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From the Choirgirl Hotel by Tori Amos
From the Choirgirl Hotel is an album by Tori Amos, released in 1998. 2 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 33 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Spark”, on 25 lists with a best position of #34.
From the Choirgirl Hotel, Tori Amos's fourth album, came out on Atlantic on May 5, 1998, and it's the sound of a songwriter trading the lone spotlight for a full band's churn. She produced it herself and cut it at Martian Engineering, her own studio in Cornwall, England, the first album she made there, with longtime collaborators Marcel van Limbeek and Mark Hawley mixing; she had married Hawley early that year. Matt Chamberlain made his debut on drums, and he has played on most of her records since.
Where her earlier albums were sparse and minimal, this one crackles with electronica, trip hop and dance-floor pulse under her restless voice. "Spark", the lead single, reached number 49, her best showing on the Hot 100, and "Jackie's Strength" topped the US Hot Dance Club Play chart. The album hit number 5 in the US and 6 in the UK, earned 2 Grammy nominations, and she toured it as "Plugged '98", the first time she had taken a whole band on the road.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from From the Choirgirl Hotel on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spark | 25 | #34 | – | 1998–2014 | |
| 2 | Jackie's Strength | 8 | #79 | – | 1998–2005 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.