She may be the daughter of a reverend, but Tori Amos never seemed the likeliest candidate for a Christmas album; she might sing about "God", but her music always seemed secular and never seasonal, but in a year that brought holiday albums by Bob Dylan and Sting, it makes perfect sense that Tori should deliver one, too…

After the high conceptualism that lorded over 2005's The Beekeeper and 2007's American Doll Posse, singer and songwriter Tori Amos has decided to return to the relatively simple songs-as-songs approach on Abnormally Attracted to Sin. Those recordings, fine though they may have been, stretched the artist's reputation and the patience of her fans to the breaking point; based on her record sales, she whittled them down to simply the Tori cult (not a derogatory term, since many of her fans are proud to refer to themselves that way)…

Tori Amos'second full-length solo effort has often been considered a transitional album, a building on the success of Little Earthquakes that enabled her to pursue increasingly more adventurous releases in later years. As such, it has been unfairly neglected when in fact it has as good a claim as any to be one of the strongest, and maybe even the strongest, record she has put out. Able to appeal to a mass audience without being shoehorned into the incipient "adult album alternative" format that sprang to life in the mid-1990s, Amos combines some of her strongest melodies and lyrics with especially haunting and powerful arrangements to create an artistic success that stands on its own two feet. The best-known tracks are the two contemporaneous singles "God," a wicked critique of the deity armed with a stiff, heavy funk-rock arrangement, and "Cornflake Girl," a waltz-paced number with an unnerving whistle and stuttering vocal hook.

Christmastide’ is a special collection of four original tracks designed to celebrate the holiday season with her fans. The record will be released on 4th December, digitally and on limited edition vinyl with stunning Illustrations by graphic artist Rantz Hoseley, along with a special Christmas Card and message from Tori Amos. The EP is a celebration of hope and togetherness, featuring her trademark vocals and piano and it also sees the return of her longtime musical collaborators, drummer Matt Chamberlain and bassist Jon Evans.

"Pretty Good Year" is a single by the American singer-songwriter Tori Amos, taken from her second album Under the Pink. Released in March 1994, it reached #7 on the UK Singles Chart, her second consecutive Top 10 hit there following "Cornflake Girl"…