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Too feminine and art/coffee house. I did not read the lyrics so may have missed a bit. Definitely of its time.
Not for me.
I just rated Kollaps by Einstürzende Neubauten. The German Industrial music was a challenge, with screwdriver noises and cathartic screaming. The reason I bring that up rather than the Tori Amos album I’m supposed to be reviewing is, someone scored Kollaps with a four, writing that it’s better to be interesting than boring. Even though Kollaps is (I believe) the lowest rated album in this list, I’m going to remember it. I just finished listening to Little Earthquakes and I’ve already forgotten all about it. What I remember most about Amos is that she’s so bad at sight-reading music, she named her first band after her weakness. Instead, she claims she sees music as a ray of light, and she uses the choral combinations which look most pleasing to her. Now, I know it’s a vast world full of Mensa-smart people who can visualize math, etc. But I’m going to call bullshit. You’re good at music without having put in the work to learn sight reading. Just own that without the story crafted to make you seem more special/ supernatural. Nope, I have no time to suffer fools.
Ngl kinda ironic to make me listen to a song called 'Crucify' on Easter Sunday 💀
Vocals are great, the songwriting is interesting. The songs are a bit too slow for me and the album never really changes gears. She is an obvious talent. 3/5 Probably won't listen again
Piano singer-songwriter, kinda kate bush-esque orchestral feel at times
I really wanted to like this album but I just don't. Most of the time listening to this it felt like I was trying reaaally hard to get into it. But I appreciate it for the influence it had on other female artists in the alternative music scene.
Album # 63, Tori Amos, Little Earthquakes, ⭐⭐⭐ I’m going to level with you, I didn’t listen to this under the best circumstances. I was travelling, driving in stormy weather, with my toddler in the backseat, so it was hard to focus or even hear everything properly. I couldn’t exactly blast it the way it probably needs. I did go back and listen to a few of the standout tracks again afterwards though. I thought it was okay. This is the kind of album that should be right up my alley, but it just didn’t really land with me. That said, I do think there’s more to it, so I’ll definitely give it another go. It starts strong. Crucify and Girl are both really great, but after that it dips a bit for a stretch. There’s a lot of overwrought sensitivity on it, and at times she sounds a bit like a poor man’s Kate Bush. Mother was a real highlight, and Me and a Gun is genuinely powerful. It’s an incredibly impressive piece of songwriting, and the fact it was released as the lead single is kind of amazing. That’s easily one of the standout moments on the album. But overall, I found it a bit meandering and not especially focused. There are beautiful passages, but there are weird, out of place moments too. Precious Things was a low point. It felt like a proto-emo track, almost like Evanescence, and that’s not a sound I have any interest in. It’s also a very serious album, which didn’t really help given the circumstances I was listening in. I do think that affected my experience a lot. So yeah, I’ll give it the benefit of the doubt. It could easily be a two or a four star, but I just don’t know so, for now, it’s a three.
I did not enjoy this
Pretty solid albums, Crucify, Tear in Your Hand and Little Earthquakes were somethiiing.
Ik vond het echt al verschrikkelijk maar toen dacht ik misschien is de tekst wel heel goed. Toen kwam China en ging ik echt stuk
It is probably a very good album to a lot of people. She is a wonderful player
I really love her voice. So unique. I quite enjoyed this album.
i dont know maan... Типа.. грустная поп-музыка из 90-х, когда ещё ГРУСТНОСТЬ поп-музыки не была столь обыденна и привычна для муз-индустрии и это воспринималось неким откровением и чем-то новым. Обычно я всегда рассматриваю релизы в контексте его времени появления (ЕСЛИ ОНИ МНЕ НРАВЯТСЯ). Несправедливо? Возможно. Но я не музыкальный критик на зарплате и могу себе это позволить. Мне не сильно зашёл этот альбом с типа откровенными текстами и типа с вот этим вот грустным, надрывным вокалом, скучно, неинтересно, ныне уже типично. Как некоторые тут писали: будто саундтрек к современному дисней мультику. Аранжировки на некоторых песнях любопытные, интересные, но мне как челику искушенному тут ловить всё равно особо нечего. Meh
Mooi!
opzich nog een vibey, zou het wel ni altijd luisteren
UNA MUJER POR FIN. Suena a Shakira baladas, no la voz pero el estilo. Más contemporáneo, definitivamente me inclino más por el estilo, ya vi que es alt rock...obvio JAJA. Precious things me hizo levantarme. Linda vooooz en winter y me compró con el mm al final jaja. Linda melodía de China. Leather es una canción de Marina omggg! O sea suena a Marinita. Cerró con little earthqueacke y tuve que parar culbebrita para darle like. Lindo album se merece su 4
literally kate bush omg
I was SO happy to see this one pop up today! I love Tori Amos. I've listened to this album many times when it first came out, but it's been awhile. And, I think because its her first album and preceded "Under the Pink", which had her more commercial hits on it, I think this album gets overlooked by a lot of people unless you are a big fan of hers. To me, this is Tori Amos at her best and most raw. Simple songs that are mostly just her and the piano. Emotional and the vocals that I absolutely love. Such a great album!
Good stuff
“Crucify” punches hard to start this beautiful, powerful album and then it just keeps coming. Awesome production/ composition and deep, thought-provoking lyrics.
Solid Album, like what I'm hearing and learning about her.
I know the name but have never listened to Tori Amos before today. I really liked this one. Reminded me massively of Kate Bush. There wasn’t a bad song on it but if I’m nitpicking it went on a tad too long for me. Maybe that was cause I had to keep stopping and starting in work. Still I’ll definitely check out a few more of her albums. Top Track - Happy Phantom
My mom had this on cd but I can only find the paper booklet for it in the basement, such a shame. Some really nice songs, I love the first and last song very much. Her voice is unique and hard to replicate, don't even try.
Really enjoyed, interesting artist, Kate Bush meets 90s alternative
Not the biggest fan, Leather was definitely my favourite on the album, but a lot of the lyrics in other songs just didn't quite connect for me. I did enjoy the instrumentals and she had a lovely voice, just a disconnect in lyrics.
Review - first time really listening to a Tori Amos album. I really wanted to like this, but it was just ok. I'm not a big piano-rock guy, and her singing feels self-consciously Kate Bush like. Sorry Rating - 5.5/10 Need to hear? YES
Well... I had a nice hour of sleep, guess that's worth something...
Talented singer, nice arrangements. Overall boring and not my cup of tea, I don’t think I’ll be revisiting.
