A Piano: The Collection [Box] by Tori Amos

Pros: Pretty packaging, lots of rarities and some nice new unreleased tracks.

Cons: Some pointless remixes and the occasional haphazard track selection.

The Bottom Line: A bit overwhelming for Amos newbies and not thorough enough for hardcore Toriphiles; but it's stuffed with good songs and is a great way to obtain some obscure B-sides.

Review: Introduction Since the release of her soul-shattering debut “Little Earthquakes” in 1992, Tori Amos has risen to become one of the most prominent female singer-songwriters of recent decades. Combining deeply personal confessions with ...

Pros: The new songs are fantastic.

Cons: The set is $40 too pricey, flimsy, and poorly conceptualized.

The Bottom Line: "A Piano" is capitalistic and shallow where it should be retrospective and deep.

Review: Let's face it: Tori Amos' star has faded. As sad as it makes me - a 12-year fan - to say, she just doesn't have the entertainment cred she did ten years ago. To be frank, it is kind of an anomoly how Amos ever found success to begin with. Her obtuse, ...