TORI AMOS - LITTLE EARTHQUAKES - MINT -Vinyl LP*

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TORI AMOS

LITTLE EARTHQUAKES

Vinyl LP

1992 original release vinyl LP on the WARNER BROS record label Cat n#7567-82358-1  Made in GERMANY

The album cover is in  MINT condition. no visible wear. 

The vinyl itself is in MINT condition. no scuffs marks etc visible under 1500watt light.

If you are not fully satisfied you may return this album with  a full refund inc postage.

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Full track list

Side One

1. "Crucify"   4:58
2. "Girl"   4:06
3. "Silent All These Years"   4:10
4. "Precious Things"   4:26
5. "Winter"   5:40
6. "Happy Phantom"   3:12

Side Two

7. "China"   4:58
8. "Leather"   3:12
9. "Mother"   6:59
10. "Tear in Your Hand"   4:38
11. "Me and a Gun"   3:44
12. "Little Earthquakes"   6:51

All songs written and composed by Amos

The Band

Tori Amos - vocals, acoustic & electric pianos, keyboards
Paulinho Da Costa - percussion
Chris Hughes - drums
Ed Green
Matthew Seligman - bass
Eric Rosse - drums, programming
Eric Williams - ukulele, dulcimer
Steve Caton - guitar, bass
Carlo Nuccio
Jef Scott
John Chamberlin - mandolin
Will McGregor .

Little Earthquakes (1992) was the solo debut album of singer Tori Amos, featuring the singles "Winter", "China", "Silent All These Years" and "Crucify". The album was released to rapturous acclaim and is recognized as one of the important albums that kick-started the female singer-songwriter movement of the 1990s.[1] A heavily confessional and journalistic work, it is often considered the most accessible of her musical catalogue.

In 2002, Q Magazine named "Little Earthquakes" the 4th Greatest Album of All-Time by a Female Artist

History
After leaving her home in Baltimore for Los Angeles in 1984, Amos spent three years as a struggling bar-room pianist and lounge act, performing a mix of covers and her own songs.

In 1986, she co-founded the synthpop band Y Kant Tori Read, and was signed to Atlantic Records. The band released an eponymous album in 1988 but it sank without a trace, and the band dissolved. Atlantic kept Amos on as a solo artist, giving her until the beginning of 1990 to come up with another album. Atlantic initially rejected the original version of the album, under the impression that nobody would be interested in a "girl with a piano."

A second version, co-produced with Eric Rosse, Davitt Sigerson, and Ian Stanley, was delivered in 1991 and finally accepted. The record label relocated Amos to London, where they thought she would have an easier time of breaking into success, due to the country's renown for eccentric performers. Atlantic's European counterpart, East West, promoted the record extensively. Amos spent much of 1991 performing in small bars and clubs in London and playing for music executives and journalists, often in her own apartment. The "Me and a Gun" EP containing 4 tracks was released in October 1991, receiving considerable critical attention. The single was re-issued the following month with "Silent All These Years" as the lead composition, and it became her first chart entry at UK #51 following Single of the Week support from BBC Radio 1 and a TV debut on the high-rated chat show of Jonathan Ross on the BBC.

When the album was finally released in the UK in January 1992, it reached #14 and remained on the Top 75 charts (UK Albums Chart) for 23 weeks. A month later, it was released in the USA to breakthrough critical success and also announced itself as a chart mainstay, despite peaking outside the Top 50 on the Billboard 200. The accompanying singles (along with "Me and a Gun" and "Silent All These Years") were "China" (January 1992 UK), "Winter" (March 1992 UK/November 1992 US) and "Crucify" (May 1992 US/June 1992 UK), the US EP version of which featured covers of songs by artists including The Rolling Stones and Nirvana. During this time, Amos recorded the song "The Happy Worker" for the Toys movie soundtrack. A remix of the song is also included on the soundtrack, titled "Workers".

In 1998 Q magazine readers voted Little Earthquakes the 66th greatest album of all time.

The song "Me and a Gun" was released in the UK as the first single, with a b-side of "Silent All These Years". "Me and a Gun" is an a cappella song about rape. It was inspired by a sexual assault that happened to her in LA when she was 21. The single was not a commercial success (likely due to its nature), even though it was critically praised for its bravery. Radio stations did pick up "Silent All These Years", though, putting it into heavy rotation and making it Tori's first hit single (and what many consider her signature song). It was even re-released in 1997 where it once again became a radio hit.

Songs that were a part of early, rejected tracklists for Little Earthquakes include "Upside Down", "Song For Eric", "Sweet Dreams", "Take to the Sky (Russia)", "Flying Dutchman", and "Mary"  .

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