Um comentário resumiu: uma mistura de Alanis com Kate Bush
This was a very interesting album. I enjoyed Tori Amos’s calm yet mysterious tone, especially in the beginning of the album. There were two criticisms, however, that I had of it. First, its high level of repetition often made it boring or sometimes even annoying. I was also slightly bored due to its lack of excitement; the lyrics weren’t awfully philosophical and the music itself wasn’t too pretty or exciting. I actually enjoyed the album overall, but all of the songs were consistently a 6.5/10.
If you like Kate Bush, this is for you. If you don’t like Kate Bush. This is not for you. I liked some of the songs that I have probably heard on the radio or something before but outside of that it’s a pretty average “sad misunderstood girl” album.
Singer-songwriter, 73 eme album => 2/5 Pas désagréable, mais long et ennuyeux.
I had never listened to a full Tori Amos record before but I had always thought that I’d like her. I was not disappointed with this one. Incredibly masterful songwriting confidence for a debut album. A lot of Kate Bush influence in this one. I wonder if that continues throughout her oeuvre.
Crucify and Silent all these Years are some nostalgia classics, I suppose. Listing to Tori Amos just makes me want to listen to Kate Bush, tho.
Best Track - "Crucify"
7.5/10
crucify
It was fine. I honestly couldn't tell you about any songs, they simply passed me by.
Didnt finish, maybe it was the day - but not my vibe at all
Great voice, just not a style of music I like. This rating is based entirely on preference.
Heaven on CD.
Is everyone gonna be mad if I say I thought "Winter" was an Evanescence song? Crucify is-in Nick's words- such a banger
Heater
Bravissima
I wanted to jam with this more. I love whimsical floaty voices but this didn't quite hit it for me.
I like her lyricism. 6.6/10
Better than a lot of pop on the radio these days.
Ahhh women’s lib music. This isn’t as unbearable as most of the womens movement, hear me roar bull crap. This is musically sound but not overly great in the “I really liked that song” sense. Darker than what I expected but I knew that about Tori Amos. She’s not bubble gum. Sort of heavier than Enya. She’s like what the Melvin’s are to Nirvana in comparison to her and anyone who played at Lilith Fair more than once. You won’t feel like you wasted your time listening to this but you will look forward to listening to something else while listening to it Choice cut: Winter
Pretty impressive, especially as a debut album. I'm not sure her career had a positive trajectory from here, but this is a strong performance.
Pretty heavy lyrics but great vocal performance, interesting blend of piano and percussion, album just became tiresome toward the end
Decent 90's album. A little too slow and soft for me.
Flashback!
I enjoyed it. 3.5
Started off strong. Then in the middle, it started sounding all the same to me. Did hear similarities to Kate Bush.
I never was a Kate Bush girly, which I feel like makes me less likely to vibe with Tori as well. I respect her artistically way more than I want to listen to her stuff. She's def one of those ones that I like more in small portions; listening to a full album gets a bit old. Me and a Gun is hunting.
crazy
Just amazing - it darts from style to style with so many emotionally resonant songs.
Other than the title cut Little Earthquakes and the a cappella Me and a Gun, the songs are very similar and too long. I did recognize Silent All These Years but overall not my style. A little too fluffy with some religious undertones. The heavy breathing to start Precious Things fit in well with the elliptical routine. Glad for the exposure, no need to explore further. (2.3*s) I will say that the Cornflake Girl sure can play the piano.
Tori Amos is a well known artist and I have to say I never knew any of her work. After the listen of Little Earthquakes, this just ain't for me. "Precious Things" and "Happy Phantoms" stood out. Let's move on...1.42 stars.
I guess it's good that a 90's female artist is on this list, but I'm not sure I'm the demographic. Little Earthquakes evidently issued 5 singles off of it, but I'm I'm not sure I've heard any of them. Or perhaps I have and I just blanked them out in my mind as I've certainly heard of Tori Amos but couldn't identify with any of this. The songs all land in the same vein and feel like they could have been interchangeable with anything else from the album. I'm not sure if Tori Amos is known as a one-trick pony but I got that sense after listening to Little Earthquakes. A lot of the songs were really similar and definitely stayed within a certain lane. I didn't think it was bad, but not something I need more than a song or two. I wasn't outright annoyed by the album but when it ended I was pretty relieved I was done with it. Maybe the early 90's were just starving for some emotional female vocalists in the wake of the 80s. Either way, Little Earthquakes didn't do much for me. 1.45 stars
Solid
Precious Things is high drama!
There were times where I enjoyed the melodrama then other times it just sounded like shrill shrieking and I enjoyed it less
Incredible. Taylor Swift and Alanis Morisette level songwriting. It's raw and emotional and moving. Absolutely loved it!
Tori Amos has a little too much drama kid energy for my taste. She's kind of like a 90's Kate Bush. That said, I enjoy this album more than I don't and it's pretty solid all the way through.
Powerful lyrics, beautiful and emotional vocals, and a unique music style. One of my all time favorites.
Quite dramatic
Piano saved most the songs for me. Didn't like too kuch though. She seems sad. Maybe start knitting or something. 3.25/12, 52.04%
Not for me
Unbelievably bad album. If I could rate it 0 stars I would. The entire album sounds like the score to a bad Disney movie. Boring Piano, decent vocals singing absolutely terrible lyrics. Singing things like “I was lost in your dream and now I can’t remember how to dream” it’s just bad. People may listen to this because of feminism but not a lot of people. Tori Amos barely breaks 1 Million listeners on Spotify while her peers like Alanis Morissette, Sheryl Crow, Macy Gray, Sinead O’Conner and Tracy Chapman run absolute circles around her. So it’s not a discussion of “oh you don’t like it because of x, y or z” it’s bad and there are so many female artists that emboldened feminism while releasing some of the most classic songs to come out of the 90s and to add this album in the list of 1001 to listen to before you die is disparaging every other female artist who came before and after who got a spot taken away from them because this is on the list.
Poetic and sometimes brutal but not a musical style that appeals to me
(5/7) sad girl plays piano
I’d heard of Tori Amos but never heard any of her songs, so I was intrigued. Too slow for my taste I fear. Fav song is ‘Tear in Your Hand’.
“Every finger in the room is pointing at me I wanna spit in their face then I get afraid of what that would bring” I was 13 when I heard this album and it hit like a bomb. Listening 30+ years later and it still hits.
The album explains a very important detail, I always wondered how they got those chairs into the matrix room. They used the Tori Amos dumbwaiter. I don’t understand the name of this album though and what little earthquakes have to do with anything. As for the music, mid, I’m sorry but not my cup of tea. Like this the same year we had bone machine, dirt, and RATM like what! This is shite compared to them (completely different vibes) The only good song was me and a gUn.
