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Universal acclaim- based on 212 Ratings
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Positive: 198 out of 212
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Mixed: 0 out of 212
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Negative: 14 out of 212
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KarenAug 17, 2006
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AdriJJul 26, 2006Despite not being a Tori fan prior to this album, and discovering it a whole 4 years after its release, I have heard no other album so completely enchanting and captivating as Scarlet's Walk. The wistfulness of "A Sorta Fairytale", the addictive sound of "Taxi Ride", the beauty of "Your Cloud" and the musical masterpiece "Gold Dust" would all move a heart of stone....
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MarkApr 28, 2007
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BrattJun 27, 2005Contains some of her best material yet. The last track, "Gold Dust" is just that. Stunningly powerful. This album feels like a best friend. I don't feel her work has got the credit it deserves. There's so much here of value.
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Feb 11, 2012
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Apr 14, 2013Beautiful voice, lyrics and arrangements. Other than being a piece of art, it is also a great road trip album! Personal favourites: A Sorta Fairytale, Mrs Jesus, Taxi Ride, I Can't See New York
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jamesbNov 6, 2002don't trust any reviewer that thinks they're on a first-name basis with tori amos. here's the truth about this thing. it's about 10 songs too long. it's completely irrelevant. it will only appeal to her core fanbase and select members of the VH1 crowd who live for this kind of sentimental fluff. nobody needs to hear this. completely irrelevant.
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Dec 24, 2017Sounds like pop / easy listening music. Don't know why it even has "alternative" tag. It should be classified as pop instead.
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Nov 5, 2012There are songs that fail to attract my attention, such as "Do not make me come to Vegas" or "Sweet Sangria". The truth is that I care much about the rhythm of the tracks (even more so than the lyrics itself). From the time you hear "Taxi ride" or "Virginia" I consider them as treasures of the master tori-pieces.
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[Anonymous]Jan 9, 2003Her best since Under the Pink
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annanDec 19, 2005An amazing album and the best one shes done.
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AMillerNov 1, 2002It's a brilliant album. Tori did it again. =)
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ArtWJan 13, 2003I never thought anything would top Boys for Pele but she's done it. Amazing album. With the loads of crap coming out these days, I thank you Tori.
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AddieWJan 2, 2004
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RandyBJun 20, 2005This concept album about a girl named Scarlet (an alter ego for Tori I suspect) going on a cross-country road-trip is in so many ways pretty. Sometimes it
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TrixieLJan 8, 2006I love this album, nuff said
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DamienBMay 20, 2006an amazing album and is deff. one of my fav. tori albums expecially virginia and gold dust!!!! if i may say A may zing@!!
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NatashaNov 1, 2002
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CoconutNov 6, 2002It's a great album from start to finish... but, uhm, Metacritic, you're forgetting a couple reviews here that might bring up the metascore (Alt Press, Spin, etc.)
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JSOct 30, 2002
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ChristianJan 28, 2004Personally the best Tori album. Quiet, unhurried and intimately tied to places - very geographic indeed. And there are quite a few records dealing with places. A remarkable collection of wonderful songs that unearths greater depth as one listens more.
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JoeSixpackJun 4, 2004
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NickyMay 14, 2005This album is quality. My most treasured album is under the pink but excluding the older stuff this is one of my faves. It exudes colour and makes you think about your own personal and emotional journey through life.
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ChrisAJun 18, 2005Its the best album ever.
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AndreaN.Sep 25, 2005
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StephenJun 30, 2006Tori's best album. I agree that there are problems with it: production, and at times, the lyrics. Wah wah, 9/11 = sad. But most of the time, she does pretty well, makes me feel like I'm traveling through America, both historically and physically.
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johns.Jun 28, 2007not brilliant but not bad either her 2 nd worst after the flop the beekeeper. a bit boring but still better than most overrated artists album. if you are new 2 her music give this a pass and buy the brilliant american doll posse. thats more like it! thanx heavens.
