Boys For Pele (studio album) by Tori Amos

Boys For Pele by Tori Amos
Year: 1996
Overall rank: 1,642nd   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 246 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1996 (30th)
Award Top albums of the 1990s (308th)
Award Best albums of all time (1,642nd)
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TORI AMOS First Press 1996 BOYS FOR PELE Clear TRANSPARENT Vinyl Record SET OF 2
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LP-TORI AMOS-BOYS FOR PELE NEW VINYL RECORD
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Tori Amos Boys for Pele (Vinyl) 12" Album (UK IMPORT)
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Tori Amos bestography

Boys For Pele is ranked 3rd best out of 25 albums by Tori Amos on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Tori Amos is Little Earthquakes which is ranked number 615 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,894.

Tori Amos album bestography « Higher ranked (1,367th) This album (1,642nd) Lower ranked (2,361st) »
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Boys For Pele track list

  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 246 votes)
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02/26/2024 17:49 taylortunetime  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 2977/100
 
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02/04/2024 19:08 asimpkins  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 1,98668/100
 
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12/28/2023 20:03 byuzak  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 3,02479/100
 
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11/06/2023 09:30 mash  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 99388/100
 
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07/16/2023 07:17 strum  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 38576/100

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This album is rated in the top 7% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.6/100, a mean average of 74.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.4.

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95/100
From 08/16/2021 04:30
My fave tori album
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60/100
From 10/22/2018 15:57
Reminds me of Joni Mitchell's 'Blue', another album I can't get into.
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95/100
From 09/24/2017 18:15
Her best album
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90/100
From 10/10/2016 15:37
Her best album. No more stupid distorted guitar arrangements everywhere doing absolutely nothing. No more pointless strings sections that try to make every song sound "friendlier". No more overdubs on Tori's voice covering her raw emotion just because mainstream audiences prefer clean vocals. This time Tori was given total control over the production and format of her songs and album. She discarded what was not necessary and kept what's really valuable. This is Tori Amos as she really wanted to be heard.
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70/100
From 08/09/2016 02:40
Lyrically inscrutable. Melodically frustrating.

A work of art regardless.

...sigh.
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85/100
From 07/28/2016 20:10
Absorbing and challenging album from Tori Amos. Full of light and shade. A real grower.
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75/100
From 03/22/2016 19:24
Very challenging lyrics to beautiful music.
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75/100
From 10/01/2013 21:03
Best tracks: Hey Jupiter, Caught a Lite Sneeze, Horses.
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75/100
From 09/02/2012 05:24
Great thoughts in the music, great music, but can’t list it as something that grasps me completely.
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85/100
From 06/03/2012 19:52
My fav Amos album.
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