A lovely album that I think overstays its welcome a bit. Of similar sounding albums, I liked Kate Bush better. 4/5.
The first half of this album was really hard for me to get through, hitting its low point with “China.” But things picked up in the second half, and I enjoyed the Queen-like arrangements on “Leather.” The last couple tracks, “Me And A Gun” and “Little Earthquakes” were pretty powerful, and have me rounding up to three stars today.
music to fold laundry to.
Nothing wrong with this, but for me, it didn't jump over the line to 5 stars. It's interesting though!!!
Nope
Painfully white music, and I'm white. I can see the appeal but it left me wanting any groove/drums/rhythm ect. But that's on me not being in the mood for emotional a cappella art today I guess
Pour commencer la pochette : qu’est ce que c’est ce truc chelou mdrr Trop bien. Super découverte !
Aldi Fiona Apple. Sorry
Not bad
During the first bit of the album I didn’t like it at all, but as it continued it definitely got a lot better. I don’t think these songs are the greatest. She has decent vocals. Favorite: Leather Second favorite: Happy Phantom
I accidentally went to a Tori Amos concert once and left rather quickly after it started. This album has reinforced for me that I made a good call there. I know people love this, but it is definitely not my jam.
I hate it. It took listening to girl rock from the same era to figure out why I had such a visceral reaction. Tori Amos just sounds too earnest/sincere/self-important. I liked plenty of similar singer-songwriters like Jewel and Fiona Apple, but Tori Amos is just too much. And too warbly.
Didn't hate it, but also definitely didn't like it
Day 198 Fantastic album, hadn’t heard any of it before. Highlights Crucify Girl Me and a Gun
Polished, but unremarkable.
Not really perfect, but at times she's channeling our Most Holy Divine Mother, and there's nothing to deduct when this is the case.
Ok album with bunch of great songs and then bunch of not so great, in my opinion. Solid 3.
It was nice
Just in time for seasonal depression so I actually quite liked it
Enjoyed it a lot more than expected.
Loved this, never heard of this artist before
Tori Amos, felt like a dated album and did not enjoy most of it until Me and a Gun just visually striking in your mind to the conversation. Overall giving it 3/5.
Vôbec ma to nezaujalo. Nikdy som to nevedel počúvať.
01) Crucify - 8,5 02) Girl - 7,5 03) Silent All These Years - 7,5 04) Precious Things - 7,5 05) Winter - 7,5 06) Happy Phantom - 7,0 07) China - 8,5 08) Leather - 7,0 09) Mother - 7,0 10) Tear in Your Hand - 7,5 11) Me and a Gun - 8,0 12) Little Earthquakes - 7,5 TOTAL: 7,58 (76/100) Current ranking: 330/831
Liked it.
It's alright, don't really have any strong views
I enjoyed it. Not really my genre but it was a good listen throughout but nothing exceptional to push it up to a 4.
Didn't really care for this, other than "Leather"
I've never really given Tori Amos a shot. Some of this was quite good. Overall was a bit uneven and too long though.
not for me.. is she like a fiona apple variant
Litt variasjon fra det vanlige gubberælet.
I’m not super into it. There’s a stylistic thing happening here that I don’t particularly care for. Some of it seems comically over acted in a way. Notable tracks include Girl, Silent All These Years, Little Earthquakes.
Started off with the 2015 remaster which, at least on my speakers, sounded like shit. So I went back to the original, which sounds much better. First off the bat, I don't rate this kind of music highly. The 90s Lilith Fair-ish (I'm aware she did not do that, to her credit - not bashing Lilith Fair, just respecting Tori Amos for having a vision and sticking to it) seems to all meld together in a burned-over sound to me. And despite her sticking to her vision, she still sounds kind of the same. Those are the negatives out of the way - she sounds good and she's got good lyrics. This is a mature, fully realized album with swelling sounds that match the heartfelt delivery. It's a good album.
Don’t tell Mother, but this one was not my favorite.
Je ne connaissais pas et je dois bien dire que c'est pas vraiment mon truc. Cela dit, c'est difficile de nier les qualités de l'album. Vocalement, c'est au top avec un accompagnement musical discret, mais de haute qualité. Je ne me suis pas trop penché sur les paroles, donc je ne peux pas trop m'avancer là-dessus, mais c'était pas désagréable.
Great recird
A near perfect album. Her voice, the golden melodies, the aching sadness permeating throughout, tender like a bruise. I loved it then, and I love it now.
This would be a 5 if the whole album sounded like the first 2 songs. The rest is good, but the first 2 songs are real standouts. I really feel like I got click baited
An album I respect, but not for me.
Stunning. One of my favourite albums
Since Michelle Kwan skated to Winter, this album is everything to me.
Amazing. I wish the list was more female singer songwriter and less brit rock focused.
I gave it 6 songs. Just not my vibe, although she's damn talented. I did enjoy the last track I listened to - Happy Phantom
Pretty songs, pretty piano, pretty voice but it's too overwrought for me. I struggle with other artists in the same way (Rufus Wainwright, Brandi Carlile, Muse, etc.) so I recognize that this is a personal flaw.
Grrl Power. Tori Amos loves Kate Bush. Also, the food truck episode of Bob's Burgers totally nails Tori Amos as parody. There's something familiar about this while not being exactly like anything else. I like it more than I thought I would so far. She's like feminist late-Bruce Springsteen. Me and a Gun is way stripped down, but I like it. Little Earthquakes is a solid closing track. Underrated album.
Nope
I couldn’t get through it. She’s talented. No doubt about it. I see why people love her.
Classic.
This is a perfect album. I love piano based popular music. I don't know if this is Tori's best album but it is so well sequenced. This album would be almost at great if it were only the lyrics and no music or only the music and no lyrics. A classic that I need to listen to more often!
I have to believe there are 1001, if not 2001, better albums than this one.
I think this album would go hard as fuck as a metal cover.
I could imagine an alternate reality where my parents get divorced and I get a step-mom that loves this album. And it's one of 3 cds she has in the family van. And we listen to it every day on the way to Catholic school. The "wohooos" on Happy Phantom crossed a strict line in the sand for me. The piano parts on this record are super interesting, I just don't care for her voice at all. It's a style of music I don't like. Fiona Apple is like the apex of this genre, and if I don't like this, it makes sense I wouldn't like this. Tear in Your Hand kind of rips. A lot of the songs made me laugh out loud for some reason. I had this marked as a 2, but the last song was so corny, I had to go back and change it to a 1.
first time listening to this. I dug some of the early tracks but nothing in the second half of the record stood out to me. I enjoyed the sparseness and space amongst the instruments. some of these songs sounded like precursor to Taylor Swift (mix of songwriting and alto voice) — I don’t think I’ve met a Swiftie who’s also into Tori Amos or Joni Mitchell, despite there being plenty of parallels, which is kinda wild.
