Little Earthquakes by Tori Amos

Pros: Expressive vocals, masterful piano, important messages.
Cons: Somewhat strident. Difficult themes.

Twenty-four hours ago I put this new-to-me CD on the changer, and it hasn't come off: a full 56 minutes, 54 seconds of musical Rolfing from the child prodigy love child of Laura Nyro and Tim Buckley, Joni Mitchell and Henry...

Pros: Very good songs for the most part. I enjoy this album a lot!
Cons: The hooks are a bit weak; She copies Kate Bush while always coming up short.

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Pros: Astounding musicianship, frank lyricism, lots of variety
Cons: Slightly dated production, harrowing mental images (though that's less a con and more a warning)

My Tori Amos obsession was an accident. Appropriately enough, it started with Little Earthquak ...

Pros: The piano, beautiful. The voice, hair-raising. The words, ingenious.
Cons: Rumor has it that unrestrained, vividly expressed feelings aren't always easy to listen to.

Tori Amos was one of those artists I always imagined myself getting into eventually, but I never took the time to work at it. See, I'm a big procrastinator, and involving myself deeply into music is a process -- unfortunately, I ...

Pros: Stark emotional nakedness, consummate musicianship.
Cons: Stark emotional nakedness?

To this early follower, Tori Amos would become a prodigal daughter who walked off to strange and faraway lands during her trek through the Nineties, after the critical and commercial success of her debut album, 'Little Earthquakes'. My cassette copy of ...

Pros: Very good lyrics, exceptional music, every song is masterful
Cons: Are you kidding?

Whether you find her to be a gifted prodigy or a cryptic eccentric anyone who knows anything about music has to admit Tori Amos is a phenomenon. I realize this album has already received sixty plus reviews but I could not consider myself a music critic...

Pros: Stunning vocals, lyrics and piano playing.
Cons: "Mother" is a drag, and "Me and a Gun" too painful to listen to.

After the deserved flop of her pop album “Y Kant Tori Read”, Tori Amos retreated into her shell and reacquainted herself with her piano, resulting in “Little Earthquakes” and a massive shift in style and content. Gone is the hairspray ...

Pros: Awesome debut from Tori Amos
Cons: none

In the early 90s, Alternative rock was dominating the music scene by bringing back songs about honesty and other issues. Though the scene was dominated by all-male bands like Nirvana and Pearl Jam, there were some women artists breaking through and...

Pros: lyrically, her best album; great vocals; 3 classic songs
Cons: none, really

I've been listening to Tori Amos constantly since December and I'm addicted to her. I just love her unique voice, sensual piano playing, and her lyrics when they make sense. So after two albums that I really enjoyed, I decided to get what people call ...

Pros: Every song is good!
Cons: If you want perky, this is not for you.

Wielding words like swords and slashing at her past, Tori Amos sings through a range of emotions: anger, guilt, fear, defiance, pain, regret, and isolation. This is not a happy album, but with her beautiful voice, Tori builds to a kind of transcendence....

Pros: Beautiful melodies and meaningful, thoughtful lyrics
Cons: A little difficult to listen to in places

Tori Amos is regarded by many as one of the most influential singer-songwriters to emerge from the 1990's. Her emotional, heartfelt and often humourous compositions are characteristically original and have the hallmarks of singer unrivalled in her field. ...

Pros: Emotionally powerful, some very stunning writing
Cons: I'll get back to you on that

I find Tori Amos to be quite an enigma, and not always a pleasant one. A highly intelligent woman capable of writing songs that will echo through you for years, a woman with more talent in her little finger than Mariah, J.Lo and both of their posses...

Pros: Some great music with real emotion.
Cons: The harrowing subject matter may be too much for some.

Tori Amos is one of the most revered artists of the past decade. But it took me a while before I got into her. I always liked her voice. But I never really listened that closely to her music or the words to her songs until one day when I heard "Crucify"....

Pros: Intimate, Involving, Unconventional
Cons: "See Pros"

About Tori: Myra Ellen Amos, born August 22nd, 1963 in Newton, North Carolina began playing piano at the early age of just two, and started composing at four. She composed her first single under her real name "Myra Ellen ...

Pros: Piano, Tori's musical sensibility.
Cons: none

Tori Amos is the missing link between our conscious thoughts, and our deep, underlying feelings. Her piano is an outpouring of the soul, perfected by a lifetime of playing. Her voice ranges from shrill soprano to growling alto, and never fails to lend...