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Tori Amos / Unrepentant Geraldines SDE-exclusive blu-ray audio

10th anniversary reissue

By Paul Sinclair

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#25 in the Series • Limited to 2,500 units • Quick pre-order

Tori Amos’ 2014 album Unrepentant Geraldines is is being reissued for its 10th anniversary and is #25 in the SDE Surround Series of blu-ray audios with Dolby Atmos Mixes.

The album was well received at the time and regarded as something of a return to form, with Tori making heavy use of the piano and delivering some sprightly pop arrangements. Amos produced the album, working with a small team including her husband Mark Hawley (who played guitar as ‘Mac Aladdin’) and Marcel van Limbeek. In short, there was a feeling that ‘classic’ Tori had returned, after a period of dense, conceptual ‘song-cycles’, orchestral projects and so on.

Album highlights include opener ‘America‘, the title track with its rocky, driving chorus; the beautiful piano ballads ‘Weatherman‘ and ‘Oysters‘; the Americana-vibed ‘Trouble’s Lament‘ (the lead promo single at the time) and ‘Wedding Day‘. Tori also duets with her daughter on the inter-generational reflections of ‘Promise‘ and addresses the subject of ageing on ‘16 Shades of Blue‘ as Tori discussed at the time:

“I turned 50 this year – and certain people really helped me to see it in a different way and grab it with both hands. The song ‘16 Shades of Blue’ talks about aging from many points of view. And as I started to dive into it, I started to learn from women of all ages that age was a difficult thing for them”

Tori Amos speaking in 2014

The SDE-exclusive blu-ray audio of Unrepentant Geraldines is packed with content. It includes the 14 album tracks, plus all three bonus songs which were available via different methods at the time (only one being available physically). They are:

  • Dixie (Amazon download bonus track)
  • White Telephone To God (iTunes bonus track)
  • Forest Of Glass (deluxe CD bonus track)

All 17 tracks are on the blu-ray and are available in Dolby Atmos, and exclusively in 5.1 and as instrumentals. There’s also a hi-res stereo version. The Atmos Mix was created by Adrian Hall, who did the Atmos Mix of Tori’s last album Ocean to Ocean (available on streaming services). Here’s a summary of the content:

  • Unrepentant Geraldines + bonus tracks in Dolby Atmos (48/24)
  • Unrepentant Geraldines + bonus tracks in 5.1 Surround Sound (48/24)
  • Unrepentant Geraldines + bonus tracks Instrumental Mix (48/24)
  • Unrepentant Geraldines + bonus tracks – Hi-Res Stereo Mix (48/24)

SDE can confirm that this album was originally mastered at 24/44.1 so there is no higher quality version available. Any 24/96 digital files available now or at the time would have been upsampled.

The blu-ray is region-free and will ship with a free collectible SDE slipcase. In terms of the other formats, there’s a 2LP vinyl edition and a new CD version. Both feature the album plus the three bonus tracks, in stereo.

SDE editor Paul Sinclair on #25 in the SDE Surround Series

The SDE-exclusive blu-ray is limited to 2500 units worldwide. It’s exclusive to the SDE shop and is available to pre-order now, via this link or the buttons below.

Unrepentant Geraldines is released on 13 September 2024 (was 6 Sep), via Decca.

Tracklisting

Unrepentant Geraldines Tori Amos /

    • Dolby Atmos Mix, 5.1 Surround Mix (48/24), Instrumental Mix (48/24), Hi-Res Stereo Mix
      1. America
      2. Trouble’s Lament
      3. Wild Way
      4. Wedding Day
      5. Weatherman
      6. 16 Shades Of Blue
      7. Maids Of Elfen-Mere
      8. Promise
      9. Giant’s Rolling Pin
      10. Selkie
      11. Unrepentant Geraldines
      12. Oysters
      13.  Rose Dover
      14. Invisible Boy
      15. Dixie
      16. White Telephone To God
      17. Forest Of Glass

1 Tears For Fears / The Tipping Point

2 xPropaganda / The Heart is Strange

3 Gilbert O’Sullivan / Driven

4 Shakespears Sister / Hormonally Yours

5 Brian Eno / ForeverAndEverNoMore

6. Orbital / Optical Delusion

6.5 Various Artists / Concert For George

7 Ten Years After / A Space in Time

8 Bob Dylan / Time Out Of Mind (2022 Remix)

9 Tears For Fears / The Hurting

10 Mike Oldfield / Tubular Bells

11 Suede

12 ABC / The Lexicon of Love

13 Duran Duran / Danse Macabre

14 Trevor Horn / Echoes – Ancient and Modern

15 Soft Cell / Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret

16 Def Leppard / Diamond Star Halos

17 Paul Young / No Parlez

18 Mark Knopfler / One Deep River

19 Wham! / Fantastic

20 Wham! / Make It Big

21 Keane / Hopes and Fears

22 Luther Vandross / Never Too Much

23 Crowded House / Gravity Stairs

24 Ultravox / Lament

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