Gateway drug to Indigo Girls. Makes me want wrap myself in a blanket, put on my pussy hat, and cry while holding a pint of Ben & Jerry's latest flavor, "Queer-Lime Pie". 3.4/5 plaid button-ups
It’s hard to separate how much I generally liked the musicianship and how grating I found her voice a lot of the time. Sometimes I dug it, kinda sounded like FKA twigs at times, but often it was shrill. After the first couple of songs I thought I would like this more than I ultimately did. 2.5 but rounding down for the three minute a capella song near the end.
Amazing album. Almost every song is great. There are only a couple that are a little too slow and meandering: "Mother" and "Me and a Gun". It's a near perfect album.
In my Freshman year of college, there was a guy who hung out with my group of friends who considered himself a musoc expert. One thing he maintained was that Trent Reznor was a bit of a pretty-boy poser, and that if we wanted to listen to music by someone who was really hardcore, we should listen to Tori Amos. I mean, he might not have been wrong, but he was a bit hard to take.
Tori makes being utterly tired of everyone's shit (especially men generally and all of the power structures created in their image) sound so beautiful.
vocally good and probably popular at the time. but i just dont see myself coming back to listen to this on purpose.
I was probably unfairly dismissive of this when it came out on grounds of it being too obviously indebted to Kate Bush down to the tribute cover art. But music is full of musicians honouring their influences in this way. Some more obvious than others. I'm never going to choose to listen again as I struggle with the piano as a lead instrument in this way throughout a whole album. But I can appreciate the songs and the ultimately unique path she has forged albeit with Kate's help at the start.
Surprisingly solid. Arrangements and piano were great.
Not for me. 1/5
A beautifully stunning collection of songs. Having never listened to Tori Amos before, I didn't know what to expect but I was pretty blown away by this album. Songs like Winter, Mother and Me and a Gun are breathtaking. Vocally and lyrically gorgeous and the piano is very easy on the ears. There's not a bad song here, which is mightily impressive from a debut album. An easy 5/5.
That’s some massive talent.
enkele goeie nummers, maar meeste zijn nogal hetzelfde en ook langdradig
This album was all over the place for me. I loved some songs, like “Happy Phantom” and “Winter”, but many others were annoying or too operatic for me.
Ethereal 90s jams
listened to again i like her, but this album still seems inconsistent somehow
Uinteressant
It was ok. After about half way I’d gotten a bit bored and thought I’d accidentally started playing a Disney soundtrack. Would I listen again? No.
the debut album of tori amos, and quite the debut i would say. never heard someone sing so... passionately. tori is quite the musical prodigy, and i feel like that's reflected pretty strongly even with this debut album here. the album is from a woman's perspective when it comes to the subject matter that's brought up. it's just one of those albums that does good with immersing its listeners with vivid lyrics and imagery. i can't get more specific than that. it'll give you chills.
OK, So this is loads better than I thought going into it. But this is one of the exact albums that makes me complain about needing half stars. It’s an easy 3 stars, and it’s actually quite good for what it is, and definitely better than “just OK”. But - *to me* - is it good enough to be 4 stars? I don't know. I actually started to like it more as it went on, but it’s still *extremely* Tori Amos. I was so conflicted I listened to it again. I think I'm still conflicted, because I'm not sure it belongs with many of the other albums that are in my list of 4 star albums, but I liked it better on the second listen, so in real life it's probably 3.5 stars, but for this project, it's 4 stars. OK, ignore the last paragraph. This album is pretty outstanding. I couldn't shake it so I listened to it a third time. The longer I spend with it, the more I like it.
Tori Amos - I get is an excellent musician, but not much on here for me.
You know what at first I was really not into this album and it actually drifted so much into the background that I forgot it was on. Then in the second half of the album there were some great songs. Just like an earthquake splits the earth I too am split.
Great album. Makes sense why Mick Foley listened to it before all of his matches.
Not my vibe whatsoever.
Lovely stuff
An unexpected love. Strong Kate Bush vibes, and I see the influence on Fiona Apple
Hmmm skeptisk! Er vel bra men ikke min ting og litt snodig
"So you can make me cum... that doesn't make you Jesus." Damn. Some real bars on this. Love the title track too.
Really liked her lyrics and melodies.
Always liked her voice. Not always in the mood for it, yet it's a good voice.
First half of this album was really strong. A powerful message of women empowerment in an oppressive world. Loved the piano in particular. The second half was pretty forgettable though. Favorite track was Crucify or precious things
Interesting but not for me
Didn't like
Oh wow. This is genuinely spectacular. I always figured I would enjoy the music of Tori Amos to some degree, but I actually really love this. And this was her debut? I'm very impressed. Pretty much everything in this album is hit exceedingly well. Tori's singing is great at getting the emotional beats across while also being engaging and unique. I guess a lot of people doing this project have compared Tori Amos to Kate Bush, and I think the singing is probably where this is the clearest. Speaking of emotional beats, god can this thing be emotional. The writing on Little Earthquakes is honestly kind of moving at times. The songs are so clearly personal yet relatable to many at the same time. These songs mention such specific details that seem irrelevant or even comical, but that only makes the messages behind the songs cut even deeper. This thing gets brutal at points. I genuinely don't know what I can say about "Me and a Gun" because I'm worried that no matter what I say, it'll come across as tone-deaf because Jesus Christ that song is devastating. The lack of instrumentation only exemplifies the pain in Tori's voice as she effectively recounts her real-life trauma. It may genuinely be one of the most powerful recordings on any album on this list. Now, I did mention that that song lacks any instrumentation whatsoever, so I guess now I should talk about the songs that do have instrumentation. The music is pretty great as well! The piano is the star of the show here. It's on nearly every track and it's a great basis for the album. It's the through-line in a way, the thing for other songs to potentially build on if they so desire. The opener "Crucify" is a great example of the "building on" thing. The piano is as prominent as the rest of the album, but the percussion and other instruments work to keep the listener engaged. These other songs are amazing too. "Silent All These Years," "Precious Things," "Winter." The album really doesn't have a bad song. I'm not sure what else to say that I haven't said already. Little Earthquakes is stellar. I can't believe I hadn't heard this already. Everything is balanced so well to create an album that feels so familiar yet unlike anything else and I love it. 5/5.
Some records test you
This is fine
Didn't need to listen again to give this 5 stars - this album has been a companion for decades. Insane to think that it was her debut. Lyrically, musically, vocally - all amazing. It has everything, from beautiful quieter bits to rock moments, and it all works. Glorious.