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DanaLNov 12, 2002Simply wonderful! I can't turn it off.
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JamesSNov 13, 2002Without sacrificing her style, Tori Amos has evolved her music to one which allows for a wider listening audience. My parents even love it!
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CharlesVNov 4, 2002
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KatieDec 11, 2002The more I listen to this CD, the more I love it! In Tori's new version of old music, she states her messages in ways normal, unplagued people can understand. Tori is so awesome!
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CarriePMar 14, 2003
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MarceloMMar 27, 2003This conceptual album, reminds me the goods of "Little Earthquakes" and "Boys for Pele" albums. This trilogy is maybe the best way to understand the art - ist. Of course, I can added the live cd of the double "To Venus and Back". One thing: Tori, please make better videos.
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NgSzeWoeiApr 28, 2003Once you've heard it, the tunes just get stuck in your head. It's a great album! Just perfect.
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IrinaA.Jan 17, 2004This was my first tori album and I just love it! I think it's so beautiful and freeing because, for me, the album is about the fact the journeys you take; the people you meet, the places you go to and the things you see, can be more important than where you came from, or where you're going to.
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RobbieCNov 17, 2006A near perfect album. Powerful, beautiful tale-telling. I would give it a 9.5 if I could, but it isn't quite a 10.
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MarkSAug 12, 2006
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Sep 24, 2018This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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Jun 22, 2016Tori Amos's tribute to America is probably the last great album that she put out for the better part of a decade. Very strong and beautiful lyrics, influenced by Native American, Gay and Southern cultures. Download: A Sorta Fairytale, Gold Dust, Taxi Ride
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May 14, 2018tori amos nos agracia com mais um album maravilhoso em sua carreira. melhor faixa é crazy
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Dec 7, 2017scarlet's walk is a concept album about a woman and her trip to america. it's soft and something different for tori and works really good. i wish she bring this vibe back with this great production
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Dec 7, 2017this album is a classic underappreciated
all the songs are 5/5 except the interlude "wampum prayer" and the not so good song "dont make me come to vegas" -
Dec 7, 2017her best album since choir girl and the last masterpiece she released (native invader is closer to this perfection)
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Dec 7, 2017hinario da porra
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Apr 21, 2016I truly have no words, this album is a truly masterpiece, I Don't what words -more than beautiful- use to describe it. Probably the best by Tori, along with 'Boys For Pele' and 'From The Choirgirl Hotel'
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Mar 15, 2016Road trip with Tori! Her best album before or since 2016! Dig it! New to her sound and frankly a devotee now. Seductive and relaxing.....really a relief from singers like Selena Gomez!
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Sep 19, 2017
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Dec 11, 2017it's her best album of the 2000's but still not her best overall
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Dec 11, 2017her best album since UTP and one of the best of the 2000's.
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Dec 12, 2017tori minha filha tua acertou mais uma vez em um album bom. scarlet's walk foi definido pela propia tori como um "romance rapido" e seu conceito é sobre a viagem do alter ego de tori chamado scarlet
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Apr 28, 2018
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Jul 11, 2018Not her best but got good songs on this record like “I Can’t See NEw York”.
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Aug 15, 2018This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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Aug 18, 2018This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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Sep 12, 2018Never in her career has Amos seemed more confident in tone and more serious of the play of her lyrics and sadness as poetry.
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Jun 21, 2019An album that has stood the test of time. In some ways even more relevant today, than the day it was released. A true masterpiece in every sense of the word.
Awards & Rankings
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Walk isn't groundbreaking as much as typical Tori Amos--a dramatic menagerie of atmospheric tracks filled with manic piano, morose characters and so many literary allusions you'll need CliffsNotes to figure 'em out.
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Her message, so powerful when unadorned, tends to get diluted by the awkward arrangements that accompany it.
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Alternative PressThe new album's themes show that Amos is energized with stories to tell once again - making Scarlet's Walk at once ambitious and also one of her most moving collections yet. [Nov 2002]