Night of Hunters is the twelfth solo
studio album by American
singer-songwriter Tori Amos, released on September 20, 2011, in the United States through
Deutsche Grammophon. It is a
concept album that Amos has described as "a 21st century
song cycle inspired by classical music themes spanning over 400 years." She pays tribute to classical composers such as
Alkan,
Bach,
Chopin,
Debussy,
Granados,
Satie and
Schubert, taking inspiration from their original
compositions to create new, independent songs. Regarding the album's concept, she has described it as the exploration of "the hunter and the hunted and how both exist within us" through the story of "a woman who finds herself in the dying embers of a relationship."