Gold Dust is the thirteenth solo studio album by American singer-songwriter Tori Amos, released on October 1, 2012 by Deutsche Grammophon and Mercury Classics. The album is produced by Amos with arrangements by long-time collaborator John Philip Shenale. Inspired by and following in a similar vein as Amos's previous effort, the classical music album Night of Hunters (2011), Gold Dust features some of her previously released alternative rock and baroque pop songs re-worked in an orchestral setting. The material for Gold Dust, consisting of songs selected by Amos spanning her entire catalogue from Little Earthquakes (1992) through Midwinter Graces (2009), was recorded with the Metropole Orchestra, conducted by Jules Buckley.
Background
The stimulus to Gold Dust was a concert where Amos performed with the Metropole Orchestra as part of a "Week of the Metropole" series. The concert, performed at the Heineken Music Hall in Amsterdam on October 8, 2010,[1] was the first orchestral concert of Amos's career, and set the stage for recording the tracks that would comprise Gold Dust.
The project commemorates the 20th anniversary of the release of her debut solo album Little Earthquakes, as well as the music released since then. The collection has autobiographical leanings, with Amos opting for songs that represent a personal narrative instead of including a string of singles. Of the songs included in the project, Amos said, "[they are] a collection of new studio recordings of where they are now and who they have become".[2] Gold Dust mostly consists of songs culled from the 2010 Metropole Orchestra concert. While the original set list from the concert focused heavily on Amos's then-recent holiday album, Midwinter Graces, the focus for Gold Dust shifts with four of the album's 14 tracks from the Little Earthquakes era. In addition, three songs which were not performed during the concert were reworked for orchestra and added to extend the span of the collection over Amos's music catalogue.
Track listing
All songs written and composed by Tori Amos.
Personnel
Musicians
- Tori Amos – vocals, Bösendorfer (piano)
- John Philip Shenale – arrangements
- Jules Buckley – Conductor
- Janine Abbas – Flute
- Jascha Albracht – Cello
- Jos Beeren – Clarinet, Saxophone
- Max Boeree – Clarinet, Saxophone
- Martin van den Berg – Trombone (Bass)
- Ruud Breuls – Trumpet
- Ray Bruinsma – Trumpet
- Polina Cekov – Violin
- Marie-Cécile de Wit – Flute
- Martijn DeLaat – Trumpet
- Tjerk DeVos – Contrabass
- Lucja Domski – Violin
- Casper Donker – Violin
- Paul van der Feen – Clarinet, Saxophone
- Juliane Gralle – Trombone (Bass)
- Wim Grin – Cello
- Mieke Honingh – Viola
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- Pieter Hunfeld – French Horn
- Maarten Jansen – Cello
- Norman Jansen – Viola
- Leo Janssen – Clarinet, Saxophone
- Murk Jiskoot – Percussion
- Julia Jowett – Viola
- Sarah Koch – Violin
- Dennis Koenders – Violin
- Wim Kok – Violin
- Pauline Koning – Violin
- Eddy Koopman – Percussion
- Roel Koster – French Horn
- Vera Laporeva – Violin
- Arend Liefkes – Contrabass
- Elizabeth Liefkes-Cats – Violin
- Willem Luijt – Oboe
- Ruben Margarita – Violin
- Jan Oosting – Trombone
- Isabella Petersen – Viola
- Bert Pfeiffer – Trombone
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- Marijn Rombout – Violin
- Arlia de Ruiter – Violin
- Martin De Ruiter – Oboe
- Marc Scholten – Clarinet, Saxophone
- Joke Schonewille – Harp
- Iris Schut – Viola
- Jasper Soffers – Keyboards
- Annie Tangberg – Cello
- Jos Teeken – Cello
- Seija Teeuwen – Violin
- Pauline Terlouw – Violin
- Vera Van Der Bie – Violin
- Feyona van Iersel – Violin
- Mariël Van Den Bos – Flute
- Marianne Van Den Heuvel – Violin
- Herman Van Haaren – Violin
- Bart Van Lier – Trombone
- Emile Visser – Cello
- Hans Vroomans – Keyboards
- Frank Wardenier – Percussion
- Eric Winkelmann – Contrabass
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Production
- Tori Amos – record producer
- Mark Hawley – Engineer, mixer
- Marcel VanLimbeek – Engineer, mixer
- Dirk Overeem – Assistant Engineer
- Henk Heijink – Artistic Producer
- Danielle Levitt – Cover Photo, Photography
- Dennis Martin – Photography
- Sean Mosher-Smith – Photography
- Karen Binns – Stylist
Reception
American Songwriter gave a glowing review of Gold Dust, stating that often Amos improves upon original versions of the songs and praising her skills as a musician, vocalist, and tunesmith.
Critical response
Chart positions
The chart below lists the peak positions for Gold Dust on various music charts around the world.
Notes
- ↑ Based upon 13 reviews according to Metacritic
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