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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

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Emotionally and musically intense, Little Earthquakes shows that the piano is as much a rock & roll instrument as the guitar. Tori Amos's debut (if one disregards Y Kant Tori Read, 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. Sandman fans should listen for a reference to author Neil Gaiman in "Tear in Your Hand". --Genevieve Williams

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5.0 out of 5 stars classic & amazing but slightly overrated., July 15 2004

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This review is from: Little Earthquakes (Audio CD)

on toris "debut" (disreguard YKTR) she makes a classic & breathtaking record that has won me over. & if you do notice i did give this albam 5 stars because that's definatly what it deserves.

but...

i don't understand why a lot of tori fans are so obbsessed with this one oppose to her ABSOULUTLY AMAZING later works such as boys for pele, chiorgirl, to venus & back, strange little girls, & scarlets walk.

i can understand why fans love under the pink so much (i do myself) because it is one of the most beautifully constructed records ever made. but little earthquakes falls kind of short is a lot of places although it's still amazing.
if i were introducing soemone to tori, this would not be the fisrt record i'd play for them. the first one i'd play would be chiorgirl & then under the pink.

don't think i'm bashing little earthquakes, because i'm not. its just that her later works are sooooooooooo good.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Tori is a piano goddess, July 15 2004

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Laura (Ontario) - See all my reviews

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'Little Earthquakes' is seriously one of the only albums I have come across that you can listen to start to finish every day without getting sick of it. It's brilliant, fresh and sexy all at once.

Crucify . an excellent opening track, beautiful lyrics, I especially like 'I got a bowling ball in my stomach, got a desert in my mouth...' excellent vocals.

Girl . a different pace, the vocals are amazing, the chorus shows off some of Tori's higher range.

Silent All These Years . slow song, beautiful lyrically.

Precious Things . one of the best piano driven songs, the beginning is haunting with Tori's rasped hushes. A story like song.

Winter . a nice slow song, peaceful and very beautiful, a visual song, it takes you through a wintery scenery.

Happy Phantom . takes on a different pace, if you have 'Scarlet's Walk', this reminds me a lot of 'Wednesday' in a ghostly way.

China . slow almost tragic like, I absolutely adore the lyrics.

Leather . starts off with one note piano key then Tori's sad/sarcastic/drooping vocals come in, the opening line hooks you: 'look I'm standing naked before you ... don't you want more than my sex'

Mother . my favourite song by Tori, ever. BEAUTIFUL, PERFECT.

Tear In Your Hand . 'maybe she's just pieces of me you've never seen' - perfect song.

Me And A Gun . sad, tragic story about rape, acapella, this song could bring anyone down.

Little Earthquakes . a nice ending, a slower song, beautiful lyrically, vocally and musically.

In all, this is a perfect album.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Impeccable and Goergous, Jun 27 2004

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This album is so beloved to me, so inextricably entwined with my personal mythology; with nostalgia, with memory, with years gone by, that I don't even know if I have the ability to review it objectively. As an independent entity, though, it is an extraordinary accomplishment, and contains most of the songs Tori Amos is known for and will be remembered for. Conversational, intimate, bitter, down to earth, yet soaringly poetic...all these descriptions encompass the breadth of these 12 debut songs. Highlights include "Silent All These Years," perhaps Amos's most famous song; the exquisite "Winter," the searing and vengeful "Precious Things," "Tear In Your Hand," and the title track, "Little Earthquakes." It is accurate to say that this is Amos's most accessible album (if indeed that definition is relevant to the nearly subconsciously channeled intricacy of her genius); contrast the obvious meanings of songs like "Leather" and "China" with the automatic-wrting poetics of "Mother." Most of Tori Amos's lyrics can, in fact, stand alone as poetry...most notably in the wrenching "Me And A Gun"...which is a phenomenon rare in music, a medium in which the power of the lyrics is usually only brought out by the accompanying power of vocals and instrumentals. But with lines like "Me and Jesus/a few years back/used to hang, and he said, 'it's your choice, babe...just remember, I don't think you'll be back in three days time...so you choose well" you can't go wrong. There's not enough I can say about this album. It's brilliant.

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5.0 out of 5 stars By far the best Tori Amos CD
This is definitely my favorite Tori Amos CD. I've listened to this CD hundreds of times, and will never tire of it. Read more

Published on May 27 2004

5.0 out of 5 stars A true masterpiece
"Little Earthquakes" is easily one of the most groundbreaking albums in music history. Poetic and melodic at times, vengeful and wild at others. Read more

Published on May 2 2004 by Menelaos