Strange Little Girls is an assemblage of songs written by men but performed by Tori from the perspectives of a diverse cast of female characters. Songs composed by such artists as Neil Young, the Stranglers, Eminem, Depeche Mode, Slayer, Lou Reed, Lennon/McCartney, and others are taken apart and put back together darkly, gently, and in an uncompromising fashion. The result is an album which looks at men, the ways men see women, how men see themselves, and how the view changes depending on where you’re standing. Tori says, "I’ve always found it fascinating how men say things and women hear them." In it, she's taken songs written and originally sung by men and, without substantial rewriting, created a female character for each. The album includes photos of Amos portraying each woman and the StrangeLittleTour 2001 tourbook includes stories written by Neil Gaiman which accompany each character and her song.
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New Age
(Lou Reed; Screen Gems EMI Ltd. (BMI))
Drums: Matt Chamberlain
Bass: Justin Meldal-Johnsen
Guitar: Adrian Belew
Wurlitzer & vocals: Tori
'97 Bonnie & Clyde
(Jeff Bass, Mark Randy Bass, Marshall B. Mathers II; Ensign Music Corp./Eight Mile Style Music c/o Ensign Music Corp. (BMI))
Music Arranged & Played by John Philip Shenale
Military Drum: Matt Chamberlain
Vocals: Tori
Strange Little Girl
(Jean Burnel, Hugh Cornwell, Brian Duffy, David Greenfield, Hans Warmling; Incomplete Music Inc. (BMI))
Drums: Matt Chamberlain
Bass: Justin Meldal-Johnsen
Guitar: Adrian Belew
Wurlitzer & vocals: Tori
Enjoy the Silence>
(Martin Gore; EMI Blackwood Music Inc. (BMI))
Bass: Jon Evans
Strings & synths: John Philip Shenale
Bosendorfer & vocals: Tori
I'm Not in Love
(Graham Gouldman (PRS), Eric Stewart (PRS); Man-Ken Music Ltd. c/o EMI Blackwood Music Inc. (BMI))
Drums: Matt Chamberlain
Bass painting: Justin Meldal-Johnsen
Drill guitar: Adrian Belew
Vocals: Tori
Rattlesnakes
(Neil Clark, Lloyd Cole; EMI April Music Inc. (ASCAP))
Taos drums: Matt Chamberlain
Bass: Jon Evans
Acoustic guitar & rattlesnake: Adrian Belew
Additional guitars & string pads: M & M
Rhodes & vocals: Tori
Time
(Tom Waits; Jalma Music (ASCAP))
Bosendorfer & vocals: Tori
Heart of Gold
(Neil Young; Silver Fiddle (ASCAP))
Drums: Matt Chamberlain
Bass: Justin Meldal-Johnsen
Yellow Jacket guitar: Adrian Belew
Bosendorfer & vocals: Tori
I Don't Like Mondays
(Robert Geldof (PRS); Zomba Enterprises Inc. (ASCAP))
Bass: Jon Evans
Rhodes & vocals: Tori
Happiness Is A Warm Gun
(John Lennon, Paul McCartney; Sony/ATV Tunes LLC (ASCAP))
Drums: Matt Chamberlain
Bass: Jon Evans
Guitar: Adrian Belew
ARP, Bosendorfer & vocals: Tori
Voices: Dr. Edison Amos, Daniel Bocking, George W. Bush & George Bush
Raining Blood
(Jeff Hanneman, Kerry King; Death's Head Music (ASCAP))
Bass painting: Justin Meldal-Johnsen
Bosendorfer & vocals: Tori
Real Men
(Joe Jackson (PRS); Universal MCA Music (PRS)/ Pokazuka Limited (PRS))
Bass: Jon Evans
Guitar: Adrian Belew
Bosendorfer & vocals: Tori
Produced by: Tori Amos
Mixed by: Mark Hawley & Marcel van Limbeek
All tracks recorded by Mark Hawley & Marcel van Limbeek
at Martian Engineering, Cornwall, England except for
John Philip Shenale's contributions recorded at The Nut Ranch
in Los Angeles, CA.
Executive Producer: Natashya
Album Project Manager UK: Mike Rose
Mastered by: Jon Astley
Management: Arthur Spivak & John Witherspoon - Spivak Entertainment
Chef: Duncan Pickford
Piano Tech: Trevor Lowe
Studio Technical Saviour: Adam Spry
Photos:
Photographer: Thomas Schenk
Make Up: Kevyn Aucoin Assistant: Eveline Lange
Hair: Ward Stergerhoek
Stylist: Karen Binns
