That's such a no-brainer, this album is excellent from start to finish. I discovered Amos at a time when I was mostly listening to metal and she is one of the artists who opened my musical horizons. The piano/voice dynamics works perfectly, she really can sing, she's a great storyteller... Everything is powerful in this record, even sung in a low voice with a mezzo piano. That is an album I still come to regularly to this day, and one of my two favourites from her. Thanks to this list I have a better understanding of her influences, but it does not diminish the quality of her work.
Up until today, I think that Tori Amos occupied the same mental pigeon hole as Alannis Morrisette in my head. However, as seems to be a regular occurrence with this list I was pleasantly surprised again. I found out that she started out in a short lived and not very successful 80’s electro pop band before pivoting into being a singer/songwriter in the vein of Joni Mitchell with a large helping of Kate Bush.
The crucial aspect for this album is that the songs are really rather good, ranging from the confessional to strong messages about the empowerment of women in the face of oppression, set to a mostly piano led accompaniment. I hesitate to call it a highlight, but the song Me and a Gun about her experience of being raped is utterly devastating.