All the white horses are still in bed!
46. fine
I had high hopes, but despite the 90s nostalgia it was only ok.
Album qui s’écoute vraiment comme une histoire, un journal intime de l’artiste, guitares, piano et mélodies douces à la voix Les meilleurs morceaux selon moi : crucify et Precious things
Interesting songs, might listen to again
quivery vibrato-laden holler, acoustic piano and voice Girl Happy phantom China Little earthquakes
good! felt almost like musical theatre at some point. don’t think i’ll revisit but it was fine! i’m sure the lyrics are great but i did not actively listen :(
I wish more songs here were like "Precious Things" instead of being like "Happy Phantom". Regardless she's a great singer.
Giving this a five for originality, gorgeous piano, and fearless feminist angst. 5
Unique, fem-forward, and worth listening to again.
Did not like this when it started, but iteventually grew on me. Still wasn’t really my cup of tea but I can appreciate it to an extent.
These songs really made me think about what the artist was trying to say. The compositions were lovely, too. Not something I would have sought out on my own, but I’m glad I listened to it.
Emotionally powerful music, yes, but it’s never really resonated with me.
It was fine.
Enjoyable, though admittedly not my thing.
Heavy Kate Bush, Joni Mitchell and Laura Nyro influences on here. Enjoyed it overall
Big voice, big hair. Red hair! She can’t be trusted!
Out of the gate fully formed, very pleasant piano throughout
Sorry, Tori... the role of Kate Bush has already been filled... by Kate Bush. This isn't terrible, per se... in the same way that some AI synthpop isn't terrible... I just prefer the real thing.
This was my first time listening to a full album by Amos. I was pleasantly surprised by this. There were a couple tracks I loved.
Not great, not terrible
This is very difficult. It’s like my 12th album on the generator and it’s the first one I can’t really feel the “vibe” of. I have a fairly high tolerance for long singer-songwriter type songs, especially downtempo and melancholy ones. But I feel like a lot of the downbeat songs here have a “redemptive” or empowering arc that feels so quintessentially nineties. Consider the minor key chorus of “Girl,” which is so good, until the bridge introduces a swing-inflected cheesy positivity that cheapens the lush backing strings in the rest of the song. This just has such a whiff of persona construction that feels somewhat inauthentically engineered. People compare the music to Kate Bush and Joni Mitchell in its intellectual complexity, and sure the music is very technically accomplished, but it is packaged under an off putting sort of brand, like Celine Dion for people who graduated from the Ivy League.
It’s a great debut but she has much better albums
A shaky start, but it does pick up after a few songs.
I feel like I'm in Frozen
so fucking good. reminds me of alanis morissette and fiona apple
I found it a bit bland and boring, the whole album sounded the same tonally
Not really for me. But I can see why people would be into this
I have heard of Tori Amos before, but I had never purposefully listened to her music. I was surprised how much I loved this album. Just beautiful. Full marks.
Some interesting piano motifs - particularly on 'Silent All These Years' (fave so far). 'Winter' is a good track - dramatic and emotional. Very piano heavy - some of the melodies sound like something you'd hear in a musical - e.g. 'Happy Phantom'. Feels quite 90s - reminds me of the drama and emotion in parts of Damien Rice's O' and Jeff Buckley's 'Grace', especially the acapella parts. Vocals are a bit yodel-ly in parts - Kate Bush-esque. On second listen vocals feel a bit like Chappell Roan
Not my cup of tea, and likely not something I'll revisit, but I can certainly appreciate some of the powerful lyricism here.
4+ Stars (12/15)
I don't think I could name a single Tori Amos song before this, but I loved this album. The lyrics are powerful and the arrangements are beautiful. Kind of a dark, haunting sound throughout.
for a debut album this is a solid body of work. I don’t have much to say. liked the acapella track on it but there’s not many songs I would listen to again I think. and in saying that I might be missing the point of this album cuz I’m seeing lots of high reviews on it. -favourite tracks: WINTER and ME AND A GUN
One of those okay albums. It has some stand out songs like China, Leather and Little Earthquakes. And also I like piano in most of the aongs. It smoothly blends in and underline the atmosphere.
Very strong first offering from Tori Amos. While occasionally cheesy, she largely sticks the landing with swelling ballads of love, loss, and self-image. “Crucify” had an immediate, catchy, repetitive chorus that had me super hopeful. My hopes were not let down. “Girl” had an instrumental that hooked me in, though this one is very clearly a Kate Bush homage. Not a bad one, but it’s hard to ignore. My favorite moment might be the crescendo of “Winter”. What a nice way to ramp up the tension over 5 minutes. Fantastic ballad, even if the subject matter is a little corny. I also love the macabre, parlor-style sound of “Leather”. Great storytelling with just the piano alone. A fantastic voice and a great group of songs that vary nicely in energy and composition. 4/5!
Spox. Taki popik, ale nie taki głupi. 4
Eh
I was ready to hate on this, but it’s actually pretty awesome
This is a really good alt rock/pop album. Her voice and the piano were beautiful and impressive. China and Winter were definitely two of my favorites.
Don’t think I’m the target demo for this one.
I wasn't into TA in the day. I'm still not. Apparently there are hits on this album. I recognize none of these songs. Probably my problem.
Surprisingly beautiful music, reminds me a bit of Kate Bush
Very mediocre, not a bad voice just not used well 2/5
1 - I’m sure there’s a good album in here somewhere but it’s just not for me
J'aime mais sans plus. Me fait quand même ressentir une émotion troublante (je n'arrive pas a trouver laquelle, c'est dérangant sans vraiment l'être).
interesting
Great album. Really good writing and vocal delivery.
The generator keeps throwing me solids. This is really strong for a debut album. It's not the style of music I listen to often but the musicianship is undeniable. Way above average piano playing.
There’s talent, but this is a bit of a dry listening experience
Its not bad, but this is not for me. All the songs fit in the album, making it whole. The problem reside in may taste, i guess, because not even a song was markeble. Its a beautiful voice, maybe in a more jazzy song it would get better.
I didn't know Tori Amos. I expected Fiona Apple-adjacent but I got Kate Bush-lite.
Yearner vibes loved the album very heartfelt tho I could fell influences from other artist so îți didn’t feel that authentic other from that is was amazing
The talent here is undeniable. Piano playing is great and vocals are very good. The songs are just okay though. It feels like I need to give it another listen.
Just not for me at all.
