Little Earthquakes Tori Amos

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  • Release Date: 02/25/1992
  • Sales Rank: 7,949
  • Label: ATLANTIC / WEA
  • UPC: 075678235825

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Little Earthquakes

1LISTENCrucify 4:58
2LISTENGirl 4:06
3LISTENSilent All These Years 4:10
4LISTENPrecious Things 4:26
5LISTENWinter 5:40
6LISTENHappy Phantom 3:12
7LISTENChina 4:58
8LISTENLeather 3:12
9LISTENMother 6:59
10LISTENTear in Your Hand 4:38
11LISTENMe and a Gun 3:44
12LISTENLittle Earthquakes 6:51

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With her haunting solo debut Little Earthquakes, Tori Amos carved the template for the female singer/songwriter movement of the '90s. Amos' delicate, prog rock piano work and confessional, poetically quirky lyrics invited close emotional connection, giving her a fanatical cult following and setting the stage for the Lilith Fair legions. But Little Earthquakes is no mere style-setter or feminine stereotype -- its intimacy is uncompromising, intense, and often far from comforting. Amos' musings on major personal issues -- religion, relationships, gender, childhood -- were just as likely to encompass rage, sarcasm, and defiant independence as pain or tenderness; sometimes, it all happened in the same song. The apex of that intimacy is the harrowing "Me and a Gun," where Amos strips away all the music, save for her own voice, and confronts the listener with the story of her own real-life rape; the free-associative lyrics come off as a heart-wrenching attempt to block out the ordeal. Little Earthquakes isn't always so stomach-churning, but it never seems less than deeply cathartic; it's the sound of a young woman (like the protagonist of "Silent All These Years") finally learning to use her own voice -- sort of the musical equivalent of Mary Pipher's Reviving Ophelia. That's why Amos draws strength from her relentless vulnerability, and that's why the constantly shifting emotions of the material never seem illogical -- Amos simply delights in the frankness of her own responses, whatever they might be. Though her subsequent albums were often very strong, Amos would never bare her soul quite so directly (or comprehensibly) as she did here, nor with such consistently focused results. Little Earthquakes is the most accessible work in Amos' catalog, and it's also the most influential and rewarding. Steve Huey, All Music Guide

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Most Emotional Album Everby Anonymous

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December 30, 2004: Tori Amos' album "Little Earthquakes" is an album that is none like the rest. This album took to emotions I never thought I would feel and hearing her harrowing single "Me and a Gun" was very touching and tear jerking. This is an outstaning album that I recommend everyone to pick up.

Beautifulby Anonymous

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February 05, 2004: This has to be one of my favorite CD's of all time (though it is somewhat battling with Under the Pink). It was my first Tori CD and I still get that thrill whenever I see the case, the booklet, the CD itself. Everything about it oozes different and wonderous, and Faery sparks fly from it in shimmering storms (though you do have to actually look to see them). Tori Amos is truly a beautiful artist, and none of her music has EVER dissapointed me. You must be an Orc to not love this, for here lies a gem that shines without failing, it's luster greater than that of the sun.


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