The Beekeeper

The Beekeeper is an album with many songs and a lot of Tori-Esqe concept. Some regard it as one of her lesser works, but this record spawned some great songs like “The Beekeeper”, “Ribbons Undone”, “Martha’s Foolish Ginger”, “Marys of the Sea”, and the B-Side “Not David Bowie”. With a changing music industry and odds against her, Tori showed that her fans were still with her. While the album suffers from being content heavy with some songs that probably could have been left in the studio, it attempts bring some mythology and romance to the table with some sprinkled in ideas that Tori is a matured young mother at this point in her life and shouldn’t have to make the same songs about abuse, anger, sexual enlightenment, and retribution. It can still be safely assumed that this record may have taken quite a different form had Epic not pressured so hard for a “safe, soft pop album” in a time where the music industry was on the verge of collapse and some harsh money-making tactics were employed.