Reception
| Professional ratings | |
|---|---|
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| Entertainment Weekly | B |
| The Music Box | |
| NME | (5/10) |
| Nude as the News | (favourable) |
| PopMatters | |
| Q | 11/1999 (p.116) |
| Rolling Stone | |
| Salon.com | (unfavourable) |
The studio disc of To Venus and Back is recognized as one of Amos' most experimental yet melodic, and received mixed reviews. Some critics praised its originality, innovation and unpredictable song structures, with one reviewer describing the album as having, "some of the best vocals of her career, embedded in modern, special-effects-laden soundscapes that move from electronica-spiced piano pop and hip-hop to ambient space music", while others begrudged the album because of its overuse of electronic instruments and lack of Amos' trademark simplistic sound, most present on albums such as Little Earthquakes (1992) and Under The Pink (1994).
The album received two 2000 Grammy Award nominations: Best Female Rock Vocal Performance for "Bliss" and Best Alternative Music Album.
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