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〕 | rev2 = ''Chicago Tribune'' | rev2Score = | rev3 = ''Entertainment Weekly'' | rev3Score = B | rev4 = ''Hot Press'' | rev4score = 10/12 | rev5 = ''NME'' | rev5Score = 6/10 | rev6 = Pitchfork Media | rev6score = 8.1/10 | rev7 = PopMatters | rev7score = | rev8 = ''Rolling Stone'' | rev8score = | rev9 = ''The Rolling Stone Album Guide'' | rev9Score = | rev10 = Tiny Mix Tapes | rev10Score = }} ''Under the Pink'' is the second solo album by singer-songwriter Tori Amos. Upon its release in January 1994, the album peaked at US #12 and on the back of the hit single "Cornflake Girl", the album debuted at UK #1, her highest-charting UK album debut to date. It had sold around 220,000 copies in the UK by the end of 1994, finishing that year as the UK's 61st best-selling album. This album was included in ''Blender'' magazine's list of ''500 CDs You Must Own''.〔(Alternative Rock: 500 CDs You Must Own )〕 It was voted among the greatest albums of the 1990s by ''Rolling Stone'' magazine some years later.〔()〕 A special double-disc edition was released exclusively in Australia and New Zealand, titled ''More Pink: The B-Sides''. ==Overview== While several soft-loud-soft tunes betray a clear debt to Nirvana-style grunge, overall this album represents a more acoustic piano-based sound, and most of the final third of the album is devoted to a classical-inspired suite of piano songs, including the sweeping nine-and-a-half minute epic "Yes, Anastasia". Amos used a prepared upright piano for the studio recording of "Bells for Her", which was also played on a prepared piano for the second half of the tour. Amos has described the meaning of the song "Yes, Anastasia" to the media. The song is about the life of Anastasia Romanova, a grand duchess of Russia who was the daughter of Tsar Nicholas II. Amos explained that she had once become sick from eating bad crabs in Maryland.〔(UCLA Interview ), UCLA Interview.〕 She explained that while performing a sound check, she was influenced by Romanov's presence. "Needless to say, when you are very, very ill, it is easier to communicate with your source... you are fragile and vulnerable... Now I have only heard of her story, I've got no point to make. She comes and goes 'You've got to write my tune.' I go 'Ohhh, now's not a really good time.' She says 'No, you've got to understand something from this, there's something here that you've got to come to terms with.' And that night came." Amos said that the lyrics "We'll see how brave you are" means so many different things to her; it is a part of her self saying "If you really want a challenge, just deal with yourself."〔(Under the Pink: Song Book ), ''Under the Pink: Song Book''.〕 Amos performed the ''Under the Pink'' tour from February through November 1994, encompassing many of the same stops as on the previous world tour. A limited edition release of the album commemorating the Australian tour included a second disc entitled ''More Pink'', a collection of rare B-sides like "Little Drummer Boy" and a cover version of Joni Mitchell's "A Case of You", was issued in November 1994. During this period, she also contributed the song "Butterfly" to the soundtrack for the 1994 movie ''Higher Learning'', as well as a cover of the R.E.M. song "Losing My Religion". The album was recorded in Taos, New Mexico in a hacienda. The album artwork features several Native American and New Mexican references in the photography. The album is also notable as the last Amos album to feature the production of Eric Rosse as they split that year. To date, ''Under the Pink'' remains her highest-charting album in the UK and has sold more than two million copies worldwide. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Under the Pink」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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