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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.

Discography:
1988 Y Kant Tori Read Atlantic/East West Records
1992 Little Earthquakes Atlantic/East West Records
1994 Under the Pink Atlantic/East West Records
1996 Boys for Pele Atlantic/East West Records
1998 From the Choirgirl Hotel Atlantic/East West Records
1999 To Venus and Back Atlantic/East West Records
2001 Strange Little Girls Atlantic/East West Records
2002 Scarlet's Walk Epic Records/Sony
2003 Tales of a Librarian Atlantic/East West Records
2004 Welcome to Sunny Florida/Scarlet's Hidden Treasures (DVD/CD Set) Epic Records/Sony
2005 The Beekeeper Epic Records/Sony
2005 Tori Amos: iTunes Essentials iTunes
2005 Auditorium Theatre Chicago Epic Records
2005 Royce Hall Auditorium Los Angeles Epic Records
2005 Manchester Apollo Manchster Epic Records
2005 Paramount Theatre Denver Epic Records
2005 Hammersmith Apollo London Epic Records
2005 Bank of America Pavilion Boston Epic Records

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