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- A Piano: The Collection
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- American Doll Posse
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- Scarlet's Walk
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- A Tori Amos Collection: Tales Of A Librarian
- Released 2003
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biography
Tori Amos (born Myra Ellen Amos) was one of several female singer/songwriters who combined the stark lyrical attack of alternative rock with a distinctly '70s musical approach, creating music that fell between the orchestrated meditations of Kate Bush and the stripped-down poetics of Joni Mitchell. In addition, she revived the singer/songwriter traditions of the '70s while reestablishing the piano as a rock & roll instrument. With her 1992 album Little Earthquakes, Amos built a dedicated following that expanded with her second album, Under the Pink, before giving way to a decade-spanning legacy.
The daughter of a Methodist preacher, Amos was born in North Carolina but raised in Maryland. She began singing and playing piano in the church choir at the age of four, and songwriting followed shortly afterward. Amos proved to be a quick learner, and her instrumental prowess earned her a scholarship to the preparatory school at Baltimore's Peabody Conservatory. While studying at Peabody, she became infatuated with rock & roll, particularly the music of Led Zeppelin. She lost her scholarship at the age of 11 -- quite possibly due to her interest in popular music -- but continuing writing songs nevertheless, eventually moving to Los Angeles in her late teens to become a pop singer. Atlantic Records signed her in 1987, and Amos recorded an uninspired pop-metal album called Y Kant Tori Read the following year. The record was a complete failure, attracting no attention from radio or press and selling very few copies; nevertheless, she didn't lose her record contract. By 1990, Amos had adopted a new approach, singing spare, haunting, semiconfessional piano ballads that were arranged like Kate Bush but had the melodies and lyrical approach of Joni Mitchell. Atlantic sponsored a trip to England in 1991, where she played a series of concerts in support of an EP, Me and a Gun.
The harrowing "Me and a Gun" was an autobiographical song, telling the tale of Amos' own experience with rape. It gained positive reviews throughout the media, and both the EP and the supporting concerts sold well. Little Earthquakes, Amos' first album as a singer/songwriter, was released in 1992 and fared well in both the U.S. and the U.K. The same year, she released the Crucify EP, which featured cover songs like Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" and Led Zeppelin's "Thank You." Delivered in early 1994, Under the Pink, the proper follow-up to Little Earthquakes, was an even bigger hit, selling over a million copies and launching the minor hit singles "God" and "Cornflake Girl." Two years later, Amos delivered her third album, Boys for Pele, her most ambitious and difficult record to date. The album debuted at number two and quickly went platinum.
Amos spent much of 1997 dealing with personal matters, including a miscarriage and a marriage. She also worked on her fourth album, From the Choirgirl Hotel, which was released in the spring of 1998. The two-disc To Venus and Back followed in 1999 to coincide with a tour with Alanis Morissette. In 2001, Amos returned with the covers album Strange Little Girls, which also marked her last release for Atlantic.
The next year, she found a new label home with Epic and followed with Scarlet's Walk in October. Her eighth studio album, an autobiographical record titled The Beekeeper, was released in 2005. The massive five-disc Piano collection arrived in 2006, boasting a cornucopia of album cuts, B-sides, unedited and alternate versions, demos, and seven previously unissued tracks, followed by the typically eclectic and hard-rocking American Doll Posse in 2007, an all-new collection of songs that found the artist assuming five archetypal personalities, all of whom were based on feminine gods in Greek and Roman mythology.
As she toured in support of the album, Amos released live digital recordings of each concert as part of the Legs and Boots concert series, which grew to encompass 27 albums. Although each release was made available via iTunes and other online vendors, Amos also released a "best-of" Legs and Boots compilation in March 2009, having created its track list from various recordings during the tour. Meanwhile, she also focused on new material that had been written during the tour, which she soon compiled into her tenth studio album. Entitled Abnormally Attracted to Sin, the album was released in May 2009 by Universal Republic, Amos' new record label. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
The daughter of a Methodist preacher, Amos was born in North Carolina but raised in Maryland. She began singing and playing piano in the church choir at the age of four, and songwriting followed shortly afterward. Amos proved to be a quick learner, and her instrumental prowess earned her a scholarship to the preparatory school at Baltimore's Peabody Conservatory. While studying at Peabody, she became infatuated with rock & roll, particularly the music of Led Zeppelin. She lost her scholarship at the age of 11 -- quite possibly due to her interest in popular music -- but continuing writing songs nevertheless, eventually moving to Los Angeles in her late teens to become a pop singer. Atlantic Records signed her in 1987, and Amos recorded an uninspired pop-metal album called Y Kant Tori Read the following year. The record was a complete failure, attracting no attention from radio or press and selling very few copies; nevertheless, she didn't lose her record contract. By 1990, Amos had adopted a new approach, singing spare, haunting, semiconfessional piano ballads that were arranged like Kate Bush but had the melodies and lyrical approach of Joni Mitchell. Atlantic sponsored a trip to England in 1991, where she played a series of concerts in support of an EP, Me and a Gun.
