was a concert where Amos performed with the Metropole Orchestra as part of a "Week of the Metropole" series. The concert, performed at the Heineken Music Hall in Amsterdam on October 8, 2010, [1] was the first orchestral concert of Amos's career, and set the stage for recording the tracks that would comprise Gold Dust.
The project commemorates the 20th anniversary of the release of her debut solo album Little Earthquakes, as well as the music released since then. The collection has autobiographical leanings, with Amos opting for songs that represent a personal narrative instead of including a string of singles. Of the songs included in the project, Amos said, "[they are] a collection of new studio recordings of where they are now and who they have become". [2] Gold Dust mostly consists of songs culled from the 2010 Metropole Orchestra concert. While the original set list from the concert focused heavily on Amos's then-recent holiday album, Midwinter Graces, the focus for Gold Dust shifts with four of the album's 14 tracks from the Little Earthquakes era. In addition, three songs which were not performed during the concert were reworked for orchestra and added to extend the span of the collection over Amos's music catalogue.
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Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 68/100 [3] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [4] |
American Songwriter | [5] |
The A.V. Club | C+ [6] |
Paste | 8.7/10 [7] |
Slant Magazine | [8] |
According to the review aggregator Metacritic , Gold Dust received "generally favorable reviews" based on a weighted average score of 68 out of 100 from 13 critic scores. [3] American Songwriter gave a glowing review of Gold Dust, stating that often Amos improves upon original versions of the songs and praising her skills as a musician, vocalist, and tunesmith.
All tracks are written by Tori Amos
No. | Title | Original recording | Length |
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1. | "Flavor" | Abnormally Attracted to Sin ; 2009 | 4:08 |
2. | "Yes, Anastasia" | Under the Pink ; 1994 | 4:17 |
3. | "Jackie's Strength" | From the Choirgirl Hotel ; 1998 | 4:32 |
4. | "Cloud on My Tongue" | Under the Pink; 1994 | 4:23 |
5. | "Precious Things" | Little Earthquakes ; 1992 | 4:44 |
6. | "Gold Dust" | Scarlet's Walk ; 2002 | 5:45 |
7. | "Star of Wonder" | Midwinter Graces ; 2009 | 3:46 |
8. | "Winter" | Little Earthquakes; 1992 | 5:45 |
9. | "Flying Dutchman" | "China" single; 1992 | 6:21 |
10. | "Programmable Soda" | American Doll Posse ; 2007 | 1:27 |
11. | "Snow Cherries from France" | Tales of a Librarian ; 2003 | 3:01 |
12. | "Marianne" | Boys for Pele ; 1996 | 4:08 |
13. | "Silent All These Years" | Little Earthquakes; 1992 | 4:33 |
14. | "Girl Disappearing" | American Doll Posse; 2007 | 4:06 |
15. | "Maybe California (iTunes and Japan edition bonus track)" | Abnormally Attracted To Sin; 2009 | 4:20 |
16. | "Snow Angels (Japan edition bonus track)" | Midwinter Graces ; 2009 | 3:42 |
Total length: | 16 |
The chart below lists the peak positions for Gold Dust on various music charts around the world.
Chart (2012) | Peak position |
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Australian Albums (ARIA) [9] | 60 |
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [10] | 46 |
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [11] | 27 |
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [12] | 55 |
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [13] | 24 |
French Albums (SNEP) [14] | 156 |
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [15] | 48 |
Italian Albums (FIMI) [16] | 53 |
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [17] | 95 |
UK Albums (OCC) [18] | 36 |
US Billboard 200 [19] | 63 |
US Top Alternative Albums ( Billboard ) [20] | 16 |
US Top Classical Albums (Billboard) [21] | 3 |
US Billboard Top Rock Albums (Billboard) [22] | 25 |
US Top Tastemakers (Billboard) [23] | 23 |
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