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Tori Amos
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Tori Amos Biography
Tori Amos (born Myra Ellen Amos) was one of several female
singer/songwriters who combined the stark lyrical attack of alternative
rock with a distinctly '70s musical approach. Her music falls between
the orchestrated meditations of Kate Bush and the stripped-down poetics
of Joni Mitchell. In addition to reviving the singer/songwriter
traditions of the '70s, Amos revived the piano as a rock & roll
instrument. With her 1992 album, Little Earthquakes, Amos built a
dedicated following that continued to expand with her second album,
Under the Pink.
Born in North Carolina but raised in Maryland, Amos was the daughter of
a Methodist preacher. By the age of four, she was singing and playing
piano in the church choir; she began writing her own songs shortly
afterward. Amos won a scholarship to Baltimore's Peabody Conservatory
based on her instrumental prowess. While she was studying at Peabody,
she became infatuated with rock & roll, particularly the music of
Led Zeppelin. She began writing pop ballads and performing in local
bars. Amos moved to Los Angeles in her late teens to become a pop
singer.
Atlantic Records signed her in 1987, recording an uninspired pop-metal
album called Y Kant Tori Read the following year. The record was a
complete failure, attracting no attention from radio or press and
selling very few copies; nevertheless, she didn't lose her record
contract. By 1990, Amos had adopted a new approach, singing spare,
haunting, semiconfessional piano ballads that were arranged like Kate
Bush but had the melodies and lyrical approach of Joni Mitchell.
Atlantic sponsored a trip to England in 1991, where she played a series
of concerts in support of an EP, Me and a Gun.
The harrowing Me and a Gun was an autobiographical song, telling the
tale of Amos' own experience with rape. It gained positive reviews
throughout the media, and both the EP and the concerts sold well.
Little Earthquakes, Amos' first album as a singer/songwriter, was
released in late 1991 and sold well in both the U.S. and the U.K. In
1992, she released the Crucify EP, which featured three covers,
including Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit and Led Zeppelin's Thank
You. Delivered in early 1994, Under the Pink, the full-length
follow-up to Little Earthquakes, was a bigger hit, selling over a
million copies and launching the minor hit singles God and Cornflake
Girl. Two years later, Amos delivered her third album, Boys for Pele,
her most ambitious and difficult record to date. The album debuted at
number two and quickly went platinum. Amos spent much of 1997 dealing
with personal matters, including a miscarriage and a marriage, and
working on her fourth album, From the Choirgirl Hotel, which was
released in the spring of 1998. The two-disc To Venus and Back followed
in 1999 to coincide with a tour with Alanis Morissette. In 2001, Amos
returned with the covers album Strange Little Girls, which also marked
her last release for Atlantic. The next year, she found a new label
home with Epic and followed with Scarlet's Walk in October. Her eighth
studio album, an autobiographical record titled The Beekeeper, was
released in 2005. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
Written by Stephen Thomas Erlewine