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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