PLAY: Tori Amos, “Night of Hunters”

Tori Amos has never been interested in playing the pop game by its set of conventional rules. And to prove it, she’s drifted farther from the mainstream with each new album. In reality, “Night of Hunters” is a straight-up classical album, akin to “The Juliet Letters,” the 1993 classically influenced song cycle by fellow musical wanderer Elvis Costello. And just like Costello, Tori Amos has the chops and the curiosity to make herself at home. Fans looking for a return to “Cornflake Girl” are bound to be disappointed. But for the diehard Amos adventurers who appreciate her diversions, “Night of Hunters” is as challenging as it is satisfying.

WATCH the official music video for Tori Amos’ single “Carry.”