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| Length = 59:24 | Label = Mercury Classics | Producer = Tori Amos | Last album = ''Gold Dust'' (2012) | This album = ''Unrepentant Geraldines'' (2014) | Next album = | Misc = }} ''Unrepentant Geraldines'' is the fourteenth studio album by American singer-songwriter and pianist Tori Amos. The album, available on standard CD/digital download, a limited edition CD+DVD, and two disc vinyl LP, was released in Germany on May 9, 2014 by Mercury Classics and May 13, 2014 in the United States by Mercury Classics/Universal Mercury Classics.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.ampya.com/news/Aktuell/Tori-Amos-mit-neuem-Album-Unrepentant-Geraldines-SN106550 )〕 ''Unrepentant Geraldines'' is Amos' eighth studio album to debut in the top 10 of the ''Billboard'' 200.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Black Keys Earn First No. 1 Album, Michael Jackson Debuts At No. 2 )〕 ==Background== While touring for her last mainstream release in 2009, Amos felt as if she had hit a block in her creative ability and needed to find a new way to make music. This led to her pursuing projects outside the pop/rock genre, including classical music and ''The Light Princess'' musical, as well as orchestral re-recordings of songs from her catalogue. Feeling invigorated and with a fresh approach, ''Unrepentant Geraldines'' marks Amos' return to pop and alternative rock music. It is described as returning to "her core identity as a creator of contemporary songs of exquisite beauty" with an album of "inspiring and personal music"〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.mercuryclassics.com/news/post/tori-amos-announces-new-album-and-world-tour )〕 that "once more zeroes in on the writing of brightly melodic, deftly evocative chamber-pop." According to Amos, the songs on the album were a long time in the making, exploring different styles and subject matter. Amos stated that she'd written the songs "in secret", enjoying the freedom of not working in a large group of musicians. She described the album as different snapshots of her life and things she'd observed.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.iol.co.za/tonight/tori-amos-on-secret-songs-and-sa-1.1666573 )〕 ''Unrepentant Geraldines'' is described as "an appreciative portrayal of the singer's experiences with visual art". Amos stated: The album's title reflects the unapologetic women that won't be made to say sorry for their actions and beliefs. A wide range of topics are explored on the album, including the "other" America, ageing in "16 Shades of Blue", the thrill of danger in "Trouble's Lament", not letting go of childhood imagination in "Rose Dover", the 2013 NSA surveillance scandals in "Giant's Rolling Pin", and making peace with haunting memories and self-doubt in "Oysters". Amos' daughter appears as a duet partner in "Promise", about mother and daughter being there for each other. Having a teenage girl's perspective to consult was reportedly a large influence on the record, exposing Amos to a different outlook than her own. The album was recorded and mixed at Martian Engineering at Amos' home in Cornwall, with Amos and engineers husband Mark Hawley and Marcel van Limbeek "working as a triangle". Amos stated that she had needed to experiment and that the small team was liberating for this purpose. On the contents of the album, she said it was "not going for shock, shock is easy", instead striving to create songs that "resonate with the now." 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「Unrepentant Geraldines」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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