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Little Earthquakes |  | Artist: Tori Amos
Label: East West
Category: Music
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Rating:  37 reviews
Sales Rank: 4860
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 82358
UPC: 075678235825
EAN: 0075678235825
ASIN: B000002IT2
Release Date: January 6, 1992
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| Tracks:
| • | Crucify | | • | Girl | | • | Silent All These Years | | • | Precious Things | | • | Winter | | • | Happy Phantom | | • | China | | • | Leather | | • | Mother | | • | Tear In Your Hand | | • | Me And A Gun | | • | Little Earthquakes |
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Emotionally and musically intense, iLittle Earthquakes/i shows that the piano is as much a rock roll instrument as the guitar. Tori Amos's debut (if one disregards iY Kant Tori Read/i, as one would be well advised to do) is at once listenable and challenging; she takes on every topic, from sex to gender to religion, in an uncompromising manner. Her music appears gentle at first but this appearance is deceiving, as one quickly learns upon listening to the wrenching "Crucify" or the almost violent "Precious Things". By the time the album gets around to "Me and a Gun", sung hauntingly by Amos without accompaniment from her piano, the juxtaposition of Amos's sweet voice and the emotional complexity of her lyrics is both familiar and shocking. iSandman/i fans should listen for a reference to author Neil Gaiman in "Tear in Your Hand". i--Genevieve Williams/i
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Beautiful Moving May 11, 2005
J. E. Davidson (UK)
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
Tori Amos's wonderful debut solo album sounds as fresh today as when it was first released in the early 1990s.pThe album is essentially Tori Amos and her piano, it has a raw, emotional appeal - at times lush and beautiful, at others spare and stark Highlights include the haunting 'Me and My Gun', an autobiographical song about a sexual assault sung without accompaniment; her first hit single, 'Silent all these years' which is possibly the best track on the album, along with the other singles: China, Winter and Crucify.pA wonderful, accessible album - even if you do not particularly like girl and her piano music there is much to admire here.
Buy this album and let it change your life December 6, 2001
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
I didn't know what to expect when I bought this album on a recommendation alone. After buying the rather disappointing Strange Little Girls, it came as a shock to hear such amazing tracks as there are on Little Earthquakes. From the powerful Crucify, through the beautiful China to the climactic title track, this album never fails to disappoint. Tori rips the world apart and her heart open, and it shows. Although sometimes difficult to understand (Silent All These Years - what IS it all about?), the power and the passion are always there. It's difficult to pick a favourite, but Winter has to be a contender - pure beauty. Close your eyes and you can almost feel snowflakes on your face. brThere are lighter moments too; Happy Phantom and Leather seem to poke fun at life rather than direct anger towards it, as in the violent, bitter Precious Things. brBuy this. If you've never heard any Tori, buy it, sit back and let it change your life.
POETIC BEAUTIFUL September 13, 2000
Pieter (Johannesburg)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
Comparisons remain odious, but they make life so much easier-it's Kate Bush and Laura Nyro. Tori sings and plays like Kate, displays Laura's gift for striking sexual imagery and creates a classic album in the process. Little Earthquakes is quite an intense album, dealing with extreme situations an emotions set to exquisite tunes. Her delivery and the unique arrangements turn the tracks into poems in a splendid mix of the humorous, the erotic and the unsettling. The two highlights on an album of great songs are Silent All These Years and China, a haunting, majestic lament describing two people drifting apart by using the image of the great wall as a symbol of separation.
Terrific Tremor November 20, 2002
Pieter (Johannesburg)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Comparisons remain odious, but they make life so much easier#8212;it#8217;s Kate Bush and Laura Nyro. Tori sings and plays like Kate, displays Laura#8217;s gift for striking sexual imagery and creates a classic album in the process. Little Earthquakes is quite an intense album, dealing with extreme situations an emotions set to exquisite tunes. Her delivery and the unique arrangements turn the tracks into poems in a splendid mix of the humorous, the erotic and the unsettling. The two highlights on an album of great songs are Silent All These Years and China, a haunting, majestic lament describing two people drifting apart by using the image of the great wall as a symbol of separation.
Work of genius April 8, 2006
boona1 (Gateshead, Tyne and Wear United Kingdom)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I'm a huge Tori Amos fan and this was the first album I bought from her and the one I turn back to regularly. Every track has a moment to take your breath away, to lift you up and suit almost every emotion you feel. With beautiful singing, great lyrics and one of the strongest collection of songs put together on an album this is an CD to own, cherish and become part of your life. Regardless of whether you enjoy female singer songwriters in general if you love music you'll love this.
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