Now that Native Invader has been out for a while... what would you say are the quintessential Tori tracks that are among her best? Like perfect songs in your mind... Songs like Winter, Suede, Baker Baker, Spark, Horses, Carbon (insert your favourites here)... or at least songs you would consider important/signature/rank up there to be comparable amongst her best.
Then do the same for UG. Just interested as these two albums seem to be respected by many of her fans. This kind of thing seemed much more difficult with TBK, ADP and AATS...
Native Invader
Reindeer King (I think this may have entered my top 20 or even top 10 songs)
Cloud Riders
Wildwood
Bang
Climb
Bats
Mary's Eyes
Unrepentant Geraldines
America
Weatherman
Selkie
Oysters
Invisible Boy
Forest of Glass
Dixie
I was disappointed with Tori's output from 2005 - 2009. But have enjoyed Midwinter Graces, Night of Hunters, Unrepentant Geraldines and Native Invader. And I feel like she keeps getting better with each release since 2009
Last edited by Beelust; 09-25-2017 at 11:00 PM.
Robbing the muse...
Good thread. For me, these albums are on par. NI may be better as an overall album, but my favourites on UG are more meaningful. I actually believe the best songs from each could have been combined to make a beautiful record up there with the classics.
In terms of quintessential Tori, that's hard to define but I think the below are mine.
Unrepentant Geraldine's
America
Selkie
Oysters
Forest of Glass
Native Invader
Reindeer King
Cloud Riders
Wildwood
Bats
these are kind of like distillations of each album:
America
Trouble's Lament
Weatherman
Unrepentant Geraldines/Vicar's Wife (despite flaws)
Oysters
Reindeer King
Cloud Riders
Breakaway
Wildwood
Climb
UG:
America
Weatherman
Selkie
Oysters
Forest Of Glass
NI:
Reindeer King
Up The Creek
Wildwood
Bang
Climb
Mary's Eyes
Russia
I will be safe in my frame.
UG:
America
Wild Way
Weatherman
Selkie
Unrepentant Geraldines
Oysters
Invisible Boy
NI:
Every Track. I don't really connect that much with a couple (Mary's Eyes, Russia, UD2), but I can't imagine the album without them anyway. They are all essential to the album.
UG:
Forest of Glass
16 Shades of Blue
Unrepentant Geraldines
Promise
Weatherman
NI:
Climb
Up the Creek
Broken Arrow
Cloud Riders
Reindeer King
Russia
Nice idea, @Beelust.
America
Reindeer King
Wedding Day
Up the Creek
Selkie
Forest of Glass
Weatherman
Unrepentant Geraldines
Climb
Benjamin
Bang
Mary's Eyes
Unrepentant Geraldines:
01. America
02. Wedding Day
03. Weatherman
04. Selkie
05. Oysters
06. Invisible Boy
07. Forest of Glass
It's unfortunate that the lows on this album are as low as they are for me, because these 7 tracks are pretty much perfection. However, I would still SERIOUSLY have preferred her to tone down the high notes in "Oysters" because they almost ruin the song for me. Yes, she's singing pretty damn high in "America," too, but the vocals are more delicate and vulnerable and not as shrill there.
Native Invader:
01. Reindeer King
02. Cloud Riders
03. Up the Creek
04. Breakaway
05. Wildwood
06. Bang
07. Climb
08. Bats
09. Benjamin
10. Mary's Eyes
Now this is a PERFECT, 10-track, 48-minute album right here. I still want to stress, though, that I do not by any means hate any of the 3 songs that I didn't include and I still honestly quite enjoy them when I'm listening to the album as a whole.
UG:
Selkie
Weatherman
Oysters
Forest of Glass
NI:
Reindeer King
Mary's Eyes
Climb
Wildwood
Bats
Bang
Breakaway
incredible the first animal that dreamed of another animal
UG
Oysters
Weatherman
Vicar's Wife
Selkie
Invisible Boy
Native Invader
Reindeer King
Wildwood
Breakaway
Climb
Bats
Bang
Mary's Eyes
Benjamin
I miss, I miss,/how you'd sigh yourself to sleep
When I raked the springtime /across your sheets
Twelve Song Album from the Best of UG and NI.
Forest of Glass
Weatherman
The Vicar's Wife
Up the Creek
Reindeer King
Wildwood
Breakaway
Bang
Climb
Bats
Mary's Eyes
Russia
Reindeer King, Mary's Eyes, Oysters immediately stand out for me as career-equalling songs.
It she had release thatOriginally Posted by Kala
i think it would have been my second favorite album (if we include Broken Arrow)
Native Invader:
Reindeer King
Mary's Eyes
Bang
Climb
Wildwood
Unrepentant Geraldines:
Weatherman
Oysters
Forest of Glass
Selkie
Unrepentant Geraldines:
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