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Cloud Riders
"Cloud Riders" is a song by American musician Tori Amos. It was released on July 27, 2017 as the lead single from her fifteenth studio album ''Native Invader''. Like the rest of the album, the song was self-produced and recorded at Martian Engineering in Cornwall, England, with mixing being done by Amos' husband Mark Hawley and Marcel van Limbeek. Overview Amos stated the inspiration for the song came from the experience of watching a shooting star at 4:22 A.M. That morning, she completed the lyrics for the vast majority of the song, which she has stated took inspiration from Nordic mythology and imagery. "Cloud Riders" was positively received by critics. ''NPR'' stated the song "smolders and shimmers" and "never stops moving and slowly changing shape". ''Albumism'' called the song "fantastic" and "melodious". Personnel Adapted from the liner notes of ''Native Invader'': *Tori Amos – vocals, keyboards, Hammond organ, Hammond organ, programming, additional instrumentation *Mac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tori Amos
Tori Amos (born Myra Ellen Amos; August 22, 1963) is an American singer-songwriter and pianist. She is a classically trained musician with a mezzo-soprano vocal range. Having already begun composing instrumental pieces on piano, Amos won a full scholarship to the Peabody Institute at Johns Hopkins University at the age of five, the youngest person ever to have been admitted. She had to leave at the age of eleven when her scholarship was discontinued for what ''Rolling Stone'' described as "musical insubordination". Amos was the lead singer of the short-lived 1980s Pop music, pop-rock group Y Kant Tori Read before achieving her breakthrough as a solo artist in the early 1990s. Her songs focus on a broad range of topics, including sexuality, feminism, politics, and religion. Her charting singles include "Crucify (song), Crucify", "Silent All These Years", "God (Tori Amos song), God", "Cornflake Girl", "Caught a Lite Sneeze", "Professional Widow", "Spark (Tori Amos song), Spark", "1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