33/1089 3.6227* This was a nice contrast from the grunge and dying hair metal (rip) genres when it was released in '92. She had a place among the soft rockers and appealed to the ladies with her powerful voice and piano accompaniment. The album grew on me after a second listen and I had no choice but to bump it up by .2932* and achieve my coveted 4* rating. If you went home with a girl after the bars and she put this album on you were about to either be a) dominated and used like a toy or b) relegated to a shoulder for crying and hearing about the ex-bf she was trying to make jealous by hitting on you at the bar. There was no middle ground and you may just wake to you future wife in the morning. Me and a Gun was a capella and difficult to get through. Hits...silent all these years, leather, crucify, happy phantom
Another artist I've never heard of before. Suffice to say this isn't my cup of tea at all. Sounds a bit like a boring version of Kate Bush somehow? I guess it was beautiful in a way, but also felt quite pious and... just straight up safe and uneventful. Not anything I needed to hear really.
The first album in a long time that I didn’t dislike! Is the draught finally over? I was sure this wouldn’t be my style, but it was. The piano arrangements were very good, and you could tell that Tori Amos is a very skilled pianist. “Precious Things” and “Winter” stood out the first time around. Her vocals and piano playing are top tier. I can even forgive the edgy (slightly cringe) 90s lyrics in Precious Things: “So you make me come, that doesn’t make you Jesus”. It certainly gives off Alanis Morisette vibes. Punky feminist lyrics seem to have been in vogue in the early 90s. A mix of Kate Bush, Regina Spector and Patti Smith. The album dragged a bit towards the end, although I appreciated the whimsical Happy Phantom. Strong 3 star. Actually. After all the garbage, have a weak 4 stars on me.
Meh
Well that was an experience
singer songwriter é realmente uma loteria. a voz da tori é uma lindeza e ela consegue exprimir tanta emoção na voz... é uma coisa linda de se ver. as letras também são ótimas, algumas bem ambíguas e livre para interpretações. não é meu estilo de música, mas esses fatores mencionados acima me fizeram gostar do álbum mais do que imaginei. hoje vou ser boazinha!!!
8.5/10 Best songs: Little Earthquakes, Precious Things, Happy Phantom, Crucify, Leather, Silent All These Years What a coincidence that one of my all-time most-listened-to albums should pop up. Tori was my teenage obsession and I still have a soft-spot for her 25 years later. This is a terrific album and an excellent debut. My only complaint with it is that it loses steam towards the second half (and then the final track, the titular Little Earthquakes, rocks out and proceeds to be one of my top 5 Tori songs...). A great album but not a perfect album.
Another in the realm where I feel I'm being asked to appreciate rather than enjoy
Once this gets going it has a lot. Actual lyrics. Dancing piano. There’s an attitude in all this which shoots straight at you. I can’t say I love it but I’m afraid of it, and if you need an anthem then Amos has one for you.
This is a really good piano driven rock/pop record. She has a lovely voice and she's a terrific songwriter. Favourite tracks were Girl and Winter. I'm feeling a 4 after first listen. It's one I feel I will revisit.
Not for me at all
3.5
3.5
This album did nothing for me, no highlights, just happened. Disappointing.
I've only known her from the radio single "Cornflake Girl". Over all a decent album with songs full of tension. But her high voice is not my favour ("Mother"...). favourite: "Precious Things" 2,5
Gorgeous voice.
Surprised how much of the lyrics I still knew. It stands up so well today. Great songwriting and performance, just a great album.
flawless
Regardless of the experiences that informed this record, the end result is pure melodrama. The vocal stylings are straight out of an overwrought Broadway musical and the music is bombastic enough to rival a Meat Loaf record. I get that the artist wants to make a point but a little subtlety goes a long way.
I kinda liked it, she has a great voice.
Some great tracks here
Not my vibe, but great! Some of it sounded almost show tunes-y to me, but her voice and the lyricism were impressive
Outstanding songwriting
chill pop music I kind of like it.
Some of the piano parts are actually pretty good/interesting, but mostly this feels like a template for all of the overwrought and stomach-churningly sappy pop that unfortunately became popular in subsequent years. 1.5/5.0: Bad
the songs on here are very well written, unfortunately it seems like she lost most of the sheet music on the way to the studio and all that was left was piano. ive always found that its hard to carry an entire song on the back of a piano, much less an entire album. the sparse instrumentation makes it hard to justify the length of the songs for me.
I've never explored the catalog of Tori Amos and I'm not sure why - she fits the description of music I would like. I think it probably has to do with the timing of when she burst onto the scene (with this album, coincidentally,) and it didn't sound like anything that I was into at the time. I've liked just about everything I have heard from Tori and that includes this album.
Nice album
Never heard of this album or artist BOOM there it is again. If you ever want to win big bet everything on me not knowing a single thing about music. I'm assuming that I'm in for another 90s alt rock album going off of the cover. That make of album is generally up my alley, though I must admit that the non-big time players on this list have generally been pretty disappointing. In any case, I'm curious to give this one a listen. Wikipedia doesn't have a list of genres. That's strange. RYM says this is piano rock, which I suppose I can agree with. Close enough guess. We'll get em next time. Anyways, this isn't really my thing. The pianos are pretty good across the board, though that's the only consistent strong suit of this album. I started out with an appreciation for the vocal style - it was well above the standard for this kind of music, though it really weighed down on me as the album dragged on. Just stick to a consistent vocal delivery PLEASE. There's a bit of a heavy sound going on with many of the tracks too, though I never felt the songs had much of a kick or were as gripping as they could be. Overall, I was pretty let down by this, though I didn't having it a background listening. "Crucify" is decent. I'm not normally a fan of the "rolling voice" phenomena which is present in popular music, but it works well here during the chorus. The bassier bits which underscore the piano and vocals are pretty good, too. "Winter" is another decent one. Good vocals once again, and the piano is at it's best on this song. "China" has a good atmosphere. I like the distant sound and delicate pianos. "Me and a Gun" is incredibly weird, I won't lie. It's one thing to talk about your rape experience in a song and it's another to deliver it on an a capella track with that flittering vocal style. I guess it's done to give the song a claustrophobic feel, though I can't say it worked for me all that much. Book time. Boundary-breaking. Personal. Counter-cultural. Strong independent wahmen. Cult musician. This sounds like cultural denigration to me, dawg. Wikipedia says that the album and singles had some decent chart success and the album has received enduring critical acclaim. Yeah, this seems like a solid pick for the list. I cosign.
No. 46 Didn't know her before and am happy I heard this album before I died.
Somehow my Spotify got set to loop and I got until the second play of "Winter" before I fully processed that it was looped. I've had a few albums lately that I just can't wait for them to be over. I ended up listening to the full album again just because it was that good. I really enjoyed this one. And my mom is a love this album! She was my a year younger than I am now when this came out. Great album!
