Detailed item info | Track listing | 1. Crucify 2. Girl 3. Silent All These Years 4. Precious Things 5. Winter 6. Happy Phantom 7. China 8. Leather 9. Mother 10. Tear in Your Hand 11. Me and a Gun 12. Little Earthquakes
| | Details | | Playing time: | 57 min. | | Distributor: | WEA (Distributor) | | Recording type: | Studio | | Recording mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
| | Album notes | Personnel: Tori Amos (vocals, acoustic & electric pianos, keyboards); Jef Scott, Steve Caton (guitar, bass); John Chamberlin (mandolin); Eric Williams (ukulele, dulcimer); Will McGregor, Matthew Seligman (bass); Eric Rosse (drums, programming); Ed Green, Carlo Nuccio, Chris Hughes (drums); Paulinho DaCosta (percussion). Producers: Davitt Sigerson, Tori Amos, Eric Rosse, Ian Stanley. Engineers include: John Beverly Jones, Ian Stanley, Eric Rosse. With this debut, Tori Amos rose above the inevitable Kate Bush/Joni Mitchell comparisons, producing a stunning set of brutally honest and emotionally wrought songs. A skilled and imaginative pianist, Amos also proved a versatile vocalist, moving from whisper to scream in an instant. She concentrates on intimate stories of her religious upbringing, childhood traumas, and predominantly, sex, self-discovery and unhappy relationships. "Silent All These Years" was the first to hit a nerve with the public on single release, but all the tracks--memories of her father in "Winter," the bittersweet "Happy Phantom," the harrowing account of her own rape, "Me And A Gun"--combine to make this inspiring, if rarely comfortable, listening.
| | Editorial reviews | Included in Q's list of the 50 Best Albums Of 1992. Q (01/01/1993)
Ranked #31 in Spin Magazine's 90 Greatest Albums of the '90s. Spin (09/01/1999)
4 Stars - Excellent - ...[Amos can] write seemingly effortless melodies...Lyrically, she's something special: a granite-like hardness with a journalist's eye for detail and compassion... Q (02/01/1992)
3.5 Stars - Very Good ...Amos' songs are smart, melodic and dramatic; the deeper you listen, the hotter they get... a gripping debut... Rolling Stone (04/02/1992)
3.5 Stars - Very Good ...Amos' songs are smart, melodic and dramatic; the deeper you listen, the hotter they get... a gripping debut... Rolling Stone (04/02/1992)
Included in Q Magazine's 90 Best Albums Of The 1990s. Village Voice (3/2/93, p.5) - Ranked #36 in the Village Voice's list of the 40 Best Albums Of 1992. Q (12/01/1999)
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