To Venus and Back
To Venus and Back is a two-disc album set released by
singer and
songwriter Tori Amos in
1999. The first disc, called "Venus: Orbiting," had eleven original studio-songs and found Amos experementing heavily in electronica. It spawned the singles "Bliss", "1000 Oceans," "Glory of the 80's" (Europe only), and "Concertina."
The second disc, called "Venus Live: Still Orbiting" was a twelve track album compilation of live tracks from her 1997-98 tour. The album reached multi-gold sales status.
The album received two 2000 Grammy nominations: Female Rock Vocal Performance for "Bliss" and Alternative Music Performance for the album.