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On “Rare,” Gomez delivered soul-baring pop confessionals like “Lose You to Love Me,” singing self-possessed verses with the reverent lilt of a choirgirl.

Her ghostly chants, guttural growls, gasps and moans are enough to make Björk, her sometime collaborator, sound as demure as a choirgirl.

Well, she won Welsh Choirgirl of the year twice … Wow! … please don't interrupt.

From the Choirgirl Hotel by Tori Amos Any artist who deals in catharsis risks having their output assessed solely through the prism of their biography.

So it was throughout Tori Amos's career, with the coverage of 1998's From the Choirgirl Hotel focusing on the miscarriage she suffered before recording it.