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Scarlet's Walk is the seventh studio album released by Tori Amos. The 18-track concept album details the cross-country travels of Scarlet, a character loosely based on Amos, as well as the concept of America post–September 11, 2001. The album was the first released by Amos on Epic Records after her split with former label Atlantic Records. The album debuted at number seven in the US,[2] selling 107,000 copies in its first week,[3] and reaching RIAA Gold status about a month after its release.[4]

Scarlet's Walk
Studio album by Tori Amos
Released	October 28, 2002
Recorded	2001–2002
Studio	Martian Engineering (Cornwall, England)
Genre	Alternative rock[1]
Length	74:09
Label	Epic
Producer	Tori Amos
Tori Amos chronology
Strange Little Girls (2001) Scarlet's Walk (2002) Tales of a Librarian (2003)
Singles from Scarlet's Walk
"A Sorta Fairytale" Released: October 2002 "Taxi Ride" Released: January 2003 "Don't Make Me Come to Vegas" Released: May 27, 2003

Theme description

According to author Neil Gaiman:

"The CD's about America—it's a story that's also a journey, that begins in LA and crosses the country, slowly heading east. America's in there, and specific places and things, Native American history and pornography and a girl on a plane who'll never get to New York, and Oliver Stone and Andrew Jackson and madness and a lot more. Not to mention a girl called Scarlet who may be the land and may be a person and may be a trail of blood." The song "Amber Waves" is named after Julianne Moore's character in Boogie Nights.[5]

Singles and B-sides

Singles

The first single from the album was the track "A Sorta Fairytale" (released September 2002), which proved to be one of Amos's more successful singles, landing her at number 11 on the Adult Top 40 chart. A commercial single was also released in the UK with a B-side entitled "Operation Peter Pan", based on the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962. This served as the last commercial CD single of Amos's career to date.

"Taxi Ride", a partial homage to the late make-up artist Kevyn Aucoin, a friend of Amos's who died in May 2002, served as the second single from the album. An on-line contest was held asking fans to direct and submit a music video for the song. The song reached number 35 on the Adult Top 40 chart in the US. A Timo Maas dance remix of "Don't Make Me Come to Vegas" served as the third single continued Amos's fortunes on the dance charts. Of the last three singles, only the latter was released commercially, exclusively on a 12" vinyl single in the US. "Strange" was released in edited form as a promotional single in 2003.

B-sides

The album, as with most of Amos's albums, is also known for its collection of original B-sides. Amos recorded a host of songs that did not make the album, but were released as B-sides to various singles or performed live in concerts.

B-sides from Scarlet's Walk era

Title	Single/EP
"Operation Peter Pan"	"A Sorta Fairytale" (2002)
"Mountain"	"Scarlet's Web" download (2002)
"Tombigbee"	Scarlet's Hidden Treasures (2004)
"Bug a Martini"
"Ruby Through the Looking Glass"
"Apollo's Frock"
"Seaside"
"Indian Summer"

Release

In addition to the standard CD release, a limited edition of Scarlet’s Walk was released in a special box set containing the album, a bonus DVD, a map detailing Scarlet's journey, stickers, a bracelet-charm and mock Polaroid postcards. The album also provided entry to "Scarlet's Web", a web site that was the sole source for special concert ticket offers, photos, merchandise, and unreleased tracks. The elaborate packaging of the limited edition version of the album garnered Amos a Grammy nomination. The UK limited edition did not include a charm bracelet as the Official Charts Company declared it would have been an unfair incentive to purchase the album, otherwise sales of the record would not have been chart eligible.

In an attempt to prevent Internet trading of the album, Amos, in conjunction with her husband and crew, used glue to bind closed portable CD players containing the album. These were then distributed to the press on the understanding that they would be returned within forty-eight hours. If an attempt was made to open the player, both it and the disc inside would shatter. The success of this attempt was so great that the record industry began to follow suit. As an additional incentive to buy the album rather than download its contents illicitly, the CD also served as a key to access "Scarlet's Web", a website which featured several songs ("Tombigbee", "Seaside", "Mountain") as well as various photographs and journal entries that were not available elsewhere.

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	76/100[6]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[7]
Alternative Press	[6]
The Austin Chronicle	[8]
Blender	[9]
Entertainment Weekly	D−[10]
PopMatters	9/10[6][11]
Rolling Stone	[12]
Spin	9/10[13]
Stylus Magazine	C+[14]
Uncut	[6]

Scarlet's Walk has received acclaim from critics. Stephen Thomas Erlewine, writing for AllMusic, felt that the album "marks a return to the sound and feel of Under the Pink" and felt it was Amos’ strongest work since that album.[15] In a 9/10 review, PopMatters referred to it as "One of the most invigorating and arresting works of her career."

Kludge magazine included Scarlet's Walk on their list of best albums of 2002.[16]

Track listing

Personnel

• Tori Amos – Bösendorfer piano, Rhodes, Wurlitzer, ARP, vocals
• David Torn, Mac Aladdin, Robbie McIntosh – guitar
• Jon Evans – bass
• Matt Chamberlain – drums, percussion
• Sinfonia of London – strings
• John Philip Shenale – string arrangements
• David Firman – conductor
• Peter Willison – director of strings

Charts

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for Scarlet's Walk

Chart (2002)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[17]	20
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[18]	26
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[19]	15
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[20]	40
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[21]	13
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[22]	32
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[23]	17
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[24]	20
French Albums (SNEP)[25]	32
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[26]	9
Irish Albums (IRMA)[27]	24
Italian Albums (FIMI)[28]	26
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[29]	45
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[30]	30
Scottish Albums (OCC)[31]	28
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[32]	21
UK Albums (OCC)[33]	26
US Billboard 200[34]	7

Year-end charts

2002 year-end chart performance for Scarlet's Walk

Chart (2002)	Position
Canadian Alternative Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)[35]	96

Singles

Chart performance for singles from Scarlet's Walk

Year	Song	Peak positions
		US Bubbling [36]	US Adult [36]	US R&R Triple A Airplay [36]	US Dance [37]	US Dance Sales [36]	UK [36]	Canada	Germany
2002	"A Sorta Fairytale"	14	11	1	—	9*	41	6	98
2003	"Taxi Ride"	—	35	17	—	—	—	—	—
	"Don't Make Me Come to Vegas" (remix)	—	—	—	6	12	—	—	—

• Billboard Hot Single Sales chart/ 2003 *

Certifications

Certifications for Scarlet's Walk

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[38]	Gold	618,000[39]

Release history

Release history for Scarlet's Walk

Region	Date
United Kingdom	October 28, 2002
United States	October 29, 2002

References

На других языках

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- [en] Scarlet's Walk

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[it] Scarlet's Walk

Scarlet's Walk è il settimo album in studio della cantante statunitense Tori Amos.

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[ru] Scarlet’s Walk

Scarlet's Walk — седьмой сольный студийный альбом американской певицы Тори Эймос, вышедший в 2002 году. 18-трековый концептуальный альбом детально описывает путешествия Скарлет, прототипа Эймос, а также жизнь Америки после событий 11 сентября (2001). Этот альбом был выпущен Эймос на Epic Records после её ухода с лейбла Atlantic Records. Альбом дебютировал в США # 7[10] с продажами 107000 копий в первую неделю[11], и достиг золотого статуса RIAA через месяц после его релиза[12].

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