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"Welcome to England" is a song by American singer and songwriter Tori Amos, appearing on the album ''Abnormally Attracted to Sin'' (2009). It was released as the lead digital single from the studio album on April 14, 2009 by Universal Motown Republic Group, which also marks as her first single released from the label. Written and produced by Amos herself, just like the rest of the album, the song was recorded at her husband's studio in England, Martian Studios. Musically, the song is a mid-tempo alternative rock song that features a variety of classical music, including influences of britpop, piano rock, baroque pop, ambient music and chamber pop music, along with modern electronica influences. The song's development discusses a woman who has left everything, including her family, friends and lifestyle, to start a new life with her lover. She has cited her husband as her inspiration towards the song, due to her constant move to England. Lyrical themes involve love, departure and family. Contemporary critics were generally favorable towards the song, who commended the personal subject matter and production. However, some critics felt it lacked originality and didn't live up to expectations. Commercially, the song did not live up to expectations; The song only managed to peak inside the top ten in countries including New Zealand and the United States, where it peaked at four and ten. It did chart in Belgium, but only managed to peak at twenty-four and managed to chart outside the top 100 in Russia. To date, this is Amos' last charting single in any mainstream charts, until her 2012 single "Flavor" was released. An accompanying music video was shot for the single, which featured Amos as two characters; herself and Isabel, a character that was previously featured in her studio album, ''American Doll Posse''. The music video features her walking around iconic landmarks around London, England. ==Background== Before the production of the single and the studio album ''Abnormally Attracted to Sin'', ''Abnormally Attracted to Sin'' was intended to be an audio-visual project including an abundance of synchronizing visuals, and filming these ''Visualettes'' was a significant catalyst for the development of the album itself. Then Christian Lamb was hired to by Amos to shoot footage of her 2007 world tour for an intended live/concert DVD. However, there were disagreements between her and her record label Epic Records, so she left the record label, leaving ''Visualettes'' to be postponed. She was with Epic since the release of her seventh studio album, ''Scarlet's Walk'' (2002). After her leaving of the label, Amos officially stated that from now on, she would be releasing her future studio albums and singles independently. However, the idea was then scrapped as Amos signed a new deal to Universal Republic Records, making "Welcome to England" and ''Abnormally Attracted to Sin'' her first releases under the label. Along with the photography with her studio album, she enlisted fashion photographer Karen Collins. She stated "I love the way () shoots women, It's not vulgar or demeaning, but I find it just sexy. They look empowered to me, and I like her style." The setting for the album's artwork is a cream-colored hotel room. "Welcome to England" was eventually featured on her ''Chapter/Visualette Index'' DVD, which is an alternate version of her album, ''The Road Chronicles''. The song was recorded at her husband's studio Martian Studios in Cornwall, with additional mixing in 2009.〔(Tori Amos – Abnormally Attracted To Sin (NOTES) ) www.discogs.com〕 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「Welcome to England」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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