Editing Tori Amos (section)

===2008–2011: ''Abnormally Attracted to Sin'' and ''Midwinter Graces''===
[[File:Tori-amos-amsterdam-0c.jpg|thumb|upright|left|Amos in 2010]]
In May 2008, Amos announced that, due to creative and financial disagreements with [[Epic Records]], she had negotiated an end to her contract with the record label, and would be operating independently of major record labels on future work.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1045235/ask-billboard |magazine=[[Billboard magazine|Billboard]] |title=Ask Billboard – Tori Amos gets graphic |access-date=May 31, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080701053253/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1045235/ask-billboard |archive-date=July 1, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1045224/tori-amos-splits-with-epic-goes-indie |magazine=[[Billboard magazine|Billboard]] |title=Tori Amos Splits With Epic, Goes Indie |date=June 2, 2008 |access-date=August 3, 2008}}</ref> In September of the same year, Amos released a live album and DVD, ''[[Live at Montreux 1991/1992]]'', through [[Eagle Rock Entertainment]], of two performances she gave at the Montreux Jazz Festival very early on in her career while promoting her debut solo album, ''[[Little Earthquakes]]''. By December, after a chance encounter with chairman and CEO of [[Universal Music Group]], [[Doug Morris]], Amos signed a "joint venture" deal with [[Universal Republic Records]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://undented.com/news/1554/tori-signs-with-universal-republic-records-for-upcoming-2009-album |website=Undented |title=Tori Signs With Universal Republic Records For Upcoming 2009 Album |access-date=December 2, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.spinner.com/2008/12/04/tori-amos-inks-new-deal-eyeing-spring-summer-release/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306003100/http://www.spinner.com/2008/12/04/tori-amos-inks-new-deal-eyeing-spring-summer-release/ |work=Spinner |title=Tori Amos Inks New Deal, Eyes Spring/Summer Release |date=December 4, 2008 |archive-date=March 6, 2012 |access-date=December 4, 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.americansongwriter.com/2009/05/girls-on-film-an-interview-with-tori-amos/ |title=Girls on Film: An Interview with Tori Amos |magazine=American Songwriter |date=May 15, 2009 |access-date=October 14, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theredalert.com/features/amos2.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090528042613/http://www.theredalert.com/features/amos2.php |title=Tori Amos Interview |work=The Red Alert |date=May 4, 2007 |archive-date=May 28, 2009 |access-date=October 14, 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

''[[Abnormally Attracted to Sin]]'', Amos' tenth solo studio album and her first album released through Universal Republic, was released in May 2009 to mostly positive reviews. The album debuted in the top 10 of the Billboard 200,<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/268533/eminems-relapse-tops-billboard-200 |title=Eminem's 'Relapse' Tops Billboard 200 |access-date=June 9, 2009 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=May 27, 2009 }}</ref> making it Amos' seventh album to do so.<ref>{{cite magazine| title=Tori Amos&nbsp;– Artist Chart History| magazine=Billboard| url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=tori amos|chart=all}}| access-date=June 9, 2009}}</ref> ''Abnormally Attracted to Sin'', admitted Amos, is a "personal album", not a conceptual one, with the album exploring themes of power, boundaries, and the subjective view of sin.{{r|Michelson (2009)}} Continuing her distribution deal with Universal Republic, Amos released ''[[Midwinter Graces]]'', her first seasonal album, in November of the same year. The album features reworked versions of traditional carols, as well as original songs written by Amos.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/267346/tori-amos-gets-into-holiday-spirit-for-midwinter-graces |title=Tori Amos Gets into Holiday Spirit For 'Midwinter Graces' |access-date=September 20, 2009 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=September 18, 2009 }}</ref>

During her contract with the label, Amos recorded vocals for two songs for [[David Byrne (musician)|David Byrne's]] collaboration album with [[Fatboy Slim]], titled ''[[Here Lies Love]]'',<ref>{{cite web |url=http://undented.com/news/1433/tori-connected-with-byrnes-here-lies-love |website=Undented |title=News: Tori Connected With Byrne's "Here Lies Love"? (March 24, 2008) |access-date=August 9, 2008}}</ref> which was released in April 2010. In July of the same year, the DVD ''Tori Amos- Live from the Artists Den'' was released exclusively through [[Barnes & Noble]].

After a brief tour from June to September 2010, Amos released a live album ''[[From Russia with Love (Tori Amos album)|From Russia With Love]]'' in December the same year, recorded in Moscow on September 3, 2010. The limited edition set included a signature edition Lomography Diana F+ camera, along with two lenses, a roll of film and one of five photographs taken of Amos during her time in Moscow. The set was released exclusively through her website and only 2000 copies were produced.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-08-03 |title=Win A Tori Amos Limited Edition Diana F+ Camera Box Set |url=https://www.stereogum.com/775561/win-a-tori-amos-limited-edition-diana-f-camera-box-set/news/ |access-date=2022-03-04 |website=Stereogum |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Lomography – Diana F+ Tori Amos Edition |url=https://www.lomography.com/magazine/110319-diana-f-plus-tori-amos-edition |access-date=2022-03-04 |website=www.lomography.com |date=October 13, 2011 |language=en}}</ref>