The harrowing "Me and a Gun" was an autobiographical song, telling the tale of Amos' own experience with rape. It gained positive reviews throughout the media, and both the EP and the supporting concerts sold well. Little Earthquakes, Amos' first album as a singer/songwriter, was released in 1992 and fared well in both the U.S. and the U.K. The same year, she released the Crucify EP, which featured cover songs like Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" and Led Zeppelin's "Thank You." Delivered in early 1994, Under the Pink, the proper follow-up to Little Earthquakes, was an even bigger hit, selling over a million copies and launching the minor hit singles "God" and "Cornflake Girl." Two years later, Amos delivered her third album, Boys for Pele, her most ambitious and difficult record to date. The album debuted at number two and quickly went platinum.
Amos spent much of 1997 dealing with personal matters, including a miscarriage and a marriage. She also worked on her fourth album, From the Choirgirl Hotel, which was released in the spring of 1998. The two-disc To Venus and Back followed in 1999 to coincide with a tour with Alanis Morissette. In 2001, Amos returned with the covers album Strange Little Girls, which also marked her last release for Atlantic.
The next year, she found a new label home with Epic and followed with Scarlet's Walk in October. Her eighth studio album, an autobiographical record titled The Beekeeper, was released in 2005. The massive five-disc Piano collection arrived in 2006, boasting a cornucopia of album cuts, B-sides, unedited and alternate versions, demos, and seven previously unissued tracks, followed by the typically eclectic and hard-rocking American Doll Posse in 2007, an all-new collection of songs that found the artist assuming five archetypal personalities, all of whom were based on feminine gods in Greek and Roman mythology.
As she toured in support of the album, Amos released live digital recordings of each concert as part of the Legs and Boots concert series, which grew to encompass 27 albums. Although each release was made available via iTunes and other online vendors, Amos also released a "best-of" Legs and Boots compilation in March 2009, having created its track list from various recordings during the tour. Meanwhile, she also focused on new material that had been written during the tour, which she soon compiled into her tenth studio album. Entitled Abnormally Attracted to Sin, the album was released in May 2009 by Universal Republic, Amos' new record label. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
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Get Tix To Attend Tori's WNYC Soundcheck Performance
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- 11/20/2009
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- Tori Amos - Undented
- WNYC’s Soundcheck with John Schaefer presents TORI AMOS Performing Live and In-person in The Greene Space Wednesday, December 9 at 2pm Tickets $1…
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Tickets For eTown NY Holiday Show On Sale November 19th
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- 11/19/2009
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- Tori Amos - Undented
- Tori and Jesse Winchester will be the guests for the eTown NY Holiday Show live taping on December 7th at the Manhatten Center Grand Ballroom. Ticket…
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therealtoriamos: Tori's video premiere of "Pink and Glitter (Live)" is happening now at Yahoo! Music: http://bit.ly/3W23VG
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- 11/18/2009
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- therealtoriamos: Tori's video premiere of "Pink and Glitter (Live)" is happening now at Yahoo! Music: http://bit.ly/3W23VG
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No Meet and Greet In Adelaide
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- 11/18/2009
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- Tori Amos - Undented
- Due to extreme heat, there will be no meet and greet in Adelaide today. Apparently there is no shade near the venue, and Tori doesn’t want peop…
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Sydney Got A Pretty Pretty Garden
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- 11/17/2009
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- Tori Amos - Undented
- Well, we we didn’t get a recap posted for the second Sydney show until now but the complete setlist, thanks again to @sarakthx — who some…
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Tori is a musicians musician.
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- By JamesBrianWall
- 7/8/2009 19:49:20
- As she said, there is some music that just makes you want to get to a piano (or your instrument) as quick as possible and I believe her music epitomizes this desire.
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Tori Rocks
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- By darkenskies
- 4/3/2009 11:22:33
- I love Tori Amos and I'm so happy that she's releasing a new album. I hope that means she will start touring again. I want to meet her and thank her for all the inspiration she's provided me with. She rocks!!!
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the Beekeeper
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- By KDeRocker
- 12/15/2008 20:27:14
- OMGEEZ! Tori Amos has the best song I have ever heard! the beekeeper, there is no way someone can meet her standards...her voice is AHH-mazing,and well I'm doing a dance to that song and if you just listen to it yu start to sing along even if yu don't know it! LOLO that's what I did! My dance teacher made us listen to our song and I started singing it,oh well i just thought it was the best thing out there...man does she have some AHH-mazing songs!
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Me Love Tori Long Time
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- By Dark Pawn 3
- 9/2/2008 03:08:36
- Tori's got a gorgeous voice and is a very talented pianist; just look what she did with 'Teen Spirit'. She turned a wall of noise into a beautiful melodic piece. Some critics said it was proof of Cobain's song writing talents, but that's bull; it's proof of Tori's talent to turn it into something I can listen too.<br/> Her music seems to have wandered a little off the beaten path in the last few years. (I'm a big fan of her early stuff.) But I'll always be a Tori fan. She's a beautiful girl with a great voice and actual musical talent - as apposed to all the air head pop stars that are around today. Love ya Tori.
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PRECIOUS TORI
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- By TurtlesDontDart
- 6/17/2008 15:53:45
- A PHENOM!! SHE ROCKS THE PIANO LIKE NO OTHER. HER LYRICS ARE AMAZING AND HER VOICE IS OTHER WORDLY. SHE IS REAL AND RAW WITH HER FANS AND THE MUSIC IS A CLEAR MESSAGE.<br/>DEVOTED,<br/>K
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