Happy Phantom
I liked this. I feel it’s pretty similar to Fiona Apple. It’s that piano female songwriter stuff with interesting harmonies and lyrics. Precious Things was my favorite
It was just an ok record.
Rock, 1993 -> 3
I have heard of Tori Amos but wasn't particularly familiar with her material. This album was fine. She has a nice voice and the instrumentation was interesting. The songs weren't super engaging to me, so while I would listen again, I am not in a rush to do so.
Never been a new wave, post-punk guy but this one is probably the closest to getting me there. Not overly produced or awash in synth, not totally whiny, and some cool melodies. I’ll come back to this one and explore more. This is a great avenue into the genre.
“What’s so amazing about really deep thoughts?” Tori’s debut is a revelation. Lyrically it cuts deep and hard while musically it feels just as daring. Orchestral with rock n roll flare while every song is just as good as the last. In a cabinet full of powerful Precious Things might actually be her best song and it’s surrounded by multiple bangers. Crucify, Silent All These Years, the title track and the gripping Me & A Gun. This album is no joke.
Good record
I generally like the album, but sometimes Amos' songs have too much drama and pathos. I would prefer them to be a touch happier, and far less confessional.
Un disco muy de los noventa. Me ha gustado bastante.
Recognized the name but didn’t really like this album. Sounded like she was trying too hard. 2/5
Decent
I really enjoy the songwriting on this album, and I like how emotionally expressive Tori Amos is in her singing. She creates some interesting melodies and I always love a piano player. I will admit two things keep the album down though: some of the songs get a little too “goopy ballad” for me to appreciate — “China” didn’t do much for me — and it’s long. Very few singer-songwriter albums need to be an hour long. But I get that it was the peak of the CD era and that was more standard. Anyway, I enjoyed this overall.
After a two month break from the generator, I’m back with this album. A decent suite of piano driven songs.
It was okay but super overbloated
Bjork/Kate Bush/PJ Harvey for people who don't like Bjork/Kate Bush/PJ Harvey
Mycket trevligt. Chill
Beautiful voice, quite unique in some ways, but the songs themselves didn't capture me and I was a little bored halfway through. The sparse arrangements and production didn't help. Her name on the album cover looks a bit like it's poop.
mid, sorry
Always heard of this album, but never got around to listening to it. Kate Bush esque is the first thing that springs to mind, and as such that's always a positive. However, it gets intense in places. Best Tracks: Silent All These Years; Happy Phantom; Me and a Gun
In my country she didn't get popular until her next album, so I was surprised to only see this one in the book. I like most of the songs. The good ones are really good. Favorite song: silent all these years
Whelming
more singer/songwriter stuff. obviously the lyrics carry this and they're pretty nice, albeit not my absolute favorites. this album reminds me a lot of taking painting lessons in high school. i imagine this would pair nicely with drawing or something else like that. can totally see how the writing and stripped down instrumentals would go on to inspire a lot of other women in this lane. very 90s too. deserves to be one of the 1001? yes
34/1089 хороший, правда очень затянутый и от этого нудный
хорошенький но чего то не хватило
Very solid album, really enjoyed it. Great vocals, and the piano was really captivating. Just a few songs that overstayed their welcome or were generally a little weaker.
Silent all these years still gives me goosebumps, but the rest of the album has always weirdly left me a bit cold. Overall a 3
Fav song: Tear In Your Hand 90's to a PAINFUL degree. I found this one a very difficult listen. Silent All These Years made audibly laugh out loud when it went from the part after the first chorus into that spooky piano part again.
Finally the list got at least one of the albums right. This is one of those albums that almost singlehandedly set the table for Alanis Morrisette's album JAGGED LITTLE PILL to go supernova merely 3 years later. These female confessional albums practically set the stone from which the Lilith Fair would be built upon. Very hard to be objective about this album as it is one of my favorites. I've known so many people who leaned on this album to help them get through difficult times. Personally this album helped me to understand the perspective of the feminine in my life in a way I had not before, and I am very thankful Tori Amos shared that with us. Just banger after banger on here. A little something for everyone. You want surrealist lyrics? check. You want virtuoso on an instrument? Check. You want your songs to be more about the internal and less about the external? Check. An amazing vocal range and delivery? Check. One of the reasons I respect this album more than a recently released confessional by some female artist is that this one fairly looks inward rather than just pointing the finger externally. I appreciate that. It seems more honest and universal. And if you are a rocker and think this doesn't rock enough, do yourself a favor and check out the live version of "Precious Things" from the TO VENUS AND BACK. Recorded on her PLUGGED tour in 1998, it will blow your mind. Personally I think all 4 of her albums (LITTLE EARTHQUAKES, UNDER THE PINK, BOYS FOR PELE, and FROM THE CHOIR GIRL HOTEL), all released during the 1990s could have been on this list. Each is very different from the next and they are all peak performance and creativity.
