Editing Tori Amos (section)

===2001–2004: ''Strange Little Girls'' and ''Scarlet's Walk''===
Shortly after giving birth to her daughter, Amos decided to record a [[cover album]], taking songs written by men about women and reversing the [[gender roles]] to reflect a woman's perspective.<ref>{{cite web |last=Van Horn |first=Teri |title=Tori Amos Says Eminem's Fictional Dead Wife Spoke to Her |date=September 28, 2001 |work=[[MTV News]] |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1449422/20010928/story.jhtml |access-date=December 19, 2009 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20160902120445/http://www.mtv.com/news/1449422/tori-amos-says-eminems-fictional-dead-wife-spoke-to-her/ |archive-date=September 2, 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref>{{sfn|Amos|Powers|2005|p=286}} That became ''[[Strange Little Girls]]'', released in September 2001. The album is Amos' first [[concept album]], with artwork featuring Amos photographed in character of the women portrayed in each song.{{sfn|Amos|Powers|2005|p=286}} Amos would later reveal that a stimulus for the album was to end her contract with Atlantic without giving them original songs; Amos felt that since 1998, the label had not been properly promoting her and had trapped her in a contract by refusing to sell her to another label.{{sfn|Amos|Powers|2005|pp=314–15}}

With her Atlantic contract fulfilled after a 15-year stint, Amos signed to [[Epic Records|Epic]] in late 2001. In October 2002, Amos released ''[[Scarlet's Walk]]'', another concept album. Described as a "sonic novel", the album explores Amos' [[alter ego]], Scarlet, intertwined with her cross-country concert tour following [[9/11]]. Through the songs, Amos explores such topics as the history of America, American people, Native American history, pornography, [[Sadomasochism|masochism]], [[homophobia]] and [[misogyny]]. The album had a strong debut at No. 7 on the Billboard 200.{{r|Billboard 200 p.1}}<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Bronson |first=Fred |title=Chart Beat Bonus |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date=November 8, 2002 |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/73538/chart-beat-bonus |access-date=September 2, 2016 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20160902111956/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/73538/chart-beat-bonus |archive-date=September 2, 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> ''Scarlet's Walk'' is Amos' last album to date to reach certified gold status from the [[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]].<ref name="RIAA Awards">{{cite web |url=https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH |title=RIAA Gold & Platinum Database |website=[[Recording Industry Association of America]] |access-date=July 25, 2010}} Note: User must define search parameters, i.e. "Tori Amos".</ref>

Not long after Amos was ensconced with her new label, she received unsettling news when Polly Anthony resigned as president of Epic Records in 2003. Anthony had been one of the primary reasons Amos signed with the label and as a result of her resignation, Amos formed the Bridge Entertainment Group. Further trouble for Amos occurred the following year when her label, Epic/Sony Music Entertainment, merged with BMG Entertainment as a result of the industry's decline.<ref>{{cite news |title=The Record Industry's Decline |magazine=Rolling Stone |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/15137581/the_record_industrys_decline/2 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070626050149/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/15137581/the_record_industrys_decline/2 |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 26, 2007 |access-date=December 26, 2007}}</ref>