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To Venus and Back - Definition and Overview

Related Words: Agdistis, Aldebaran, Amor, Aphrodite, Apollo, Apollon, Ares, Artemis, Astarte, Ate, Athena, Bacchus, Balder, Ceres, Cleopatra, Cora, Cronus, Cupid, Cybele, Demeter, Diana, Dionysus, Dis

To Venus and Back is a two-disc album set released by singer and songwriter Tori Amos in 1999. The first disc, called Venus: Orbiting, had eleven original studio songs and found Amos experementing heavily in electronica. It spawned the singles "Bliss", "1000 Oceans," "Glory of the 80's" (Europe only), and "Concertina." The second disc, called Venus Live: Still Orbiting was a thirteen track album compilation of live tracks from her 1997-98 tour. The album reached gold sales status.

The album received two 2000 Grammy Awards nominations: Female Rock Vocal Performance for "Bliss" and Alternative Music Performance for the album.

Track listing

Disc one

  1. "Bliss"
  2. "Juarez"
  3. "Concertina"
  4. "Glory of the '80s"
  5. "Lust"
  6. "Suede"
  7. "Josephine"
  8. "Riot Poof"
  9. "Datura"
  10. "Spring Haze"
  11. "1000 Oceans"

Disc two

  1. "Precious Things"
  2. "Cruel"
  3. "Cornflake Girl"
  4. "Bells For Her"
  5. "Girl"
  6. "Cooling"
  7. "Mr. Zebra"
  8. "Cloud on my Tongue"
  9. "Sugar"
  10. "Little Earthquakes"
  11. "Space Dog"
  12. "Waitress"
  13. "Purple People"


Albums by Tori Amos
Y Kant Tori Read | Little Earthquakes | Under the Pink | Boys for Pele | From the Choirgirl Hotel | To Venus and Back | Strange Little Girls | Scarlet's Walk | Tales of a Librarian | The Beekeeper


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