Didn't do anything for me. Nothing bad, just no connection
dramatic, melodic, emotional
Beautiful and emotive
8/10 The first thing that hit me about this album was how much it reminded me of Kate Bush. She has a similar tone to her voice, and makes some similar melodic decisions now and then during her songwriting. There’s also a depth to the production and a nuance to the vocal delivery that is reminiscent of Kate’s work. Good job I’m a big Kate Bush fan! This album has tremendous range to it, while at its core being the product of one woman and a piano. The instrumentation that is used to build around that core is fantastic, but never overwhelms what Tori is trying to bring across with each song. Her vocal delivery is exquisitely nuanced, ranging from delicate to fierce, and even throwing in some twists of humour here and there. She doesn’t often let her compositions settle into anything too basic, and even when the core structure presents something more simple, the orchestration creates a real dynamic shift across the tracks that keeps things moving in an interesting way. I love the very sparing use of heavy distorted guitars to add grit and texture to various sections, but she never allows them to become permanent fixtures of the sound. Likewise, there’s some full orchestral sections on a couple of tracks, but the sparing use of those elements really allows them to have a fresh impact when they are used. The dynamic depth of this record is so, so good. It goes from whispering, stripped back quiet to full-bodied, almost hammered piano lines with a cacophony of sound behind them. A lot of music, particularly in the modern era, really does a lot to strip out dynamic range, but this kind of depth really brings life and emotion to music in a really evocative way. There were a couple of places where I felt things either got a tiny bit haphazard, or perhaps lulled a tiny bit, and the echoes of Kate Bush did make me inclined to head of in that direction after this finished, but it was certainly an intriguing work and I suspect I’ll be giving this another few spins in the not too distant future, and probably checking out a few more of her albums. This has the feel of a grower to me, so we’ll see where I sit on it in a few month’s time. Crucify - This is a nice start. She’s got a very Kate Bush-esque vocal tone and delivery style. The piano roams about in a really nice way, and has some quality dynamic control to it. There are some really nice vocal blends across various sections too. It’s maybe a bit too heavy on the reverb, particularly on the drums, but theres a lightness to some of the piano and guitar parts that offsets that a little to my ear. Girl - There’s a nice distribution of different instrumental parts through this that make it feel like it’s in constant motion. It builds into a cluttered cacophony at one point, but it all feels purposeful and then falls away into a more sparse arrangement. It feels a bit more structurally confused in places, but it’s a decent and interesting song nonetheless. Silent All These Years - This treads a really fine line between being really beautiful and absolutely heartbreaking, both profound and flippant. It’s very stripped back for the most part, but the delicate ebb and flow of the instrumentation really adds depth. I love the way the track modulates between the different sections, and the recording of the vocal feels very intimate. What a great track. Precious Things - It’s an interesting, if slightly off-putting start with the breathy rhythm, but when it settles into the rest of the track, it works really well. There’s some really deep and unnerving sound design here, and the reluctance to ever let this pin itself into a standard structure of rhythmic flow is really, really nice. It soars, dives, broods and pulses. Winter - She’s got great control of her voice, and the little touches of vibrato during this intro are great. It builds a falls really beautifully and the arrangements and dynamic range are so good. It’s more of a straightforward structure than some of the other tracks, but the arrangement, particularly of the orchestra as it builds to its dramatic peak is just exceptional. It’s a fine example of dragging absolutely every ounce of range out of a fairly straightforward underlying composition. Happy Phantom - This is much more of a quirky little number. Again, there are huge echoes of Kate Bush here, but I’m here for it. It’s obviously a bit more piano focused, but she’s not afraid to be a little bit weird with her production and composition approach. It’s almost got an edge of jazz to her approach in places, and this is a really nice little diversion after the more dramatic Winter. China - She’s found her reverb control again. It’s very pretty but feels a bit more safe than the better tracks on the album. She does inject a little bit of extra depth in a couple of places, but I find this to be nice, rather than special. Leather - Another one with a bit of a jazz edge to it. It fells wonderfully exposed, and she uses a little bit of distorted guitar to add some really interesting texture, as she has done previously. Again, the dynamic range of this record is superb, and she does it again here. The vocal delivery is great, and she adds some great little moments like the ‘fat cigar’ line. Mother - This one roams about the same central premise for most of its length. It still has that great dynamic range to it, her vocal is excellent again, and it’s another emotional and evocative performance. It's perhaps a little unfocused to my ear, as it gets a little lost in its own musings. That being said, it generally finds its way back eventually, so it’s not exactly bad, just didn’t connect with me quite as well as others. Tear In Your Hand - This has got a bit more drive and groove to it. It feels like more of a straightforward pop-rocker, but it’s got undeniable quality and feel to it. It’s hooky enough to engage the ear and while it lacks a little of the dynamic nuance of other tracks, it’s still really engaging. Me And A Gun - The intimate, close-mic’d nature of this is so effective. It’s a truly harrowing song about a real, lived experience and the production choices are so exposing and serve the song and its subject matter so well. The decision to leave the lyrics completely exposed in acapella also feels very important. Little Earthquakes - There’s a lovely depth to this. It’s back to being a bit heavy on the reverb, but the doubled vocal lines are great. The way it changes tone as it modulates up and down her vocal range is really nice. The thrusting rhythm that sits at the heart of this is great too. It’s another where the dynamic range and increasing intensity of the instrumentation works so well to deliver feeling into the song. It’s a journey of a song, moving through a range of tonally distinct sections. A really great way to wrap up the album.
I am glad that I am revisiting Little Earthquakes after a few years off of this album as I think I will get a much better appreciation for this project as a whole. Tori Amos is not an artist I was particularly huge on when I first got around to her music, but I feel as my tastes have shifted and grown, this album seems to stick a lot better than my first go around with it. Tori's more thoughtful lyrics and sometimes more contemporary production may not be for everyone, but I see her as the 90s response to Kate Bush's very artistic take over of indie music during the late 70s and 80s as a new face to take up the mantel in a whole new way. Kate was very bold and weird, Tori is confident and yet somehow very accessible even with the unorthodox sounds that still managed to be somewhat of a popular hit for people during that day and age. I felt like I could appreciate this album a lot more than I enjoyed it, how Tori presents herself on this debut album is nothing short of impressive and the ideas she brings to the table are complete and extremely thoughtful. She was already a deeply focused and detailed artist right out of the gate and it makes sense why such a project would be seen as an essential to hear before you die. Even if I am not huge on this album, I would still recommend it to others looking for someone on Kate Bush's level that takes a complete different trajectory and still manages to be great all throughout her career.
Ground breaking at the time.
This album is excellent. Piano playing and arrangements are top-notch. Seriously, just listen to Winter! Perfect song in my opinion. It's really a shame that this is the only Tori Amos album on the list, she's got a few others deserving to be on here as well. A solid 5 star album for me.
This is a very pretty record. Tori has great pipes. It does feel very derivative of Kate Bush, but then again, that's high praise!
3.5/5. It’s decently nice, I’ll be relisteninng to some of the songs
It d be 3.5 for me i think, nit quite a 4, i really liked crucify and it was a nice album as far as i remember from two weeks ago.
I liked this just fine! Wish this spoke to me more but didn't really get it. Like a more boring Kate Bush? I don't know. Didn't dislike it but didn't fully click either.
Engaging, beautiful, and evocative, with wonderful melodies and strong songwriting throughout. ‘Little Earthquakes’ is an emotional, powerful record, and a reminder that Tori Amos is totally underrated as an artist and deserves far greater celebration. This really is an essential listen.
No alcanza a alcanzarme...
Own this album, several great songs and an overall solid concept.
A not hidden gem. I get it.
Not great!
Utterly ridiculous that this is Amos' debut album Lyrics are often the last thing I think about when I listen to music - if the music behind the words isn't good enough, then I don't bother - but here the lyrics are incredibly poetic, often complex, always moving in one way or the other. Her piano playing is superb and her singing even better. The one that hit me the most was Me and a Gun. That song alone could have its own entry on this list. I'm not giving it a 5 because it's not something I would enjoy all the time and there are a couple songs I think are weaker than the rest. It was tough to decide between a 4 or 5 with this one
I really liked some of these songs. Considered five stars initially but didn't feel like it kept up the same level throughout. Finished strongly.
Pretty boring stuff but I liked some of the rock songs on here with guitar
A bit meandering, but I do love her overall sound and her creativity. It just lacks bangers.